Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino spoke with President Donald Trump in the weeks before the company had settled with the Department of Justice in its monopoly lawsuit, Live Nation confirmed in court documents filed earlier this week.
In the document, filed in federal court on Monday, Live Nation disclosed numerous communications with representatives at the DOJ and the White House, saying that the company had been in conversations between February of 2025 and March of 2026 to discuss a potential settlement over the antitrust suit first filed in May of 2024.
Among those conversations, in February of 2026, Live Nation said Rapino “discussed a variety of topics related to Live Nation’s business with President Donald J. Trump, adding that “the status of DOJ’s lawsuit against Defendants came up but no substantive terms regarding any potential settlement were discussed.”
Live Nation disclosed the communications this week as part of procedure in the Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act. The conversation between Trump and Rapino was one of several different communications Live Nation had with federal representatives over the course of about a year.
Live Nation didn’t respond to request for further comment on the matter.
