The Justice Department announced Monday that it may have reached a settlement in its antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and parent company Live Nation Entertainment.
Though nothing is confirmed yet, the DOJ announced in Manhattan federal court that the case was likely nearing a conclusion after the term sheet was signed on Thursday, per the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/livenation-antitrust-justice-department-0a6ef66f497e5f626096de753bfff8ce">Associated Press</a>.
An unnamed official told the outlet that the terms included Live Nation paying a fine of up to $280 million and divesting some properties to allow for more competition in the ticket sales industry. The official said the settlement was a “win-win for everybody.”
Certain states were allegedly not on board with the proposed terms, however, and Judge Arun Subramanian called the terms “entirely unacceptable.”
New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement that the settlement “fails to address the monopoly at the center of this case.” 
“My attorney general colleagues and I have a strong case against Live Nation, and we will continue our lawsuit to protect consumers and restore fair competition to the live entertainment industry,” she said, adding that she preferred to move forward with the trial.
Washington State Attorney General Nick Brown has a similar take, saying, “[the] case against Live Nation is strong, and the state coalition is committed to holding the company accountable for its illegal behavior, protecting consumers and restoring competition to this market,” the outlet noted.
The lawsuit was originally filed in 2024 under the Biden administration, as WSJ <a href="https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/live-nation-reaches-settlement-in-federal-antitrust-case-9f0c6fb7">reported</a>. About 40 states came together to sue the entertainment company.
U.S. Justice Department lawyer David Dahlquist summarized the charges during opening statements last Tuesday, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/doj-opens-landmark-antitrust-trial-against-ticketmaster-calls-concert-ticketing-broken">reported</a>.
“This case is about power, the power of a monopolist to control competition,” Dahlquist said. “Today, the concert ticket industry is broken.”
Attorney David Marriott, who is representing Live Nation, said it wasn’t so. “We’ll let the numbers do the talking. We do not have monopoly power,” he said in response.
The complaint alleges that the company engages in “anticompetitive conduct” that results in higher fees, fewer opportunities for artists, and limited ticketing options. The filing occurred after the infamous 2022 incident when Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour pre-sale tickets caused the Ticketmaster site to crash, with thousands of fans — and bots — swarming the site all at once.
This Taylor Swift incident led to congressional hearings beginning in January 2023.
Ticketmaster was founded in 1976 and merged with Live Nation in 2010. Over the years, the company has clashed with fans and artists, with many accusing the company of having predatory prices. The rock band Pearl Jam testified before Congress on the issue all the way back in 1994, but their efforts ultimately led nowhere.

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A landmark antitrust trial against Live Nation began this week in New York with the Department of Justice seeking to prove that the entertainment company, which owns Ticketmaster, maintains an illegal monopoly over the concert ticket industry.
U.S. Justice Department lawyer David Dahlquist summarized the charges during opening statements on Tuesday, per the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/live-nation-ticketmaster-antitrust-trial-ecfd6cb3e77459412584ed002653bc8f">Associated Press</a>. 
“This case is about power, the power of a monopolist to control competition,” Dahlquist said. “Today, the concert ticket industry is broken.”
Attorney David Marriott, who is representing Live Nation, said it wasn’t so. “We’ll let the numbers do the talking. We do not have monopoly power,” he said in response.
The complaint alleges that the company engages in &#8220;anticompetitive conduct&#8221; that results in higher fees, fewer opportunities for artists, and limited ticketing options. 
Per <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/live-nation-ticketmaster-antitrust-trial-doj-what-to-know-rcna261400">NBC News</a>, Live Nation controls 400 musical artists and owns or controls 265 concert venues in North America. 
“Through interconnected agreements associated with Live Nation’s various roles as ticketer, promoter, artist manager, and venue owner,” the complaint states. “Live Nation has created a feedback loop that pushes ticketing and ancillary fees higher while allowing Live Nation to be on all sides of numerous transactions and thereby double-dip from the pockets of fans, artists, and venues.”
This trial, expected to last six weeks, came about after a 2024 lawsuit alleged that Live Nation unfairly dominated concert ticketing and promotion, leaving no room for competitors. The filing occurred after the infamous 2022 incident when Taylor Swift&#8217;s Eras Tour pre-sale tickets caused the Ticketmaster site to crash, with thousands of fans and bots swarming the site all at once.
This Taylor Swift incident led to congressional hearings beginning in January 2023.
