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Watch live: Senate panel holds hearing focused on Taylor Swift Ticketmaster fiasco

FILE - Singer Taylor Swift performs on stage in a concert at Wembley Stadium on June 22, 2018, in London. On the heels of a messy ticket roll out for Swift’s first tour in years, fans are angry; they’re also energized against Ticketmaster. While researchers agree that there’s no way to tell how long the energy could last, the outrage shows a way for young people to become more politically engaged through fan culture. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP, File)

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday is holding a hearing to examine “how consolidation in the live entertainment and ticketing industries harms customers and artists alike,” as a response to the recent Taylor Swift tickets fiasco with major distributor Ticketmaster.

The ticket company canceled Swift’s concert sale in mid-November when it couldn’t resolve problems that left millions of fans unable to purchase tickets or without their tickets even after purchase.

The meltdown sent the fans spiraling — Swift herself weighed in saying it is excruciating for her to “just watch mistakes happen with no recourse.”

Joe Berchtold, the president and CFO of Ticketmaster parent company Live Nation Entertainment, is set to testify at the hearing. He is expected to attribute the problems to large bot activity amid the unprecedented demand for concert tickets.

The hearing is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. ET.

Watch the live video above.