{"id":99620,"date":"2024-04-29T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=99620"},"modified":"2024-04-29T12:00:47","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T11:00:47","slug":"top-artists-push-fans-first-act-to-us-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/top-artists-push-fans-first-act-to-us-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Top artists push Fans First Act to US Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2><span style=\"color:#3366FF\">Billie Eilish, Lorde, Sia, Green Day are just some of the artists pushing a new bill to protect concert ticketing for both fans and artists.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The war against ticket scalpers is a global one that we continue to fight. The EU pushed <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/finally-the-eu-is-fighting-ticket-scalpers-for-live-music\/\">a landmark act to fight ticket scalping<\/a> earlier this year, including regulations that top ticketing companies must enforce. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, some of the world&#8217;s biggest artists are pushing Congress to put protections in place for the live music industry. More than 250 artists have signed <a href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/5e91157c96fe495a4baf48f2\/t\/6629ce7e6cd2781539316daf\/1714015870175\/20240425-Fix-The-Tix-Artist-Letter.pdf\">a new letter<\/a> to the US Congress, organised by the Fix the Tix Coalition. In the letter they state how ticket resales are damaging the industry for everyone except the scalpers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They write: &#8220;We, as artists, as music lovers, and as concert attendees ourselves, urge you to support the Fans First Act to combat predatory resellers&#8217; deceptive ticketing practices and the secondary platforms, which also profit from these practices. Predatory resellers should not be more profitable than the people dedicating their lives to their art.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Fans First Act is a bill that has been proposed to Congress that would encourage greater transparency around fees and other terms and conditions in ticketing. 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