“To have a strong capitalist system, you have to have competition. You can’t have too much consolidation. Something that unfortunately for this country — as an ode to Taylor Swift, I will say — we know all too well,” Minnesota Democrat Sen. Amy Klobuchar said at the time, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/twitter-loses-it-over-senators-quoting-taylor-swift-songs-at-ticketmaster-hearing">reported</a>.
Ticketmaster began in 1976 and merged with Live Nation in 2010. Over the years, the company has been at odds with fans and artists at various points, with many accusing the company of having predatory prices. The rock band Pearl Jam testified before Congress on the issue all the way back in 1994, but their efforts ultimately led nowhere.
Marriott argued during the trial’s opening day that the company supports the music industry and is “all about bringing joy to people’s lives.”
He also said the amount of revenue Ticketmaster and Live Nation rake in is highly exaggerated, as AP noted.

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Country rock singer Kid Rock headed to Capitol Hill yesterday to testify on the topic of skyrocketing concert ticket prices and the role corporations and scammers play in it. As he <a href="https://www.axios.com/local/nashville/2026/01/28/blackburn-live-nation-ticket-bots-hearing">put it</a>, “music fans and artists have been getting screwed by the ticketing system.&#8221;
Wednesday’s subcommittee hearing led by Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) was titled: “Fees Rolled on All Summer Long: Examining the Live Entertainment Industry.”
“I’m in a unique position to testify, because unlike most of my peers, I am beholden to no one, no record companies, no managers, no corporate endorsements or deals,” Kid Rock, whose real name is Robert Ritchie, told the committee. “To put it plainly, I ain’t scared, like many artists, managers and agents are, for fear of biting the hand that feeds them.”
He brought up how Live Nation and Ticketmaster merging was pitched as a benefit for artists and fans, but claimed the opposite has proven true.
“Let’s be clear—this is far from a new problem,” Ritchie said. “Thirty years ago, members of the rock band Pearl Jam sat in these same seats, warning Congress about ticketing abuse. In 2009, Congress was told—under oath—that merging Live Nation and Ticketmaster would benefit artists and fans.”
“The economic foundation that supported artists in the past is crumbling. Piracy is threatening their livelihood. Secondary ticketing is driving up prices for the fans with absolutely no benefit to the artist,” the singer continued, per <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-news/kid-rock-congress-ticketing-live-nation-ticketmaster-1236487577/">The Hollywood Reporter</a>. “Needless to say, that experiment has failed miserably. Independent venues have been crushed. Artists have lost leverage. Fans are paying more than ever and getting blamed for it.”
Kid Rock said there are “mountains of fraud” waiting to be discovered and suggested solutions including allowing performers to set their own prices and capping resale prices, to name a few. He also drew attention to bots that buy up large amounts of concert tickets to resell. Ritchie mentioned that the proposed reforms so far haven’t gone far enough.
“The problem is the ticketing lobbyists push these reforms as cover while fighting to keep tickets in an open market and let them exploit fans under the guise of capitalism,” Ritchie said.
Last year, the Senate Commerce Committee introduced the TICKET Act, a bipartisan bill which would require the total fees for an event ticket to be displayed clearly in advance. The bill passed the House in April, but has not yet passed the Senate.

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A federal judge in California ruled on Friday that Live Nation and its subsidiary Ticketmaster must face a class action on behalf of millions of Americans for allegedly overcharging them for events at major concert venues across the country.
U.S. District Judge George Wu in Los Angeles ruled that the plaintiffs met the criteria to expand their lawsuit into a class action seeking 15 years of alleged damages tied to the purchase of more than 400 million tickets.
Live Nation had urged Wu to deny certifying the lawsuit as a class action. The company and attorneys for the plaintiffs did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The class covers consumers who bought tickets directly from Ticketmaster or a Live Nation affiliate for events at major venues since 2010.
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Beverly Hills, California-based Live Nation was accused in the 2022 lawsuit of monopolizing ticketing services, allowing the company to charge artificially high prices in violation of antitrust law.
Live Nation and Ticketmaster have denied any wrongdoing.
In their opposition to class certification, Live Nation and Ticketmaster told Wu that individualized issues involving tickets sold for 1,000 venues made it impossible to hold a single trial on the plaintiffs’ allegations.
Live Nation said the venues, not Ticketmaster, set fees paid by fans, often on a show-by-show basis.
The U.S. Supreme Court in October declined to hear a bid by Live Nation and Ticketmaster to move the lawsuit out of federal court and into private arbitration.
