'I write to express serious concerns about the state of competition in the ticketing industry and its harmful impact on consumers.' Read SenAmyKlobuchar's letter to Live Nation demanding the company address antitrust concerns ⬇️
’s upcoming tour. While Ticketmaster is the ticketer for the shows, Swift’s tour is being promoted by AEG Presents and Messina Touring Group. Ticketmaster said it was expecting unprecedented demand for tickets to Swift’s shows, and Swifties who were lucky enough to even get a presale code waited in the queue for hours trying to get tickets, but the Ticketmaster website frequently glitched and crashed, given the high traffic and demand.
Klobuchar also referenced “numerous complaints” she said Live Nation has faced regarding non-compliance of the consent decree the company entered into when the merger was initially approved, though she didn’t specify what those complaints were. The most recent and notable controversy Live Nation faced over the consent decree came at the end of 2019.
She asked if Ticketmaster knew of any allegations made in the past year that the company was non-compliant with thethat it entered when the merger was approved. Finally, Klobuchar asked if Ticketmaster’s board of directors was given any information about decree compliance in the past three years and to share any of those materials with her if they had.
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