Julio Santo Domingo is the founder of the Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival, which starts today, Thursday March 19th. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/julio-santo-domingo/id1316200737?i=1000756119481 https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9ff4fb19-54d4-41ae-ae7a-8a6f8d3dafa8/episodes/9d5a48a8-4b32-41c2-be73-26053a82184b/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-julio-santo-domingo

The only question left is the remedy. Of course the jury is going to hold for the states against Live Nation. Because of the TRIFECTA! Yup, the testimony re Barclays and the arena in Minneapolis. The Slack conversation between Live Nation employees gleefully deriding the consumer, talking about how people are so dumb they can […]

I don’t see how Live Nation wins this, how Ticketmaster is not separated from the concert promotion division. Now there was no jury involved in the government’s approval of the merger of Live Nation and Ticketmaster. It was only a matter of law. But if you’re sitting in the box and you’re hearing what the […]

“Mr. Hatch said fans paid $1.56 to $1.72 more for every ticket as a result of Live Nation’s ‘overcharge.’ ‘We are talking,’ Mr. Hatch said, ‘about real money coming out of people’s wallets.’” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/arts/music/live-nation-antitrust-trial.html If you’re not laughing hysterically, you’re not in the music business, or you’re so invested in your anti-Live Nation viewpoint that […]