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Live Nation Entertainment is an American global entertainment company, founded in 2010, following the merger of Live Nation and Ticketmaster. The company promotes, operates, and manages ticket sales for live entertainment in the United States and internationally. It also owns and operates entertainment venues, and manages the careers of music artists.

Contents

• 1History
  • 1.1Investments and growth
• 2Operating divisions
• 3International
• 4References
• 5External links

History[edit]

In 2009, Live Nation and Ticketmaster, a concert promotion firm and ticketing company, reached an agreement to merge. The new company received regulatory approval and was named Live Nation Entertainment.^[3][4] Michael Rapino, then-CEO of Live Nation, became the new company’s CEO, while Ticketmaster CEO Irving Azoff was named executive chairman.^[5]

The merger was approved first in Norway and Turkey in 2009.^[6] The United Kingdom's Competition Commission provisionally ruled against the merger, ^[7] but reversed its decision on December 22, 2009.^[6]

The merger was opposed in the U.S. by some regulators, artists, fans, and competing firms, who argued it would reduce competition in the industry and increase ticket costs.^[8][9] Artist Bruce Springsteen was one vocal opponent of the merger at the time.^[10]

On January 25, 2010, the United States Justice Department approved the merger pending certain conditions.^[11] Ticketmaster had to sell ownership of its self-ticketing company, Paciolan,^[11] and license its software to Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG), which would allow it to compete "head-to-head" with Ticketmaster for business.^[12][13] AEG was given the option after five years to buy the software, replace it with something else, or partner with another ticketing company.^[12] Additionally, Live Nation Entertainment was placed under a 10-year court order prohibiting it from retaliating against venues that choose to accept competing ticket contracts.^[13]

Investments and growth[edit]

In 2013, the company acquired Voodoo Music & Arts Experience and announced a joint venture with Insomniac Events, a promoter focused on electronic dance music.^[14][15][16] The company later acquired C3 Presents (2014),^[17] Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival (2015),^[18] and Founders Entertainment (2016), the parent company of Governors Ball Music Festival.^[19] In October 2016, Live Nation Entertainment bought AC Entertainment, a Knoxville Tennessee music company, ^[20] as well as several international companies.^[21] The company continued to invest in music festivals and promoters in 2017, purchasing a controlling interest in BottleRock Napa Valley Music Festival,^[22] Salt Lake City-based concert promoter United Concerts, ^[23] and CT Touring.^[24] In 2017, Live Nation Entertainment reported revenue of $10.3 billion. ^[25][26] In 2018, the company expanded its concert promotion segment by acquiring a majority stake in a number of companies including Frank Productions,^[27] Emporium Presents,^[28] and Red Mountain Entertainment.^[29]

Also in 2018, the United States Department of Justice launched an investigation following complaints by AEG that Live Nation pressured them into using Ticketmaster and intentionally avoided booking acts for AEG venues.^[30] Live Nation stated that decisions in selecting venues were not punitive, and were instead based on size and management.^[30]

Operating divisions[edit]

Live Nation Entertainment’s business segments are concerts, ticketing, and sponsorship and advertising. ^[25] The company promotes and operates live music events and manages artists under its concerts division Live Nation Concerts.^[25] Live Nation Entertainment’s artist management arm, called Artist Nation, is included within its concerts division ^[31][25] and also includes Front Line Management and Roc Nation.^[32] Live Nation Entertainment owns and operates venues, including the House of Blues.^[33] The company sells tickets to live events through Ticketmaster.^[25]

International[edit]

In 2012, the company announced a partnership with Creativeman Productions, based in Tokyo, Japan.^[34]

In June 2013, Live Nation was among those charged with violating Ontario health and safety laws following a stage collapse at a Radiohead concert that killed one crew member.^[35][36] A 2019 inquest returned a verdict of accidental death.^[37]

In August 2015, Live Nation announced it would form Live Nation Germany, to be created in partnership with German promoter Marek Lieberberg. Live Nation Germany would also have oversight over Live Nation events in Austria and Switzerland.^[38]

