TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on May 23, 2024

Tennessee is joining with 29 other states and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to sue Live Nation Entertainment Inc. for antitrust violations related to Ticketmaster’s unrivaled control of concert ticket sales. The suit, which is to be filed in a New York court this week, comes almost 15 years after the two entities merged in 2010, Bloomberg Law reports. According to a press release from Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, Live Nation controls two of the most important parts of Tennessee’s live entertainment industry: ticketing and artist tours. “Since Ticketmaster’s Taylor Swift ticketing debacle in 2022, my AG colleagues and I have relentlessly sought justice for Americans wanting to attend concerts without having their pocketbooks pillaged by Live Nation’s monopoly,” Skrmetti said. “I am glad to partner with the DOJ in the bipartisan effort to break up the Live Nation/Ticketmaster monopoly.”