Ticket master is owned by Live Nation. Live Nation is the biggest concert promoter in the world. Live Nation also owns or holds stakes in a significant number o

Ticket master is owned by Live Nation. Live Nation is the biggest concert promoter in the world. Live Nation also owns or holds stakes in a significant number of music festivals. It owns or holds stakes in agencies representing artists for live shows, and it owns or holds stakes in a significant number of artist management companies. This means it has pretty much “full stack” control over live music events at from the top end of the market down - it’s got relationships with artists, venues and promoters who want to book artists and put shows on sale. If you’re in the live music business you will almost certainly be doing business with part of Live Nation. That’s why no one can really challenge Ticketmaster.