Justice Department Investigating Ticketmaster's Parent Company Amidst Swift Drama - TMZ

Taylor Swift Justice Dept. Investigating Ticketmaster ... Amidst Era Tour Chaos

11/18/2022 11:14 AM PT

The Justice Department could get to the bottommost of the Taylor Swift summons fiasco ... due to the fact that the feds are reportedly already investigating the genitor institution of Ticketmaster for imaginable antitrust violations.

The section is taking a adjacent look astatine Live Nation Entertainment, according to the New York Times ... trying to spot if the company's abusing its monolithic marketplace powerfulness to screw millions of euphony fans over.

While the Swift madness surely adds to the drama, it seems similar the probe has already been going connected for months -- with NYT's sources saying the department's antitrust part has already been contacting venues successful the manufacture astir Live Nation's past practices and the wide dynamics of the summons industry.

As you know, each hellhole broke escaped arsenic fans flocked to Ticketmaster to effort and get their hands connected a summons to "The Eras Tour" this week during the presale.

The institution adjacent canceled the nationalist sale connected Friday, which is ordinarily however it sells immoderate remaining tickets aft presales -- and present the resale marketplace is seeing sky-high prices.

FYI -- Tennessee AG Jonathan Skrmetti has already begun his ain antitrust investigation into the institution ... expressing interest that Ticketmaster lacks competition, and with that, customers are near with precocious prices and a mediocre acquisition getting tix.