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Veteran Canadian Promoter Jim Cressman Exits the Concert Business to Launch SOLO Wellness Retreat Center

After 28 years booking and promoting shows, the Invictus Entertainment founder is betting on a one-client-at-a-time "reset" program in Penticton, B.C.

Michael Rapino's $60M Contract: How It Works And Does He Deserve That Much Bread?

Rapino is the key man at the concert giant and took the company's stock to the stratosphere. But did his singular vision attract too many critics and jeopardize the company's future?

ROSTR Wants to Put Every Promoter on the Map

The industry directory agents use every day will add a searchable promoter database in 2027. The focus is on the regional buyers who can make or break a routing.

EXCLUSIVE: Dan Steinberg and Jason Zink Are Leaving Live Nation

The Emporium Presents Founders Have a Six-Month Non-Compete to Finish Before Determining Their Next Move

Live Nation Pushes Back on States Attempt to Reveal How the DOJ Settlement Got Made

In dueling letters, a coalition of 20 states and D.C. asks Judge Subramanian to compel more discovery into the DOJ deal. Live Nation says it has offered plenty and the rest is "merits-like" overreach.

Ed Sheeran Tour Is Entering a Dangerous Death Spiral

Resale prices are dropping below face value weeks after Sheeran booted Macklemore from his tour

Before Live Nation, There Was the Syndicate

A new book from antitrust scholar Spencer Weber Waller traces 130 years of cartels, monopolies and blacklists in live entertainment — and argues the Live Nation case is the latest act in a very old play.

StubHub Let a Consumer's Arbitration Die by Not Paying a $600 Fee. It Still Tells Customers to Use the Same Forum

The American Arbitration Association closed the case, warned it may refuse future StubHub claims and asked the company to take its name out of the user agreement. Seven months later, the clause still named the AAA.

The Security Gaps Behind Drakeo the Ruler's Death, in the Words of the People Who Ran the Festival

Three new court filings, with hundreds of pages of depositions, emails and internal reports, show how the artist entrance at Once Upon a Time in LA was actually run. With trial set for Nov. 30, each security company says someone else was responsible.

Newsom Signs California's 'Ghost Ticket' Ban — Then Tells Lawmakers to Fix It

AB 1349 became law Sunday after a late-session rewrite turned its coalition inside out. The venue group that helped write it begged for a veto. The resale giant that spent millions fighting it ended up backing it. And the governor signed it while flagging the carve-out at its center.

Vanderbilt's Live Nation Subsidy Report: What Holds Up and What Doesn't

Highly cited report gets some things right, but makes too many incorrect assumptions to serve as an indictment of promoter giant.

EXCLUSIVE: Jim Glancy and John Moore Out At Bowery Presents

Josh Bhatti, Charley Magrew, Andrew Martin, and Josh Moore will collectively assume leadership of the company

You're Not Going To Believe Who Is Cast in the Rolling Loud Movie

Montreux Jazz Festival Becomes Proving Ground for the Future of Immersive Live Streaming

Two-way video is the next frontier in live festival streaming

Bonta Just Caved on the ParaBros Merger — Live Nation Should Take Notes

The California Attorney Generals weak deal with the two major film studios probably doesn't bode well for Live Nation

Inside "Roll the Calls": Ari Emanuel's Memoir Is a Score-Settling Live-Entertainment Power Play

The Super Agent dishes on Live Nation, Barry Diller, WMA Merger, Nicki Finke and the company's IPO woes

Live Nation's Berchtold Tells Goldman the Growth Story Is Global and the Legal Story Is Just a Detour

"Singers Who Can Sing, Writers Who Can Write": Jed Hilly on Building AmericanaFest

Dave Brooks reports on his trip to Nashville for the annual bash and shares his interview with Americana music's biggest supporter.

When Pardons Get Bought: Boosie, the Beltway's Favorite Con Men, and the Guy Who Did It Right (Leiweke!)

New Orleans Venue Sues StubHub Over "False Scarcity" Ticket Tactics

The Howlin' Wolf accuses StubHub of running a set of deliberate, revenue-driving advertising tactics that mislead ticket buyers

Live Nation Wants Brands to Buy Their Way Into "Real"

New report outlines the opportunities available to those who partner with the concert promoter giant

Why Robert Kraft Beat Macklemore — And Why It Was Never About Politics

The Patriot owner has a sordid history with prostitutes — so why is he suddenly the moral authority on the Middle East?

Colorado Springs' City Auditorium Set to Reopen After Decades-Long Dormancy, Taps AXS for Ticketing

Jesse Morreale talks about his new project and his decision to team up with the AEG-owned ticketing company

NIVA Tells Judge to Reject DOJ-Live Nation Settlement, Calls Penalty "1.7 Hours" of Revenue

Live Nation attorney pushes back, says no evidence company acted illegally

Kustom’s $147 Million Ticketing Gamble

The tiny publicly traded owner of TicketSmarter has agreed to acquire Tickets For Less, a company generating $238 million in annual revenue. But the announcement leaves one rather large question unanswered: Where will Kustom find the money?