{"id":2323467,"date":"2026-03-11T18:31:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T18:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2323467"},"modified":"2026-03-11T18:31:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T18:31:05","slug":"dcs-office-of-the-attorney-general-we-will-continue-fighting-to-hold-live-nation-accountable-and-restore-competition-to-the-live-entertainment-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/dcs-office-of-the-attorney-general-we-will-continue-fighting-to-hold-live-nation-accountable-and-restore-competition-to-the-live-entertainment-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"DC\u2019s Office of the Attorney General: \u201cWe will continue fighting to hold Live Nation accountable and restore competition to the live entertainment industry.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><br \/><em>photo by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jeffreymorrisphotography\/30951840178\/in\/photolist-Pa7gJS-28J3VkA-R98wZH-TkYqzw-d4orX3-a11aPW-Q8cUgZ-Xh1U9p-2831ocL-rFaWaq-Ut6WKq-YijF1K-uxgtq6-LsJmSN-Pt79bJ-GsdGcf-pQb9n3-qbsUmo-KYq28S-tEW9Ar-tofb41-bz9zVC-VwNZKA-9yguHt-ruFCh1-tshCNz-237sc6U-Yt6QqP-2817G9Q-Xq7wd5-feavyL-TmRvDX-ZE9fBQ-97UQc9-SBS83Q-RZS5FS-yByDYg-rrrRMz-RBBrgn-E9NEKE-PQmu9y-cFQ7Lb-MoEqoP-9ZXiUp-RMppn9-d4oscG-Pza5tQ-TYy12A-WfJd8R-9yjudd\" target=\"_blank\">Jeffrey Morris<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>From DC\u2019s Office of the Attorney General (OAG):<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.livenation.com\/statements\/live-nation-entertainment-reaches-settlement-with-u-s-department-of-justice\/\" target=\"_blank\">DOJ Settlement<\/a>, Bipartisan <strong>27-AG Coalition Will Keep Fighting to Restore Fair Competition to Live Music Marketplace<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb released the following statement regarding the ongoing antitrust case against Live Nation, which owns Ticketmaster, for illegally monopolizing the live entertainment industry and concert ticketing services:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDC\u2019s live entertainment scene is vital to our local economy and culture, and the recently announced settlement is simply not adequate,\u201d said Attorney General Schwalb.\u00a0\u201cLive Nation has raked in billions from an illegal monopoly that stifles artists, harms venues, and makes it harder for fans to see the performers they love. We will continue fighting to hold Live Nation accountable and restore competition to the live entertainment industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Background on Lawsuit<\/strong><span id=\"more-340388\"\/><br \/>In May 2024, a bipartisan group of state attorneys general joined the U.S. Department of Justice to sue Live Nation for monopolizing the market for ticketing and using its monopoly power in the concert venue market to reinforce and protect that monopoly.<\/p>\n<p>The District is home to more than 20\u00a0music venues of varying sizes, from Capital One Arena, which can fit more than 20,000 fans, to more intimate venues. Ticketmaster sales data for recent years show the District had far higher per capita Ticketmaster ticket sales than any state. Live Nation controls two of the most important parts of the live entertainment industry at District concert venues: ticketing and artists. Live Nation is the exclusive ticketer to nearly all sizable venues in DC. Live Nation is the dominant content provider to those venues because its monopoly of concert promotions means neither artists nor venues have comparable, competitive alternatives to Live Nation. That means for most shows at major concert venues in and around the District, Live Nation\u2019s misconduct results in fans paying more to see the show.<\/p>\n<p>The original lawsuit asked the court to restore competition to the live entertainment industry by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Securing financial compensation<\/strong>\u00a0for the District, as well as for fans who were overcharged by Live Nation, leading them to pay more than they would have in a competitive market for tickets.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prohibiting<\/strong>\u00a0Live Nation from engaging in its anticompetitive practices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ordering<\/strong>\u00a0Live Nation to divest Ticketmaster.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Joining Attorney General Schwalb in continuing the lawsuit against Live Nation are the attorneys general of Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.<\/p>\n<p>The coalition\u2019s motion for a mistrial so that the states can have a fair trial to challenge Live Nation\u2019s conduct is available <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/oag.dc.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-03\/LiveNation_Lawsuit_States_Motion_for_Mistrial.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"> here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>OAG\u2019s Antitrust Enforcement Actions<\/strong><br \/>OAG has a long record of holding companies accountable for antitrust violations that harm District consumers. OAG sued <u><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/oag.dc.gov\/release\/attorney-general-schwalb-sues-realpage-residential\" target=\"_blank\">RealPage<\/a><\/u> and 14 of the largest residential landlords in the District for colluding to illegally raise rents for tens of thousands of DC residents, and has also opposed anticompetitive mergers such as those between Kroger and Albertsons, JetBlue and Spirit, Anthem and Cigna, Staples and Office Depot, and fantasy sports sites DraftKings and FanDuel.\u201d<\/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 www.popville.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>photo by Jeffrey Morris From DC\u2019s Office of the Attorney General (OAG): \u201cFollowing DOJ Settlement, Bipartisan 27-AG Coalition Will Keep Fighting to Restore Fair Competition to Live Music Marketplace Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb released the following statement regarding the ongoing antitrust case against Live Nation, which owns Ticketmaster, for illegally monopolizing the live entertainment [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2323468,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":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-2323467","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\/DCs-Office-of-the-Attorney-General-We-will-continue-fighting.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323467","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=2323467"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2323469,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323467\/revisions\/2323469"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2323468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2323467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2323467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2323467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}