Weeks after a jury said Live Nation violated antitrust law, the states that sued are seeking industry-shaking punishment.
The Live Nation logo is displayed at a Live Nation corporate office on March 9, 2026 in Beverly Hills, California.
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Live Nation must be broken up from Ticketmaster, state attorneys general told a federal judge Thursday (May 21), weeks after a blockbuster jury verdict that the music giant is an illegal monopoly.
Laying out their proposed punishment after that verdict, a coalition of dozens of states argue in a hotly-anticipated legal brief that the only way to fix the live music business is to force Live Nation to sell Ticketmaster.
