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“Ticketmaster ought to look in the mirror and say, ‘I’m the problem, it’s me,'” Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said Tuesday during the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Ticketmaster ticket debacle hearing.

Consumers are calling for the Live Nation and Ticketmaster monopoly to end. Here’s how they became the dominant force in the live entertainment business.

The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing Tuesday on competition in the ticketing industry after Ticketmaster’s botched presale of tickets for Taylor Swift’s new tour.

The lawsuit specifically cited the “ticket sale disaster” that occurred on Nov. 15 and Nov. 16 during the Verified Fan presale, which caused the site to crash, and the Capital One presale.

Georgia law makes it nearly impossible for festival organizers to stop people from carrying guns among the alcohol-fueled crowds.

Live Nation, the online ticket retailer, is selling $25 tickets for shows in the Bay Area featuring some of music’s biggest names.

Buying tickets on Ticketmaster feels like a rigid game, with presale corporate preferences, quick sellouts and exorbitant fees. Why it’s impossible to get face-value tickets to top shows