When this merger was first announced over a decade ago, it became like mandatory teaching in Competition Law classes for Law students in the UK.

Much of the legal community at the time was convinced there was no way in hell the original merger would be approved. Even at that time LiveNation controlled an astonishing percentage of the live music venue market - which when paired with ticket master's near total dominance of live music ticket sales... this was one of the seemingly simplest competition law cases in years. Then the deal was approved, of course.

I am not surprised in the least it's finally getting anti-trust attention.