Thursday, November 18, 2021
New $750M Lawsuit Latest Legal Woe for Live Nation in Astroworld's Wake
www.ticketnews.com: The fallout from the Astroworld Festival continues for Live Nation Entertainment, which was among those targeted by a massive lawsuit announced this week seeking $750 million in damages. Beyond that and hundreds of other lawsuits already filed in the wake of the tragedy that saw hundreds injured in a crowd “surge” and ten deaths, the industry giant is facing a reckoning of its past and practices in an industry where it holds an enormous share of the business.
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I remember watching a documentary on the Grateful Dead, “A Long Strange Trip” where something sort of similar happened. Concert attendees were beaten to death by bikers with poker sticks. Now I may be getting some of my details incorrect, this was a while ago, but I couldn’t help but be reminded of that story. From a purely career oriented perspective, I find the peak behind the curtain at the Live Nation Entertainment company and their shady monopolistic tendencies was an interesting look at what to avoid in the future and what the industry looks like right now. Now I don’t know if the lawsuit will stick or if Live Nation Entertainment will work out a compromise or what but no matter what happens I feel a great deal of sympathy for the families of those who passed at Astroworld. It was a perfect example of the dangers that will eventually come to fruition if you disregard safety and refuse to truly care about concert goers.
Live Nation Entertainment is facing a massive lawsuit, seeking 750 million dollars in damages, on top of hundreds of other existing lawsuits, following the tragedy that resulted in ten deaths and hundreds injured. The 750 million dollar lawsuit targets ‘stood to make millions from Astroworld and will share legal blame in a court of law’--Travis Scott, Drake, Live Nation, the Harris County Sports & Convention Corporation, Apple Music, Epic Records are the defendants. They are the ones making profit and clearly, profit matters more than human life. Live Nation in particular has been able to dodge these kinds of cases, and many of the other people involved are rich and powerful enough to do so. I have no idea if these lawsuits will hold these very large people and companies accountable, but it does seem like the only way, or at least a start to doing so.
I hate companies so much. Learning about live nation’s monopolistic hold on the live music industry and how it allowed them to disregard the active violence in the crowd at astroworld is sickening. Clearly legal action to break up that monopoly must be taken. If they can withstand tragedy before, they’ll do it again. I don’t think that the lawsuits will discourage them from their unsafe practices unless they bring about legal orders to break it up as well as monetary damages. If they can remake all the money from this lawsuit on the next tour, they get off scot free. It’s really sad that a company like this has a monopoly on something as culturally important and joyous as live music. I really think art needs to be more heavily monitored by both the market and consumers. Consumers have the power to shift the market and make companies have safer polices out of sheer necessity, so we should always be looking into where we put our money and what we’re supporting.
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