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Live Nation DoJ lawsuit continues under Trump

A federal judge in New York denied Live Nation’s motion to narrow the antitrust case brought by the US Department of Justice and 39 state Attorney Generals from both parties.

Bruce Houghton on 03/17/2025 in Live & Touring | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Live Music stocks down again Tuesday

Live music stocks continued their multi-day slide on Tuesday.

Bruce Houghton on 03/12/2025 in Live & Touring | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Live Music Stocks continue to fall faster than Markets

Live music stocks from Live Nation, Sphere Entertainment. and MSG Entertainment followed the markets downward Monday continuing their week long spiral.

Bruce Houghton on 03/10/2025 in Live & Touring | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Ticketmaster cancels Oasis tickets, fans ‘crushed’

Many Oasis fans received emails from Ticketmaster over the weekend saying that their tickets to the Oasis ’25 tour had been identified as purchased by a bots and cancelled.

Bruce Houghton on 02/10/2025 in Live & Touring | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Ticketing in turmoil as Congress, Live Nation send mixed messages

From Taylor Swift to Oasis, concert ticketing was the focus of more media attention in 2024 than ever. But as the year ends, failed efforts to enact meaningful change by Congress, industry trade groups and the nation’s largest live music company have left concert ticketing in turmoil.

Bruce Houghton on 12/19/2024 in Live & Touring | Permalink | Comments (1)
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50,000 Oasis tickets CANCELLED, Live Nation endorses resale price cap

In the latest proof that concert ticketing is broken more than 50,000 Oasis fans will have the tickets they bought to the band’s reunion gigs cancelled. 

Bruce Houghton on 10/29/2024 in Live & Touring | Permalink | Comments (2)
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DoJ Live Nation antitrust expands as 39 States, DC join lawsuit

The Department of Justice has filed an amended complaint in its anti-trust battle against Live Nation and Ticketmaster.

Bruce Houghton on 08/20/2024 in Live & Touring | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Judges call Live Nation arbitration ‘Crazy,’ ‘Nuts’ & ‘Unconscionable’

A California District Court removed a ticket buyer class claim from arbitration because the fine print that accompanied each ticket purchase was “drafting malpractice,” “cockamamie,” and “just nuts,” according to. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 06/18/2024 in Live & Touring | Permalink | Comments (1)
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Fans file $5B Class Action vs Live Nation in wake of DoJ antitrust suit

Live Nation and Ticketmaster were hit by a consumer class action lawsuit on Thursday. The lawsuit, piggybacking on the US Department of Justice antitrust case filed earlier in the week…..

Bruce Houghton on 05/28/2024 in Live & Touring | Permalink | Comments (1)
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Your Morning Coffee Podcast: Music NDAs • Live Nation anti-trust • Spotify battles songwriters

Episode 198 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s podcast Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business is available now…..

Bruce Houghton on 05/28/2024 in Live & Touring | Permalink | Comments (0)
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