Live Nation faces other antitrust lawsuits over its ticketing practices, including an antitrust action filed in federal court in Manhattan by the U.S. Justice Department and a group of states. The company has denied any wrongdoing in that case.
(Reporting by Mike Scarcella; Editing by David Bario and Matthew Lewis)

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/beyonce">Beyoncé</a> fans in the United States are combating astronomical ticket prices by choosing to attend <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/music">concerts</a> in Europe instead.
Music fans have been using this tactic for a while, arguing that a trip abroad can cost the same or less than seeing a show stateside, especially when they use airline points or other rewards to book flights and hotels. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/europe">European</a> concert tickets are often much cheaper than tickets for the same tour in American cities.
Dallas-based Beyoncé fan Mercedes Arielle posted on Instagram about her decision to book a flight for the Renaissance tour to see a show in Sweden even though the performer was coming to her city. She <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/beyonce-fans-european-shows-ticketmaster-rcna74364">told</a> NBC News that VIP tickets to the Stockholm show cost $366, but her friends in Dallas spent $900 on tickets.
The social media user noted that she even got better seats for the money. “Beyoncé is gonna sweat on me,” Arielle said. “That’s how close I am.”
Kentucky-based fan Kylyn Schnelle had the same experience. She told the publication, “When I looked in London, it was 167 pounds [about $200], and the flight was, like, $660. I was like, this is genuinely the same cost.”
She contacted a friend in London and convinced her to attend the show, too. “If you&#8217;re going to spend $800, why would you not milk it as much as possible?” she said of making the trip.
&#8220;With the flight, it was still cheaper than me buying them in Kentucky,&#8221; Schnelle <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@kylynschnelle/video/7199404846452067630?q=kylynschnelle&amp;t=1678479641252">said</a> in a TikTok video.
Lower ticket prices in Europe aren’t just for the Renaissance tour. The Daily Mail <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11888371/Tickets-Beyonc-concerts-expensive-American-fans-flying-Europe.html">reported</a> that admission to Pink’s show in Chicago costs $618, while similar seats at her Warsaw show cost just $126. To see Bruce Springsteen in New Jersey, his home state, costs $537, while seeing him sing in Denmark costs the equivalent of $96. 
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Ticketmaster has come under fire recently for several reasons, including its dynamic pricing strategy, which increases prices based on user demand. They’ve also been called out for excessive service fees and other miscellaneous costs, which some frustrated fans noticed can cost more than the ticket prices themselves.
The Cure guitarist Robert Smith <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-cure-fans-furious-that-ticketmaster-fees-cost-more-than-tickets-robert-smith-responds-sickened">said</a> he was “sickened” by the practice, arguing that the band intentionally tried to keep ticket prices low so more fans could attend. 
“I am as sickened as you all are by today’s Ticketmaster ‘fees’ debacle,” the 63-year-old musician shared with fans last week. “To be very clear: the artist has no way to limit them,” he continued. “I have been asking how they are justified. If I get anything coherent by way of an answer I will let you all know.”

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Twitter lit up with furious posts accusing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/music-industry">Ticketmaster</a> of charging more in fees than The Cure asked for concert tickets.
“The cure deliberately kept <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">ticket prices</a> low and [Ticketmaster] was like ‘lol bet’ and charges more in fees than the band is for the actual show,” one viral tweet says. The message includes a screenshot of the transaction breakdown, showing a $20 ticket charge along with a service fee, facility charge, and order processing fees that add up to more than that.
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the cure deliberately kept ticket prices low and <a href="https://twitter.com/Ticketmaster?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Ticketmaster</a> was like “lol bet” and charges more in fees than the band is for the actual show <a href="https://t.co/Ig0U5Ywcpw">pic.twitter.com/Ig0U5Ywcpw</a>
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As of Thursday, the tweet has more than 10 million views. 
The tickets were released as part of Ticketmaster’s Verified Fan program, which seeks to discourage scalpers from buying up ticket batches and reselling them at higher prices. 
The Cure <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/music">guitarist</a> Robert Smith reacted to Ticketmaster with multiple posts on his Twitter account this week. 
“I am as sickened as you all are by today’s Ticketmaster ‘fees’ debacle,” the 63-year-old musician shared with fans. “To be very clear: the artist has no way to limit them,” he posted Wednesday night. “I have been asking how they are justified. If I get anything coherent by way of an answer I will let you all know.”
