U.S. Sues Ticketmaster Over Claims of Illegal Resale Tactics NYT | Top Stories Natallie Rocha 19 September 2025 at 02:22 The Federal Trade Commission and seven states sued Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation, claiming they misled artists and consumers. © The New York TimesA Beyoncé concert during her Renaissance tour, in Toronto in 2023. The F.T.C. suit claims that Ticketmaster sold 9,000 tickets for a single show to a broker and later resold 2,500 of them.