Live Nation president and CFO Joe Berchtold will detail how disruption caused by bots makes ticket-buying worse for everyone, calling for government action.
The Senate Judiciary Committee will convene for a hearing focused on "promoting competition and protecting consumers in live entertainment."
The global trek will celebrate Madonna’s deep catalog of hits, sources tell Billboard.
The class-action complaint claims the companies "intentionally and purposefully" misled fans into believing they would prevent bots and scalpers from participating in the presale.
Company will use an older fan-club ticketing system to sell the remaining Eras tour tickets that takes the queue out of the process.
Upbeat third-quarter results defied a mostly bleak earnings season for other sectors.
The concert giant leads competitors by $2 billion in this year's Boxscore ranking.
Thousands of alleged victims are suing over the deadly festival, but organizers say hundreds of them are showing a "complete disregard" for legal requirements.
"The competition problem in ticketing markets was made painfully obvious" last week, writes Sen. Amy Klobuchar.
'We feel we owe it to everyone to share some information to help explain what happened,' the ticketing giant wrote.
