Live Nation Trial Week 3 Recap: Ticketmaster-OVG Secret Fees & Competition for Superstar Tours

The third week of Live Nation’s antitrust trial featured testimony from the new CEO of Oak View Group (OVG) about the company’s controversial client-steering arrangement with Ticketmaster, while Live Nation’s first defense witness said there are “lots of promoter options” for top touring acts. You’re reading Billboard ’s weekly Live Nation trial recap, a weekly one-sheet of everything that happened in the monopoly case against the concert giant.

Stay tuned here each Friday for all the testimony and big events you might have missed. WHAT HAPPENED : State attorneys general largely concluded their case-in-chief against Live Nation — though technically they have not rested and plan to call a few more witnesses later on due to scheduling issues — while Live Nation began putting on its own witnesses.

The defense case is expected to run for another week and include testimony from Drake ’s manager, Adel Nur , aka Future the Prince . Recall that the monopoly case is now being led by states because the Department of Justice (DOJ) struck a settlement with Live Nation a week into trial....