The Federal Trade Commission with seven states has sued giant Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary for raising ticket prices by illegally working with scalpers and deceptive bait-and-switch pricing. Much-sued Live Nation controls roughly 80% or more of major concert venues’ primary ticketing for concerts and a growing share of ticket resales in the secondary market, the suit noted, saying that from 2019 to 2024 alone, consumers spent more than $82.6 billion purchasing tickets from Ticketmaster. As t ...