Our fees are too high. We can’t defend them,” Michael Rapino, Live Nation’s longtime head, told a band manager in 2016, ...

Concert ticket costs have become a national crisis — so much so that the Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit to break up Live Nation, which owns Ticketmaster. Twenty-seven state attorneys ...

The Guardian reported that Ticketmaster collects an average of $7.58 per ticket sold at major venues. According to an analysis cited by Jonathan Hatch, a New York attorney, fans in the states seeking ...

Live Nation’s settlement with the Justice Department is a big step toward accountability—and cheaper ticket prices.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino thinks concerts are too cheap, actually. - Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images The comments from Rapino came ...

Some operators of Maryland independent concert venues say a tentative settlement of a federal antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and parent company Live Nation Entertainment isn’t enough to ...

The proposed remedy doesn't match the actual problem.

is a senior policy reporter at The Verge, covering the intersection of Silicon Valley and Capitol Hill. She spent 5 years covering tech policy at CNBC, writing about antitrust, privacy, and content ...

From presale hoops to rising fees, the modern ticket-buying experience is frustrating fans while a monopoly battle plays out ...

Grammy winning country music star Zach Bryan so disliked Live Nation Entertainment Inc. and its ticket selling unit that he tried to avoid the company’s concert venues on his 2023 tour and even ...

Today on Commotion, policy expert Vass Bednar and musician Rollie Pemberton join host Elamin Abdelmahmoud to discuss how Live Nation dominates the industry, and what this means for the price of ...

Concert tickets have skyrocketed since the pandemic, and live music venues and artists are beholden to booking agents and ...