> ultimately charge outrageous fees to consumers By and large, it is the venues and promoters that set large fees. The reason they like TM is because TM will t

> ultimately charge outrageous fees to consumers By and large, it is the venues and promoters that set large fees. The reason they like TM is because TM will take the blame for charging those fees when in reality, they're kicked back. Of course, the problem is that in many cases now, Live Nation owns the venues and acts as the promoters, so those kickbacks started going, ultimately, to the company charging them.