In March 2016, Live Nation acquired Big Concerts International, South Africa's leading concert promoter.^[39] The following year, the company acquired majority interests in Israeli promoter Blue Stone Entertainment and the UK’s Cuffe & Taylor.^[21]

In May 2018, Live Nation Entertainment acquired a majority stake in Brazil's Rock in Rio festival (including from previous stakeholder SFX Entertainment), with its founder Roberto Medina continuing to manage the festival's operations, and providing consulting to Live Nation.^[40][40][41]

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We actually have laws for Visa Fraud 

When Pete Bennett first realized back in 2002 his resume was being used for Visa Fraud he went to the EEOC.  Likely one of the very first to file discrimination based on National Origin being American. 

By 2014 he was positive people near him were being killed. He filed police reports with the City of Walnut Creek, he even tried running for City Council of Walnut Creek.

He was met with armed officers and escorted from the building making it impossible to file nomination papers. 

U.S. Code § 1546.Fraud and misuse of visas, permits, and other documents

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(a)

Whoever knowingly forges, counterfeits, alters, or falsely makes any immigrant or nonimmigrant visa, permit, border crossing card, alien registration receipt card, or other document prescribed by statute or regulation for entry into or as evidence of authorized stay or employment in the United States, or utters, uses, attempts to use, possesses, obtains, accepts, or receives any such visa, permit, border crossing card, alien registration receipt card, or other document prescribed by statute or regulation for entry into or as evidence of authorized stay or employment in the United States, knowing it to be forged, counterfeited, altered, or falsely made, or to have been procured by means of any false claim or statement, or to have been otherwise procured by fraud or unlawfully obtained; or

Whoever, except under direction of the Attorney General or the Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, or other proper officer, knowingly possesses any blank permit, or engraves, sells, brings into the United States, or has in his control or possession any plate in the likeness of a plate designed for the printing of permits, or makes any print, photograph, or impression in the likeness of any immigrant or nonimmigrant visa, permit or other document required for entry into the United States, or has in his possession a distinctive paper which has been adopted by the Attorney General or the Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service for the printing of such visas, permits, or documents; or

Whoever, when applying for an immigrant or nonimmigrant visa, permit, or other document required for entry into the United States, or for admission to the United States personates another, or falsely appears in the name of a deceased individual, or evades or attempts to evade the immigration laws by appearing under an assumed or fictitious name without disclosing his true identity, or sells or otherwise disposes of, or offers to sell or otherwise dispose of, or utters, such visa, permit, or other document, to any person not authorized by law to receive such document; or

Whoever knowingly makes under oath, or as permitted under penalty of perjury under section 1746 of title 28, United States Code, knowingly subscribes as true, any false statement with respect to a material fact in any application, affidavit, or other document required by the immigration laws or regulations prescribed thereunder, or knowingly presents any such application, affidavit, or other document which contains any such false statement or which fails to contain any reasonable basis in law or fact—

Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 25 years (if the offense was committed to facilitate an act of international terrorism (as defined in section 2331 of this title)), 20 years (if the offense was committed to facilitate a drug trafficking crime (as defined in section 929(a) of this title)), 10 years (in the case of the first or second such offense, if the offense was not committed to facilitate such an act of international terrorism or a drug trafficking crime), or 15 years (in the case of any other offense), or both.

(b)Whoever uses—

(1)

an identification document, knowing (or having reason to know) that the document was not issued lawfully for the use of the possessor,

(2)

an identification document knowing (or having reason to know) that the document is false, or

(3)

a false attestation,

for the purpose of satisfying a requirement of section 274A(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.

(c)

This section does not prohibit any lawfully authorized investigative, protective, or intelligence activity of a law enforcement agency of the United States, a State, or a subdivision of a State, or of an intelligence agency of the United States, or any activity authorized under title V of the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970 (18 U.S.C. note prec. 3481).[1] For purposes of this section, the term “State” means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.

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