Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti told Newsmax on Saturday that the live event ticket market “is broken.”

On Thursday, the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit seeking to break up Live Nation, the parent company of Ticketmaster, alleging that it has hurt consumers and violated antitrust laws by exercising control over the live events industry. The DOJ claims Live Nation has exercised predatory practices that have harmed all facets of the industry from fans, to artists and venues.

In a rare bipartisan move across both red and blue states, Skrmetti joined 28 other states and Washington, D.C., in bringing the suit, which seeks to lower prices for fans, open venues to more musicians, and allow competition to enter the marketplace. Skrmetti first brought suit against Ticketmaster in 2022.

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