04-16-26 Part Two - A Ticket to Ride

Red Eye Radio

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🗓️ 16 April 2026

⏱️ 39 minutes

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In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, a jury has found that concert giant Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary had a harmful monopoly over big concert venues, dealing the company a loss in a lawsuit over claims brought by dozens of states. A Manhattan federal jury deliberated for four days before reaching its decision on Wednesday in the closely watched case, which gave fans the equivalent of a backstage pass to a business that dominates live entertainment in the U.S. and beyond. Also New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani are proposing a tax on second homes of the ultrawealthy who own posh property in New York City but are not residents and a list of states that have no income tax. For more talk on the issues that matter to you, listen on radio stations across America Monday-Friday 12am-5am CT (1am-6am ET and 10pm-3am PT), download the RED EYE RADIO SHOW app, asking your smart speaker, or listening at RedEyeRadioShow.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:01.3	$1.72.
1:04.0	Yeah.
1:04.7	Yeah, so I came out yesterday, a federal jury verdict on Ticketmaster was found to have overcharged consumers by $1.72 per ticket.
1:22.0	$1.72 is barely enough to get you front row seats at a nickelback concert.
1:28.0	Do you mean $172?
1:29.9	No, $1.72.
1:33.5	The jury found that this monopoly resulted in a specific overcharge of a $1.72 per ticket,
1:41.1	which will be used to calculate damages, and then they'll go from there.
1:47.1	And it's, you know, it's been the, it's been the complaint by artists for the longest time.
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