[Satire] Live Nation DOJ Trial Week 1 Recap: Taylor Swift, Opening Statements & Barclays Center ‘Threat’ Call

Multiple venues, millions of fans in Carolinas eye Live Nation litigation

(The Center Square) – Taylor Swift’s 2022 Eras Tour gets credit as the trigger, Congress couldn’t help, and more than three dozen state attorneys general – including North Carolina’s Jeff Jackson – are poised for a breakup.

Live Nation DOJ Trial Week 1 Recap: Taylor Swift, Opening Statements & Barclays Center ‘Threat’ Call

When Live Nation’s epic DOJ antitrust trial finally kicked off this week, it didn’t disappoint, featuring strongly-worded opening statements, a battle over a botched Taylor Swift presale, and claims of a “threat” against a Brooklyn venue if it dropped Ticketmaster. You’re reading Billboard’s weekly Live Nation trial recap, a weekly one-sheet of everything that happened in the Department of Justice’s monopoly case against the concert giant. Sta…

SATIRE NEWS: Prosecutors Unable To Attend Live Nation Trial After Scalpers Buy Every Ticket

NEW YORK—Jeopardizing the fate of what could be a landmark federal antitrust trial, U.S. prosecutors were reportedly unable to attend the Live Nation trial Friday after scalpers bought every ticket. “Ah, shit, I promised my daughter I was going to prosecute Live Nation for her birthday,” said David E. Dahlquist, a lawyer for the U.S. Justice Department who groaned upon seeing the astronomical resale prices on Ticketmaster’s website, where some s…

Are Major Tours Leveraged Against Venues to Keep Ticketmaster?

A former exec managing the Brooklyn Barclays Center testified how Live Nation uses major tour access to keep venues beholden to Ticketmaster.