States ask judge to break up Live Nation-Ticketmaster

May 21, 2026 Lauren Feiner

Photo illustration of a gavel in front of a background of tickets.

A federal judge is officially being tasked with deciding whether to break up Live Nation-Ticketmaster.

More than 30 states are asking Judge Arun Subramanian to order a sale of the ticketing giant, a "sufficient number" of large amphitheaters, and limit its ability to tie access to its remaining amps to the use of its promotions services. In April, a jury found that the company is an illegal monopolist, after more than a month of trial. The initial remedies proposal doesn't include a further breakup of some other parts of Live Nation's business that California Attorney General Rob Bonta told The Verge and other outlets earlier this week the …

Read the full story at The Verge.

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