A group of senators is urging a federal judge to closely scrutinize Live Nation’s settlement of the Justice Department’s antitrust case, alleging that revelations “point toward a deal made in response to politicalpressure rather than the public interest.

When Live Nation settled with the US Department of Justice a few days into its antitrust trial last month, the expectation was that it would reach a similar settlement with the state attorneys general who were also suing it.

On the Friday, March 27, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast: High fees, limited options, and frustrating presales define concert ticketing today. Will a DOJ settlement with Live Nation and Ticketmaster change the checkout experience, or leave the system ...

Music lovers who have complained for years about Ticketmaster fees for concert tickets are surely reveling in a jury verdict Wednesday that found its parent company Live Nation has been running a harmful monopoly over large venues across the U.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Willie Nelson performs at his 52nd annual Fourth of July Picnic last year at the Germania Insurance Amphiteater. It’s one of two major amphitheaters LiveNation-Ticketmaster must divest ...

Live Nation Entertainment Inc. Chief Executive Officer Michael Rapino told a New York jury that his multi-million-dollar compensation is tied in part to his “solving the DOJ problem” — a reference to the threat posed by government antitrust enforcers ...

Leaked Slack messages reveal potentially deceitful business practices — and the DOJ just let Live Nation keep Ticketmaster, setting its antitrust suit.