Live Nation denied the Federal Trade Commission’s accusations that it worked with scalpers to make millions on resale tickets, but also told lawmakers that Ticketmaster would implement new safeguards to address several issues highlighted in the FTC lawsuit. As Billboard reports, Live Nation’s Executive Vice President Daniel M. Wall told …
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The night Shawn James sold out an 1,100-cap room in São Paulo, he realized what many artists who venture south of the U.S. eventually learn: Latin America doesn’t just welcome you, it takes you in completely. “It was the biggest show of my career,” James says. “We sold out and …
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The U.K. government has “secured formal commitments” from Ticketmaster that it will be more upfront with fans about ticket prices following an uproar over the Oasis reunion tour on-sale last year. In a statement shared Thursday, Sept. 25, the Competition and Markets Authority said Ticketmaster will now “make sure fans …
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Jack Antonoff expressed his dismay with recent comments from Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino about concert tickets being “underpriced” with more room to rise, saying, ”This really breaks my heart and is a sick way of looking at it.” On X Thursday, Sept. 25, Antonoff shared some of Rapino’s comments …
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The live-entertainment industry in 2025 is defined by its contradictions. Concerts seem to be more popular than ever, yet for every successful run, there’s a growing number of tours being canceled for financial reasons. Post-Covid inflation has driven up prices everywhere, including the cost of putting on a great tour, …
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Live Nation and Ticketmaster have been accused of allowing scalpers to hoover up millions of tickets so they can be resold on Ticketmaster’s own resale platforms at a steep markups to customers. A new lawsuit brought by the Federal Trade Commission and seven states accuses the country’s biggest concert promoter …
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Richard Grenell is now a member of Live Nation Entertainment’s Board of Directors. On Tuesday, the organization, currently under investigation by the Department of Justice, announced the addition of the Trump-appointed Kennedy Center President to its Board. “The power of live performances to bring people together while boosting local economies …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. From Willie Nelson to Avril Lavigne, Nelly to LCD Soundsystem, it just got more affordable to see some of your favorite artists on the road this year. This …
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order today that takes aim at ticket scalpers and “rent-seeking behaviors surrounding the ticketing industry.” The order denounced scalpers for using “bots and other unfair means to acquire large quantities of face-value tickets” and reselling them at “an enormous markup on the secondary market, …
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While Live Nation-Ticketmaster may have entered the year, as they called it, “hopeful” that Donald Trump’s presidency would bode well for its fight against the massive antitrust lawsuit filed by federal prosecutors last May, the company took a hit Friday when a Biden-appointed judge rejected its bid to dismiss a …
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