In recent years, The Cure’s Robert Smith has been vocal about the shifting touring and ticket market. In 2023, the singer convinced Ticketmaster to give partial refunds to fans who had purchased tickets to their Songs Of A Lost World tour, hitting back at “unduly high” fees.

Anyone who recently bought tickets through Ticketmaster might want to pay attention here—as customers across the country sound the alarm about a new scam. This scam involves customers’ purchased tickets disappearing before they could even be used—and landing in the hands of scammers.

Good news, NASCAR fans. Starting in 2025, you’ll be able to buy tickets for races at any track owned by NASCAR or Speedway Motorsports using a single, unified platform.

The U.K.’s competition watchdog has launched an investigation into the way more than one million tickets were sold for next year’s reunion concerts from iconic 1990s Britpop band Oasis.

Attorneys general from about two dozen US states are going after three times the monetary damages originally sought against Live Nation Entertainment and its ticket-selling unit, Ticketmaster. In an updated version of a lawsuit first filed in May, the states allege the concert giant monopolized markets across its industry.

Ticketmaster’s troubled handling of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour prompted California lawmakers to spend months cracking down on the ticketing industry — while they enjoyed thousands of dollars worth of free tickets themselves from interest groups, a POLITICO analysis shows.

As elected officials representing many of the same diverse and hardworking communities of the Central Valley, we share state Sen. Anna Caballero’s commitment to serving our constituents.

As an advocate for small businesses, I know how challenging it is to succeed in today’s economy. It’s even more challenging when entrepreneurs have to face competition that engages in unfair business practices. This is especially the case with Live Nation/Ticketmaster, a monopoly that dominates the live event ticketing industry.

There is a growing contention from Washington D.C. all the way to California that event ticket seller Ticketmaster and its parent company Live Nation are an illegal monopoly that lawmakers should rein in, and sooner than later.

The company said in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it discovered an “unauthorized activity within a third-party cloud database,” on May 20 and promptly launched an investigation.

The hacking group ShinyHunters has claimed responsibility for stealing the user information of more than 500 million Ticketmaster customers.

The Department of Justice on Thursday announced that it had filed a lawsuit against Ticketmaster’s Beverly Hills-based parent, Live Nation Entertainment, seeking to break up the company over allegations that it created an illegal monopoly over the live entertainment industry.

The Justice Department and dozens of states and the District of Columbia sued to break up Ticketmaster and its parent company Live Nation on Thursday alleging that they have illegally monopolized the live music industry harming fans, artists and venues, through a mix of exclusive contracts, self-preferencing, retaliation and acquisitions.

For years, Sen. Amy Klobuchar has sought to reform the concert industry. On Thursday, the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit to break up Live Nation and Ticketmaster‘s alleged monopoly on the U.S. touring industry, claiming that the businesses have been feeding on ticket buyers since merging in 2010.

A powerful cadre of industry insiders are seeking to eliminate significant proposed legislation in California by pushing for amendments that would enhance, rather than eliminate, the monopolistic hold that Live Nation Entertainment has on the business, per Politico.

Concert and sporting event ticket prices have exploded since the Live Nation-Ticketmaster merger, but a new California bill could break up their monopoly. And the 49ers and Warriors are completely against this bill, because they benefit handsomely from that monopoly.

Since Ticketmaster and Live Nation merged in 2010, ticket sales for live events in California have skyrocketed. A bill seeking to restore competition and finally give fans more choice on the market faces fierce opposition from California’s billion-dollar sports franchises.

Assemblymember Buffy Wicks had set out earlier this year to end exclusive relationships between venues and the companies that sell their tickets — hoping that more ticketers would mean more competition and better deals for the fans.

Concert and sporting event ticket prices have exploded since the Live Nation-Ticketmaster merger, but a new California bill could break up their monopoly. And the 49ers and Warriors are completely against this bill, because they benefit handsomely from that monopoly.

Several backers of Assemblymember Buffy Wicks’ bill to end exclusive control over ticket sales are threatening to pull their support if she accepts a major amendment proposed by the Assembly’s Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection today.

