U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland at a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. on May 23, 2024. In a lawsuit, the Department of Justice seeks to break up Live Nation, alleging that the parent company of Ticketmaster has hurt consumers and violated antitrust laws by…

Insert Foot is available to fill in as Taylor Hawkins in any Foo Fighters tribute bands, such as the Fooz Fighters. My buddy and I had this silly idea this week that we could go see the Foo Fighters in Tahoe in August. We don’t need to, as we’ve…

Insert Foot on Ticketmaster and Taylor Swift. I had a seemingly insane professor at San Francisco State back in the mid-’90s who had just enough hair on his head to look like someone set off a firecracker on his scalp. He was probably in his 80s then, meaning he’s likely no…

Insert Foot vs. Live Nation. A Live Nation memo leaked earlier this month indicating that North America’s largest promoter of live events will shake down performers even more, while shoving more monetary responsibility onto those same performers, if and when venues re-open in 2021. Apparently only Live Nation is…

Ticketmaster and Live Nation tickets. Adam Pardee/STAFF. While much of the world is coming together to share resources in an attempt to mitigate the financial and emotional toll the coronavirus pandemic is taking, Ticketmaster tried to take a different tactic—until it quickly backfired. Traditionally, Ticketmaster, the largest seller of…

Photo: Matt De Mello BottleRock Napa owners Latitude 38 have sold a majority stake of the festival to Live Nation. Live Nation is the corporate owner of more than 80 festivals, including Bonnaroo, Austin City Limits and Governor’s Ball. The company touts itself as having the most diverse global festival portfolio among festival…