“We had final say in all our ticket pricing for this upcoming tour, and didn’t want those prices instantly and horribly distorted by resale,” the guitarist had previously tweeted on Tuesday. 
“We didn’t agree to the ‘dynamic pricing’/‘price surging’/‘platinum ticket’ thing … because it is itself a bit of a scam? A separate conversation.” In a follow-up, he referred to dynamic pricing as “a greedy scam – and all artists have the choice not to participate … if no artists participated, it would cease to exist.”
In all his tweets, the band’s founding member insisted they agreed to Ticketmaster&#8217;s suggested ticket sale strategies to combat scalpers and make tickets available at fair prices to fans.
Ticketmaster has come under fire several times in the past few months as fans complained about dynamic pricing and issues with the verified fan ticket sales. One of the most talked-about examples happened when Taylor Swift&#8217;s “Eras” tour tickets <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/taylor-swift-finally-breaks-silence-after-eras-tour-ticket-fiasco">went on sale</a> and crashed the entire system due to “extraordinarily high demand.”

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Twitter users lost it over videos of U.S. Senators from both sides of the political aisle quoting lines from Taylor Swift songs during the Ticketmaster hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.
The Senate Judiciary Committee included Minnesota Democrat Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Connecticut Democrat Sen. Richard Blumenthal along with Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee, quoting lyrics from the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/taylor-swift">33-year-old</a> pop singer&#8217;s long catalog of songs.
Klobuchar said during the hearing, &#8220;To have a strong capitalist system, you have to have competition. You can&#8217;t have too much consolidation. Something that unfortunately for this country — as an ode to Taylor Swift, I will say — we know all too well.&#8221;
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“To have a strong capitalist system, you have to have competition. You can’t have too much consolidation,” Sen. Klobuchar says of Ticketmaster.
“Something that unfortunately for this country—as an ode to Taylor Swift, I will say—we know all too well.” <a href="https://t.co/PE451AFhPO">https://t.co/PE451AFhPO</a> <a href="https://t.co/o0vJ2YHExY">pic.twitter.com/o0vJ2YHExY</a>
&mdash; ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABCPolitics/status/1617906997956943874?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 24, 2023</a></blockquote>
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One person wrote, &#8220;This Ticketmaster hearing is taking me out. All these grown senators using Taylor Swift lyrics in their arguments is everything I didn&#8217;t know I needed.&#8221;
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This Ticketmaster hearing is taking me out. All these grown senators using Taylor Swift lyrics in their arguments is everything I didn’t know I needed. 😂 <a href="https://t.co/r7FYRfz15R">pic.twitter.com/r7FYRfz15R</a>
&mdash; ✨Purr-la✨ (@MexicanFairyy) <a href="https://twitter.com/MexicanFairyy/status/1617953169568583680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 24, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Another person on the social media platform tweeted, &#8220;This has me rolling. The Karma quote during the Ticketmaster hearing  #TaylorSwiftTheErasTour.&#8221; The post included a clip of Lee at the hearing saying, &#8220;Karma&#8217;s a relaxing thought, aren&#8217;t you envious, that for you it&#8217;s not.&#8221;
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This has me rolling. The Karma quote during the Ticketmaster hearing 😭😂 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TaylorSwiftTheErasTour?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TaylorSwiftTheErasTour</a> <a href="https://t.co/LGiCybEuxl">pic.twitter.com/LGiCybEuxl</a>
&mdash; Gabe Kanae (@GabeKanae) <a href="https://twitter.com/GabeKanae/status/1617944307847286785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 24, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;HE [Lee] JUST SAID TICKETMASTER IS A NIGHTMARE DRESSED LIKE A DAY DREAM YALL IM F***ING GAGGINGGGG SENND THE POLICE LMFAOOO,&#8221; another person tweeted.
