Billie Eilish, Lorde, Green Day Among Artists to Sign Letter in Support of Ticketing Reform Act

Billie Eilish, Lorde, Green Day, and Fall Out Boy are among the hundreds of artists to sign an open letter asking Congress to pass the Fans First Act.

asking Congress to pass the Fans First Act, a bill that takes aim at “deceptive” and “predatory” ticket resellers.

Addressed to Sens. Maria Cantwell and Ted Cruz — both members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation — the group said the bill would make ticket buying more transparent as well as eliminate illegalthat “scoop up face value tickets ahead of fans in order to resell at inflated prices on the secondary market.”

“Predatory resellers have gone unregulated while siphoning money from the live entertainment ecosystem for their sole benefit. They use illegal bots, speculative ticket listings, and deceitful advertising, which cause real harm.”in December 2023 by seven U.S. senators, including Minnesota’s Amy Klobuchar, who said at the time, “Buying a ticket to see your favorite artist or team is out of reach for too many Americans.

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