Billie Eilish, Diplo, Becky G and More Sign Letter Advocating for Ticket Transparency

Artists are coming together to advocate for the fans of their live shows.

More than 250 performers including Billie Eilish, Lorde, Green Day, Diplo, Cyndi Lauper, Fall Out Boy and Becky G. signed an open letter addressed to the Senate Committee on Commerce asking them to pass the Fans First Act in order to protect consumers against bots and add more transparency to the process of buying concert tickets.

“As artists and members of the music community, we rely on touring for our livelihood, and we value music fans above all else,” the letter begins.

“We are joining together to say that the current system is broken: predatory resellers and secondary platforms engage in deceptive ticketing practices to inflate ticket prices and deprive fans of the chance to see their favorite artists at a fair price.”

The letter went on to describe how deceitful resellers have harmed the relationship between artists and their fans by making their events less affordable for fans — sometimes inflating ticket prices as much as “20x face value.”

Too often, fans show up to concerts and live events without a valid ticket because of “predatory resellers” per the letter.

“No one cares more about fans than the artists,” the letter reads, before describing how The Fans First Act its advocating for “provides us with more tools to combat predatory resellers and the use of illegal bots.”

Per the letter, the act will ban “fake tickets and deceptive marketing tactics that trick our fans into paying more for tickets that may never get them into a show.”

It will also require resellers to present the buyer with “the full itemized price of a ticket from the moment a transaction begins” and lay out clear penalties and methods of enforcement for any reseller who violates the act.

“Predatory resellers should not be more profitable than the people dedicating their lives to their art,” the letter concludes.

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The letter comes days after Coachella 2024, the popular Indio, California-based music festival concluded.

Fans are also anticipating concert events from Justin Timberlake, the Foo Fighters, Bleachers, Janet Jackson, Blink-182, Olivia Rodrigo, Usher and more artists, according to Entertainment Weekly.