Live Nation and Ticketmaster, which merged in 2010, control at least 80 percent of primary ticketing at major concert venues in the U.S. and directly manage more than 400 artists. Live Nation also owns or controls more than 60% of the large concert amphitheaters in the country, including the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel.

NEW YORK (AP) — A high-stakes antitrust trial that could lead to the possible breakup of Live Nation, the parent company of Ticketmaster, got underway Tuesday in a case over whether the entertainment ...