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Vendor lock-in by any other name boils down to monopoly. The moat is their lobby.

And they manage tours for bands. So it’s very hard for them to play independent venues and still have access to the big livenation venues

They also own a lot of the venue infrastructure across the industry such as catering, tour buses, security,...

They have leverage with venues they dont own and a monopoly across industry verticals.

Sickening situation for music.