Even Artists Who ‘Hate’ Ticketmaster Can’t Avoid It, Rival Says

March 16, 2026, 6:13 PM UTC

Grammy winning country music star Zach Bryan so disliked Live Nation Entertainment Inc. and its ticket selling unit that he tried to avoid the company’s concert venues on his 2023 tour and even released an album titled “All My Homies Hate Ticketmaster.”

But Bryan still ended up having to perform at some Live Nation arenas on the tour, Jay Marciano, a top executive at rival concert promoter AEG Presents LLC, told a New York jury Monday. Live Nation requires artists who play at its venues to exclusively use Ticketmaster, a service Bryan had publicly criticized over its ...

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