In recent years, The Cure’s Robert Smith has been vocal about the shifting touring and ticket market. In 2023, the singer convinced Ticketmaster to give partial refunds to fans who had purchased tickets to their Songs Of A Lost World tour, hitting back at “unduly high” fees.

Anyone who recently bought tickets through Ticketmaster might want to pay attention here—as customers across the country sound the alarm about a new scam. This scam involves customers’ purchased tickets disappearing before they could even be used—and landing in the hands of scammers.

Good news, NASCAR fans. Starting in 2025, you’ll be able to buy tickets for races at any track owned by NASCAR or Speedway Motorsports using a single, unified platform.

The U.K.’s competition watchdog has launched an investigation into the way more than one million tickets were sold for next year’s reunion concerts from iconic 1990s Britpop band Oasis.

Attorneys general from about two dozen US states are going after three times the monetary damages originally sought against Live Nation Entertainment and its ticket-selling unit, Ticketmaster. In an updated version of a lawsuit first filed in May, the states allege the concert giant monopolized markets across its industry.

Ticketmaster’s troubled handling of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour prompted California lawmakers to spend months cracking down on the ticketing industry — while they enjoyed thousands of dollars worth of free tickets themselves from interest groups, a POLITICO analysis shows.

As elected officials representing many of the same diverse and hardworking communities of the Central Valley, we share state Sen. Anna Caballero’s commitment to serving our constituents.

As an advocate for small businesses, I know how challenging it is to succeed in today’s economy. It’s even more challenging when entrepreneurs have to face competition that engages in unfair business practices. This is especially the case with Live Nation/Ticketmaster, a monopoly that dominates the live event ticketing industry.

There is a growing contention from Washington D.C. all the way to California that event ticket seller Ticketmaster and its parent company Live Nation are an illegal monopoly that lawmakers should rein in, and sooner than later.

The company said in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it discovered an “unauthorized activity within a third-party cloud database,” on May 20 and promptly launched an investigation.

The hacking group ShinyHunters has claimed responsibility for stealing the user information of more than 500 million Ticketmaster customers.

The Department of Justice on Thursday announced that it had filed a lawsuit against Ticketmaster’s Beverly Hills-based parent, Live Nation Entertainment, seeking to break up the company over allegations that it created an illegal monopoly over the live entertainment industry.

The Justice Department and dozens of states and the District of Columbia sued to break up Ticketmaster and its parent company Live Nation on Thursday alleging that they have illegally monopolized the live music industry harming fans, artists and venues, through a mix of exclusive contracts, self-preferencing, retaliation and acquisitions.

For years, Sen. Amy Klobuchar has sought to reform the concert industry. On Thursday, the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit to break up Live Nation and Ticketmaster‘s alleged monopoly on the U.S. touring industry, claiming that the businesses have been feeding on ticket buyers since merging in 2010.

A powerful cadre of industry insiders are seeking to eliminate significant proposed legislation in California by pushing for amendments that would enhance, rather than eliminate, the monopolistic hold that Live Nation Entertainment has on the business, per Politico.

Concert and sporting event ticket prices have exploded since the Live Nation-Ticketmaster merger, but a new California bill could break up their monopoly. And the 49ers and Warriors are completely against this bill, because they benefit handsomely from that monopoly.

Since Ticketmaster and Live Nation merged in 2010, ticket sales for live events in California have skyrocketed. A bill seeking to restore competition and finally give fans more choice on the market faces fierce opposition from California’s billion-dollar sports franchises.

Assemblymember Buffy Wicks had set out earlier this year to end exclusive relationships between venues and the companies that sell their tickets — hoping that more ticketers would mean more competition and better deals for the fans.

Concert and sporting event ticket prices have exploded since the Live Nation-Ticketmaster merger, but a new California bill could break up their monopoly. And the 49ers and Warriors are completely against this bill, because they benefit handsomely from that monopoly.

Several backers of Assemblymember Buffy Wicks’ bill to end exclusive control over ticket sales are threatening to pull their support if she accepts a major amendment proposed by the Assembly’s Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection today.