![]() ![]() Senate bills introduced this year have taken aim at ticketers’ dealings with venues or broader issues of price transparency, but Pascrell and Pallone’s bill appears to be the most comprehensive set of proposed tweaks to the consumer-facing events ticket marketplace introduced since the Swift fiasco. The botched presale for Swift’s tour last fall renewed scrutiny on Live Nation and its subsidiary Ticketmaster, whom Pascrell has long criticized. The measure is named for Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift, the latter of whose tour stops in Pascrell’s district this weekend. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.) and House Energy and Commerce ranking member Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) sets out new transparency requirements for primary ticket sellers and secondary sellers alike including all-in pricing requirements that stakeholders across the industry have called for, as well as prohibitions on so-called speculative ticket sales. ![]() The Better Oversight of Stub Sales and Strengthening Well Informed and Fair Transactions for Audiences of Concert Ticketing - or BOSS and SWIFT - Act from Rep. ![]() ![]() SO CONCERTGOERS WON’T HAVE A CRUEL SUMMER: A pair of New Jersey congressmen have introduced a revamped version of their bill to reform ticket marketplaces in honor of the pop star whose ongoing tour reignited Washington’s fury toward ticketing giant Live Nation. Pascrell introduces revamped ticket reform bill ![]()
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