Taylor Swift References Dropped During Ticketmaster Senate Hearing | E! News

I'm the problem. Here are all the

Taylor

Swift

references

US Senators made during a January 24

hearing

about the lack of competition in the ticketing industry, as fans and especially speedsters know that

Ticketmaster

and its parent company, Live Nation, came under intense scrutiny in the run up to November. -Release dates on sale for the upcoming tour were

Taylor

's, when fans endured long wait times and technical problems that prevented many from obtaining tickets during the

hearing

. Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota worked on an acknowledgment of Tay's short film. have competition you can't have too much consolidation something that unfortunately for this country like an Ode to

Taylor

Swift

I'll say we know all too well Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut made sure the anti-hero had a moment

Ticketmaster

should look in the mirror say the problem is me, it's me Senator Mike Lee of Utah

dropped

this iconic You Belong With Me line along with Senator Klobuchar like c hair, to be honest, I was hoping, um for a few months now, to get the sledgehammer back, but once again she is the captain and i am in the stands so panther just kept the reference that a ticket buyer can sell to someone else i a lot of people seem to think that somehow a solution i think its a nightmare dressed like a dream i don't think we should go there karma is a relaxing thought aren't you envious that for you it is Not Live Nations President and CFO Joe Burkholt apologized to Megastar during his testimony and said that bots attacked fans' verified password servers during

Swift

's ticket pre-sale event. we apologize to the fans, we apologize for missing

Swift

.

We need to do better and we will do better.

Taylor

herself did not participate in the

hearing

. He has previously spoken about his fans' experiences trying to buy tickets for his shows through gh

Ticketmaster

said in a Nov. 18 Instagram Story that there are a multitude of reasons why people had such a hard time getting tickets and I'm trying to figure out how this situation can be improved in the future. I'm not going to make excuses. for anyone because we asked them several times if they could handle this type of demand and they assured us that they could.

She added that it's really amazing that 2.4 million people have gotten tickets, but it really bothers me that many of them feel like they went through several enduring attacks to get them.