Good evening. This is a day I personally never thought would come. The Live Nation case has gone to the jury, surprising many people (myself included) who believed there was no chance it would make it to trial—let alone be decided by a jury. Now, it’s in the hands of nine men and women who have spent the last month and a half hearing this case. If Live Nation loses, we know an appeal is imminent. But what if Live Nation wins? Will that actually change anyone’s mind? Is there ever a point where the public starts to feel good about buying concert tickets again? Will people ever drop the conspiracy theories and finger-pointing in live music, or is that simply an inevitable part of the business? I’m not sure—but I’d love to hear your thoughts. Hit reply and let me know how you think the concert business can move forward once the verdict is in.

The Live Nation antitrust trial didn’t just wrap—it detonated into closing arguments that felt less like a legal proceeding and more like a referendum on how the modern concert business actually works.

Both sides made their closing arguments Thursday and the jury deliberated for a full day without reaching a verdict. After six weeks of testimony, thousands of documents, and a steady drip of industry heavyweights taking the stand, a Manhattan jury is now staring down a deceptively simple question: is Live Nation Entertainment an illegal monopoly powered by coercion—or just the most effective operator in a brutally competitive business?

Somewhere in a midtown Manhattan office, Bill Ackman is very, very proud of himself. He has written a letter. It is a very long letter, full of words like "synergies" and "NYSE listing" and "world-class artist roster." At the end of this letter, he proposes to buy Universal Music Group — home of Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny, Lady Gaga, and essentially one-third of all the music that has ever made you feel something — for $64 billion.

There is one small problem. He is offering to buy it mostly with itself.

"I could offer $10 per share and the rest in ownership of my empty box for a company trading at $50, and say I value the company at $100/share." jokes analyst Eden Bradfield, not mincing words

Radiohead is expanding its KID A MNESIA universe into a fully immersive, large-scale experience with Motion Picture House, a hybrid film installation and art exhibition that will debut at Coachella before screening in Brooklyn.

Festival organizers will host the installation inside a “17,000-sq.-ft. bunker with 38-foot high ceilings.” Built around the visual world created by Thom Yorke and longtime collaborator Stanley Donwood during the Kid A and Amnesiac sessions, the project centers on a 75-minute film presented inside a purpose-built architectural environment. The experience blends cinema, sound, and gallery space, allowing visitors to move through a surreal landscape inspired by the original artwork and themes behind KID A MNESIA.

The installation also features a newly reworked audio mix drawn from the original multitracks, presented in spatial surround sound designed to interact with the structure of the venue itself. It’s less a traditional screening and more a sensory deep dive into one of the band’s most influential periods.

Motion Picture House will tour globally, first at Coachella and then onto Brooklyn this May before heading to Chicago and Mexico City later in 2026, and concluding in San Francisco in early 2027. Each visit is structured as a two-hour timed entry, combining the film with open exploration of the gallery spaces.

Notably, the band will not perform live—this is a purely audiovisual experience. Tickets are approximately $73 per person and must be purchased in advance, underscoring the project’s positioning as a curated, immersive art event rather than a conventional concert. Buy tickets and learn more here.

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The Live Nation trial may have gone to the jury, but Mike and Dave can’t ignore the ongoing international crisis that is Kanye West, on this episode of Decibel and Docket, the best live entertainment and legal affairs podcast on the planet. This week’s show focuses on a scoop Dave has been working on about a reported secret plan to rehabilitate Kanye West’s image and get him and his giant spinning earth-shaped orb back on the road. Will it work? Probably not. But will you be entertained? The Kanye show is literally everything, except for boring. LISTEN NOW »