WASHINGTON, D.C.: U.S. regulators and a coalition of states have accused Live Nation and its ticketing subsidiary Ticketmaster of working with ticket brokers to drive up concert prices, adding to the companies' mounting legal troubles. Live Nation shares fell 2.3 percent on the news. Ticketmaster has been under fire since its chaotic 2022 sale of tickets to Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. The FTC cited an internal email from a Ticketmaster executive, copied to Live Nation leadership, that said the companies "turn a blind eye as a matter of policy" to the violations. The new complaint adds to legal pressure from the Justice Department, which sued in 2024 to seek a breakup of Live Nation and Ticketmaster, accusing them of monopolizing the live concert industry.