Newly revealed incendiary messages in which a Live Nation employee mocks customers as “so stupid” and says the company is “robbing them blind, baby” are gaining public attention during an ongoing antitrust trial.
Live Nation and the U.S. government struck a deal this week that they say would give artists and venues more choice when it comes selling concert tickets to music fans.
The Justice Department says it's reached a settlement in its antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and its parent company, California-based Live Nation Entertainment that will benefit consumers by letting competitors play a role in ticket sales and force Live Nation to give up control of 13 amphitheaters.
A Justice Department lawyer has told a New York jury at the start of an antitrust trial that the concert ticket industry is broken because Ticketmaster and its parent company Live Nation Entertainment have monopolized the market, driving up prices for consumers.
The Federal Trade Commission and a bipartisan group of state attorneys general sued Ticketmaster and its parent company Thursday, saying they are forcing consumers to pay more to see live events through a variety of illegal tactics.
President Donald Trump invited Kid Rock into the Oval Office and signed an executive order that he says will help curb ticket scalping and bring “commonsense” changes to the way live entertainment events are priced.
The Federal Trade Commission says it will soon require hotels, vacation rental platforms and live event promoters to disclose any fees up front when they list prices.
The ticket resale company StubHub is defending its pricing practices from a lawsuit filed by the attorney general for Washington, D.
The Justice Department has filed a sweeping antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and parent company Live Nation Entertainment, accusing them of running an illegal monopoly over live events in America and driving up prices for fans.
The Justice Department has sued Ticketmaster and its parent company, accusing them of running an illegal monopoly over live events in America.
People buying tickets online for concerts, sporting events and other live events in Minnesota will be guaranteed more transparency and protection under a so-called Taylor Swift bill signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Tim Walz.
U.S. Senator John Cornyn along with local sports and entertainment leaders gathered Wednesday to hold a roundtable discussion focused on legislative reforms to the current ticketing system for live performances and events.
The Ticketmaster fallout surrounding the Taylor Swift controversy continues even as the star prepares for a series of concerts in Houston this weekend.
It’s baked into each and every Ticketmaster purchase: Customers scrambling to buy tickets to the most sought-after concerts, sports games or other live events must first check a box agreeing to the company’s “Terms of Use.”
With ticket prices surging at some North American tour locations, fans have decided their money is better spent on a trip and a show.
When Beyoncé announced that tickets would soon be available for the Renaissance World Tour, many members of the “Beyhive” braced themselves for chaos.
A fan publication devoted to Bruce Springsteen says it is shutting down after 43 years, with its publisher saying he's been disillusioned by the talk about ticket prices for their hero's current tour.
Beyoncé's Renaissance World Tour is the hottest ticket in H-Town -- and across the world -- and tickets are now on-sale for some folks on Tuesday.
Senators grilled Ticketmaster Tuesday about its spectacular breakdown last year during a sale of Taylor Swift concert tickets.
Ticketmaster no longer wants to be the “Anti-Hero” to Taylor Swift fans. At the request of Swift’s team, the ticket seller said on Monday that some fans will have a “limited opportunity” to purchase a maximum of two tickets each to her upcoming “Eras” tour.
Taylor Swift fans are suing Live Nation Entertainment, the parent company for Ticketmaster, following the presale debacle last month for her 2023 “The Eras Tour.”
Taylor Swift on Friday responded to fan frustration over the botched presale for her upcoming “The Eras” tour which led to Ticketmaster’s decision to cancel the public sale of tickets.
Ticketmaster announced in a tweet on Thursday it had canceled the public sale of tickets to Taylor Swift’s “The Eras” Tour.
Ticketmaster announced that fans are experiencing issues with its website after launching TaylorSwiftTix presale tickets Tuesday afternoon.
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HOUSTON – Ticketmaster announced in order for fans to attend concerts in the future they may have to provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test, Billboard reported Wednesday. How Ticketmaster plans to check your vaccine status for concerts. #BillboardNews pic.twitter.com/yIwy39GTfi — billboard (@billboard) November 11, 2020The plan, which is still being mapped out, would involve the Ticketmaster app and medical information firms. To attend a concert, fans would be required to either verify through the app that they’d been vaccinated or prove they tested negative for the virus within 72 hours prior to event, CNN reported. Anyone who failed to do so would not be allowed into the venueTicketmaster added that fans should not worry about their personal health information being permanently stored or shared, CNN reported.
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Ticketmaster, Live Nation and AEG are calling these events postponed and claiming that if they are rescheduled, the customer is not entitled to a refund. Currently, there are no regulating agencies investigating this issue, demanding that the tickets sellers refund customer’s money. But with enough pressure, agencies like the Texas Attorney General and/or the Federal Trade Commission just might. You can “cc” the Texas Attorney General, the Federal Trade Commission and yours truly on that letter. Send those same details to these agencies as complaints:Texas Attorney General Consumer Protection DivisionFederal Trade CommissionThe Houston Better Business Bureau3.
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HOUSTON – Ticketmaster and its parent company LiveNation appear to be easing up and relaxing a stringent refund policy that stuck thousands of consumers with the cost of event tickets, even when the events were canceled on the originally scheduled date. We told you about Phyllis Bailey’s efforts to get a refund when the March concert she planned to attend was rescheduled for August. She wanted a refund instead, but Ticketmaster declined her request. Ticketmaster told her she wasn’t eligible for a refund because her tickets would “still be good” for the new show on March 24, 2022. For cancelled shows fans can choose to receive up to 150% of their ticket value as Concert Cash, and for rescheduled shows they will receive Concert Cash once they attend the new date.
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Now, many of those ticket holders are left waiting on refunds that may never come. When Live Nation or Ticketmaster canceled shows and concerts, instead of using the word “canceled,” the ticket sellers said the events were just “postponed.” Once rescheduled, even if the customer cannot attend on the new date, the companies won’t always refund the ticket price. Canceled concerts, refunds deniedIt happened to Houstonian Phyllis Bailey. When Bailey contacted Live Nation to get a refund of the $222.14, a representative told her the show was simply postponed until August 11. Live Nation told her she could get a refund.
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