Court documents reveal Live Nation employees joking about...

What’s Happening

So get this: “Robbing them blind, baby,” says one employee, “That s how we do.

” Court documents reveal Live Nation employees joking about robbing, gouging “stupid” the fandom “Robbing them blind, baby,” says one employee, “That’s how we do. ” Drew Gillis — By Drew Gillis | | 3:29pm Photo Credit: Dan Jacobs Music News Live Nation Copy to clipboard × Copy Link Copy Link — Facebook X Reddit Bluesky Email — 0 In a reveal that will likely surprise few people, new evidence brought Department in its antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation shows two employees mocking potential users and joking about robbing them blind baby. (shocking, we know)

The employees, Ben Baker and Jeff Weinhold, joke about planning to gouge the fandom in ancillary fees and for extra perks like VIP parking, and joke about how the the fandom are so stupid for paying the fees.

The Details

Of course, most of these potential users dont fr have much of a choice if they want to see their favorite musicians—thats why Live Nation is the subject of an antitrust lawsuit . The lawsuit is rn on pause after Live Nation and the DOJ came to an agreement on Monday.

But, there are still several individual states pursuing legal action against the company, and Judge Arun Subramanian ordered the release of all the documents in the case. These Slack messages had before not been included as evidence in the trial as Live Nation had argued they were irrelevant to the case and merely reflected off-the-cuff banter, not policy, decision-making or facts of consequence, according to The New York Times .

Why This Matters

Its not hard to imagine why Live Nation would prefer to have these messages kept private (though a spokesperson from the company claimed that leadership learned of this when the public did). Elsewhere in the exchanges, one employee says, I have VIP parking up to $250 lol for a 2022 Kid Rock show at an amphitheater in Virginia. The other responds, I almost feel rough taking advantage of them.

This is exactly the kind of news that gets fans excited or concerned.