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Taylor Swift-Ticketmaster fiasco has fans comparing it to Pearl Jam’s antitrust complaint: 'Finishing the job'
Fox News
Nearly 20 years after Pearl Jam filed a complaint against Ticketmaster, Taylor Swift fans are upset with the company for canceling the public sale of "The Eras Tour."
At the time, Ticketmaster had sold 55 million tickets for an estimated $1.6 billion. The rock band claimed the company priced tickets too high for their teenage fans. Janelle Ash is an entertainment writer for Fox News Digital.
In a two-sentence statement, the Justice Department said it had informed the parent company, Ticketmaster Holdings Group Inc., that "it is closing its antitrust investigation into that firm’s contracting practices.″ There was no lawsuit filed, so the case was over at that point. However, the antitrust division warned industry participants that the government "will continue to monitor competitive developments in the ticketing industry.″