The Podcast That Rocked for 3/11/26. Live Nation and US GOVT scheme behind scenes and screw everyone, Metallica “Hears” the complaints about tickets, more.

Discussion Topics:

1. Live Nation and US GOVT Scheme For Settlement, Bad News For All
2. Metallica "Hears" Complaints About Sphere Ticketing
3. Warped Tour 2026 stepping it up
4. Alissa White-Gluz starts Blue Medusa
5. Alice Cooper, Judas Priest, and Bon Jovi getting documentaries
6. Upcoming albums/tours/more

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“Live Nation has reached a settlement with the Department of Justice in its high-stakes antitrust case less than a week after the trial began, according to three people familiar with the matter. The deal requires Live Nation, which owns Ticketmaster, to pay roughly $200 million in damages to participating states.

The centerpiece of the agreement is expected to be structural changes to Live Nation’s ticketing business. Under the settlement, Ticketmaster will be required to open parts of its platform to rival ticketing companies, allowing third-party sellers such as SeatGeek or Eventbrite to list tickets directly through Ticketmaster’s technology.

The deal also places new limits on the long-term exclusivity contracts Ticketmaster has historically used to lock venues into its system, cutting those agreements down to four years and allowing venues to allocate a portion of their tickets to competing platforms.

“This will revolutionize the ticketing marketplace,” said one of the people who was granted anonymity to speak candidly. “These are innovative technological solutions to a very difficult problem with prying open the marketplace.”

Live Nation did not immediately respond to a request for comment.” (Politico)

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