{"id":2323204,"date":"2026-03-11T15:22:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T15:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2323204"},"modified":"2026-03-11T15:22:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T15:22:13","slug":"attorney-general-derek-brown-to-continue-case-against-live-nation-ticketmaster-for-illegally-monopolizing-the-live-entertainment-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/attorney-general-derek-brown-to-continue-case-against-live-nation-ticketmaster-for-illegally-monopolizing-the-live-entertainment-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Attorney General Derek Brown to continue case against Live Nation\/Ticketmaster for illegally monopolizing\u00a0the\u00a0live entertainment industry\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SALT LAKE CITY,\u00a0Utah \u2013\u00a0Attorney General Derek Brown\u00a0confirmed\u00a0that Utah\u00a0will\u00a0continue\u00a0to pursue\u00a0litigation\u00a0over\u00a0Live\u00a0Nation and Ticketmaster monopoly\u00a0despite the settlement announced by the U.S. Department of Justice on Monday. Utah\u00a0is part of a\u00a0bipartisan\u00a0coalition of\u00a0state\u00a0attorneys\u00a0general\u00a0working to ensure\u00a0competition is restored for fans,\u00a0performers, and local businesses.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor years, Live Nation and Ticketmaster have made it harder for Utahns to see the artists they love by driving up ticket prices and squeezing out the competition. As Utah\u2019s Attorney General,\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0committed to securing the best outcome possible for Utah consumers who have been forced to pay too much at Live Nation and Ticketmaster venues,\u201d said Attorney General Derek Brown.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Utah joined the U.S. Department of Justice and 38 other states in a lawsuit against Live Nation and its subsidiary Ticketmaster,\u00a0alleging the companies used their dominance in the live entertainment industry to drive up prices and limit competition.\u00a0Utah\u00a0argues that:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Live Nation holds a dominant position across the music and concert industry, including artist management, concert promotion, venue ownership, and ticketing.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The company is accused of using unfair practices to\u00a0maintain\u00a0that dominance.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>These practices include buying rivals, tying artists\u2019 use of\u00a0promotion\u00a0services\u00a0to\u00a0amphitheaters,\u00a0and locking venues into long-term contracts that block competition.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The result has been higher ticket prices,\u00a0numerous\u00a0additional\u00a0fees, and fewer affordable, transparent ticket options for Utah families.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Live Nation and Ticketmaster\u2019s monopoly\u00a0has\u00a0impacted\u00a0fans across Utah. Utahns spent $400.4 million on live entertainment in 2024, according to the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapps.bea.gov%2FiTable%2F%3Freqid%3D70%26step%3D1%26isuri%3D1%26acrdn%3D4%26_gl%3D1*a2nt8b*_ga*NzEyMjQ0ODMuMTc3MzE2ODYwMA..*_ga_J4698JNNFT*czE3NzMxNzA3MjIkbzIkZzEkdDE3NzMxNzA4NjkkajYwJGwwJGgw%23eyJhcHBpZCI6NzAsInN0ZXBzIjpbMSwyOSwyNSwzMSwyNiwyNywzMF0sImRhdGEiOltbIlRhYmxlSWQiLCI1MzUiXSxbIk1ham9yX0FyZWEiLCIwIl0sWyJTdGF0ZSIsWyIwIl1dLFsiQXJlYSIsWyI0OTAwMCJdXSxbIlN0YXRpc3RpYyIsWyI4NyJdXSxbIlVuaXRfb2ZfbWVhc3VyZSIsIkxldmVscyJdLFsiWWVhciIsWyItMSJdXSxbIlllYXJCZWdpbiIsIi0xIl0sWyJZZWFyX0VuZCIsIi0xIl1dfQ%3D%3D&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cheseariac%40agutah.gov%7Cd9cd7f5a469041eb6d3508de7f7ab24f%7Ccf2d8167d3f44409a289d4b0ad0ce47a%7C0%7C0%7C639088362123019191%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=LDqTc6vadAf77jm4%2FbTRN8EwuCvcChmskLPndpbGXpU%3D&amp;reserved=0\">U.S.\u00a0Bureau of Economic Analysis<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The jury trial\u00a0commenced\u00a0last week and was scheduled to continue for another four weeks in\u00a0the Southern District of New York.\u00a0The Office of the Attorney General\u00a0remains\u00a0committed to restoring competitive fairness and protecting fans. \u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>States joining Utah\u00a0in this litigation\u00a0include Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,\u00a0Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming, and the District of Columbia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source attorneygeneral.utah.gov \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SALT LAKE CITY,\u00a0Utah \u2013\u00a0Attorney General Derek Brown\u00a0confirmed\u00a0that Utah\u00a0will\u00a0continue\u00a0to pursue\u00a0litigation\u00a0over\u00a0Live\u00a0Nation and Ticketmaster monopoly\u00a0despite the settlement announced by the U.S. Department of Justice on Monday. Utah\u00a0is part of a\u00a0bipartisan\u00a0coalition of\u00a0state\u00a0attorneys\u00a0general\u00a0working to ensure\u00a0competition is restored for fans,\u00a0performers, and local businesses.\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cFor years, Live Nation and Ticketmaster have made it harder for Utahns to see the artists they love [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2323205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2323204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Attorney-General-Derek-Brown-to-continue-case-against-Live-NationTicketmaster.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2323204"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2323206,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323204\/revisions\/2323206"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2323205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2323204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2323204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2323204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}