Thousands of US singer Taylor Swift's fans were left empty-handed and frustrated by Ticketmaster's handling of sales for her US tour. Joe Berchtold, the president of parent company Live Nation, told the Senate Judiciary Committee the meltdown came after the website was "hit with three times the amount of bot traffic than we had ever experienced." Witnesses also included outspoken Ticketmaster critic and musician Clyde Lawrence -- whose band "Lawrence" included the line "Live Nation is a monopoly" in its 2021 song "False Alarms." Taylor Swift fans demonstrate in front of the US Congress in Washington on January 24, 2023. Photo: Drew Angerer / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/Getty Images via AFPSource: AFPDemocratic Senator Richard Blumenthal offered Live Nation a tongue-in-cheek congratulations for uniting both sides of the political divide on the issue.

Source: Daily Nation January 24, 2023 18:01 UTC