Live Nation Trial Week 4 Recap: Defense Witnesses Back Ticketmaster & Judge Weighs ‘Intimidation’

For artists, the Live Nation trial is just one piece of a difficult touring ecosystem

Independent venue closures, social media algorithms and the rise of generative AI are all part of an ecosystem that artists say is becoming increasingly difficult for working musicians to weather.(Image credit: Keval Virani / 500px/Getty Images/500px)

Live Nation Trial Week 4 Recap: Defense Witnesses Back Ticketmaster & Judge Weighs ‘Intimidation’

In the fourth week of Live Nation’s antitrust trial, key defense witnesses took the stand as the concert giant continued to make its case to the jury — and the company also accused its biggest competitor of using underhanded tactics to prevent a key witness from testifying. You’re reading Billboard’s weekly Live Nation trial recap, a weekly one-sheet of everything that happened in the monopoly case against the concert giant. Stay tuned here ea…

States’ expert committed perjury, Live Nation says

Live Nation has accused a state-hired economist of “resorting to lying” when alleging customer overcharges by Ticketmaster, and asserted that plaintiffs’ counsel engaged in “witness intimidation”.