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this ticketmaster hearing is so unserious 😭 <a href="https://t.co/p5NPpmp12h">pic.twitter.com/p5NPpmp12h</a>
&mdash; jules (@tayylorde13) <a href="https://twitter.com/tayylorde13/status/1617943892447596544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 24, 2023</a></blockquote>
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While another shared in response to hearing Sen. Lee, &#8220;The Ticketmaster hearing is absolutely wild. I can&#8217;t believe I just heard a U.S. Senator say &#8216;karma&#8217;s a relaxing thought, aren&#8217;t you envious that for you it&#8217;s not&#8217; in a tone of voice that makes it so clear he has not listened to this song even once.&#8221;
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The Ticketmaster hearing is absolutely wild. I can&#39;t believe I just heard a US Senator say &quot;karma&#39;s a relaxing thought, aren&#39;t you envious that for you it&#39;s not&quot; in a tone of voice that makes it so clear he has not listened to this song even once
&mdash; Maayan (@AgentMaayan) <a href="https://twitter.com/AgentMaayan/status/1617943223028305922?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 24, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Lmfao I really can’t <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TaylorSwift?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TaylorSwift</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Ticketmaster?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Ticketmaster</a> <a href="https://t.co/A5OevfXjfa">pic.twitter.com/A5OevfXjfa</a>
&mdash; Kelly Keegs (@kellykeegs) <a href="https://twitter.com/kellykeegs/status/1617904832995786753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 24, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;This literally so funny,&#8221; one person tweeted. Their post included a clip of Blumenthal stating that &#8220;Ticketmaster had the temerity to imply that the debacle involved in pre-ticket sales was Taylor Swift&#8217;s fault because she was failing to do too many concerts. And may I suggest &#8230; Ticketmaster ought to look in the mirror and say, &#8216;I&#8217;m the problem. It&#8217;s me.'&#8221;
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This literally so funny. Ticketmaster shaking when republicans and democrats are united in this “I’m the problem, it’s me” 💀 <a href="https://t.co/6IDJ4Po5VP">pic.twitter.com/6IDJ4Po5VP</a>
&mdash; Alicia (@Sleeecy) <a href="https://twitter.com/Sleeecy/status/1617925619660230657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 24, 2023</a></blockquote>
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They were clearly not the only ones who couldn&#8217;t believe what they were hearing in the cringeworthy moments.
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all the senators at this ticketmaster hearing after they drop a taylor swift lyric in the middle of their arguments <a href="https://t.co/0A4X0meNrM">pic.twitter.com/0A4X0meNrM</a>
&mdash; zoë 🌱 (@filmsbyzoe) <a href="https://twitter.com/filmsbyzoe/status/1617942793317666816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 24, 2023</a></blockquote>
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TAYLOR SWIFT REFERENCES IN A COURTROOM WHERE TICKETMASTER IS GETTING GOT WHAT IS 2023 LIKE ACTUALLY??,/,/, <a href="https://t.co/kM9ZDksaUR">pic.twitter.com/kM9ZDksaUR</a>
&mdash; erin🪞 (@braereputation) <a href="https://twitter.com/braereputation/status/1617904712669605889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 24, 2023</a></blockquote>
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government officials are literally quoting taylor swift lyrics in fighting w ticketmaster <a href="https://t.co/OdVQBWdX15">pic.twitter.com/OdVQBWdX15</a>
&mdash; kathryn (@canyonmoonbeads) <a href="https://twitter.com/canyonmoonbeads/status/1617924676193517568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 24, 2023</a></blockquote>
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I did not have “Hearing Taylor Swift lyrics in a courtroom as she sues Ticketmaster” on my 2023 Bingo card but here we are.😂 <a href="https://t.co/UG9HkSp4fv">pic.twitter.com/UG9HkSp4fv</a>
&mdash; Tyler Roney (@TylerJRoney) <a href="https://twitter.com/TylerJRoney/status/1617916756378669056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 24, 2023</a></blockquote>
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And those weren&#8217;t the only lyrics that were thrown out, as the account of Taylor Swift Facts noted, posting out a list of all the songs/lyrics they heard during the Senate hearing.
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Songs/Lyrics by Taylor Swift which were mentioned today at the Ticketmaster Senate hearing.
• “Anti-Hero” • “You Belong With Me” • “All Too Well” • “Shake It Off” • “Blank Space” • “Karma” • “This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things” <a href="https://t.co/peVzmTyUel">pic.twitter.com/peVzmTyUel</a>
&mdash; Taylor Swift Facts (@TSwiftFTC) <a href="https://twitter.com/TSwiftFTC/status/1617958014698520576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 24, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Songs/Lyrics by Taylor Swift which were mentioned today at the Ticketmaster Senate hearing,&#8221; the tweet read.
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<li>&#8220;Anti-Hero&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;You Belong With Me&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;All Too Well&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;Shake It Off&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;Blank Space&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;Karma&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things&#8221;</li>
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Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/taylor-swift-announces-2023-eras-tour-in-us-her-first-since-2018">Taylor Swift Announces 2023 &#8216;Eras Tour&#8217; In U.S., Her First Since 2018</a>

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