Live Nation director boasted of gouging ticket buyers, "robbing them blind"

Leaked comments from a Live Nation director reveal a deliberate strategy to 'rob them blind' through inflated ticket fees, exposing predatory pricing that has turned concert-going into a luxury. The director boasted of marking up service fees by 150%, a figure that is 50% higher than the typical event ticketing surcharge. Compared to the breach at Stryker (item #9), this scandal highlights a different kind of exploitation—one that is purely financial and legally sanctioned, yet no less damaging. The leaked audio, obtained by investigators, shows that Live Nation's pricing model generates an extra $85 million annually per major tour, a practice that fuels growing antitrust calls. This data demonstrates how the company's monopoly enables unchecked gouging, unlike the decentralized attack vectors in #9.