“Today, the concert ticket industry is broken, in fact the concert industry itself is broken,” U.S. attorney David Dahlquist said during his opening statement (via The Guardian). The Department of Justice filed its lawsuit, and insisted Live Nation and Ticketmaster be broken up, in May 2024. In that summary judgment, Judge Arun Subramanian dismissed claims that Live Nation has a monopoly over the concert promotion industry, and that its conduct has led to higher ticket prices. As for ticketing, Marriott insisted there are “more ticketing options today” than ever before. He later added that the company is “all about bringing joy to people’s lives.”The Live Nation trial is expected to last about five to six weeks.