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Revealed: £300M music tycoon behind Ticketmaster's Oasis 'rip-off dynamic pricing' scandal lives in a stunning Malibu beach mansion with Star Trek actress wife - and boasts his firm's profits are like
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Revealed: £300M music tycoon behind Ticketmaster's Oasis 'rip-off dynamic pricing' scandal lives in a stunning Malibu beach mansion with Star Trek actress wife - and boasts his firm's profits are like

Daily Mail  

The music tycoon behind the company blamed for Oasis ticketing scandal lives a fabulously rich lifestyle and has likened soaring profits from live performances to 'cocaine money'. Michael Rapino is the music mogul behind Ticketmaster's dynamic pricing strategy that proved controversial last weekend when fans were left paying inflated prices for Oasis tickets. Here he is pictured with US singer …

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Ministers to probe 'dynamic pricing' as anger grows after Oasis endorsed controversial scheme to charge fans double for tickets amid huge demand
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Ministers to probe 'dynamic pricing' as anger grows after Oasis endorsed controversial scheme to charge fans double for tickets amid huge demand

Daily Mail  

Do YOU regret shelling out on Oasis tickets? Email [email protected] Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has promised that concerns over 'dynamic pricing' brought to the fore by the Oasis reunion shows will be part of a government review Liam Gallagher and his brother Noel confirmed last Tuesday that they were reuniting for a series of concerts 15 years after their band …

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Michael Rapino: A live music overlord
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Michael Rapino: A live music overlord

LA Times  

Michael Rapino, photographed at the Live Nation offices in Los Angeles on Jan. 16, 2018. As the long-standing head of Live Nation Entertainment, Rapino has overseen an expansion of the Beverly Hills company into the world’s largest concert promoter and a behemoth in live entertainment. Last year again saw dizzying growth — Live Nation’s 2023 revenue was up 36% to …

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Column: With Live Nation lawsuit, government signals it’s fed up with alleged corporate scofflaws
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Column: With Live Nation lawsuit, government signals it’s fed up with alleged corporate scofflaws

LA Times  

Ticketmaster’s hard-nosed negotiations with concert venues are at the center of a government antitrust case against its parent, Live Nation. “Venues throughout the United States,” the government alleged, “have come to expect that refusing to contract with Ticketmaster will result in the venue receiving fewer Live Nation concerts or none at all.. Since the 2020 settlement, according to the new …

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The Ugly Truth Behind Ticketmaster’s Lawsuit
6 months, 4 weeks ago

The Ugly Truth Behind Ticketmaster’s Lawsuit

Slate  

The waters were chummed. We’ll never know if Thursday’s 124-page Justice Department lawsuit against Live Nation, alleging all manner of antitrust violations, would have come about now if not for the Swift mess. The message of the lawsuit is that, yes, music fans get a bad deal because of Ticketmaster’s dominance in the ticketing space, but Live Nation’s most corrosive …

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After Astroworld catastrophe and Drakeo’s stabbing, Live Nation faces mounting questions over concert safety
2 years, 4 months ago

After Astroworld catastrophe and Drakeo’s stabbing, Live Nation faces mounting questions over concert safety

LA Times  

Ralfy the Plug, born Devante Caldwell, above, was with his brother Drakeo the Ruler when the rapper was stabbed to death backstage at the Once Upon a Time in L.A. festival in December. Live Nation’s Henrich said that “security was led by festival security experts who specialize in multistage events and have decades of experience running security for some of …

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