Opinion: AG Skrmetti calls Ticketmaster ‘billionaire bullies’
Amy Edwards, of Silver Spring, Md., left, Tracy Budrow, of Fort Belvoir, Va., and Jenn Landry, of Houston, protest Ticketmaster, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP File)
Jonathan Skrmetti
Jonathan Skrmetti is Tennessee’s Attorney General. He was sworn in on September 1, 2022.
“We could not sit and watch Live Nation and Ticketmaster continue to destroy Americans’ love for music. They have effectively held hostage our artists, venues, and fans for too long.”
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