In 2019, Billboard reported that the DOJ identified five Live Nation consent decree violations (out of about 5,000 contracts signed) over the course of 10 years. The five incidents took place when Ticketmaster was attempting to renew a promoter or venue's contract and allegedly involved direct and indirect threats that the ticketer's parent company Live Nation would withhold tours if the clients didn't renew. Days later, Live Nation reached a settlement with the DOJ's antitrust division, agreeing to extend the 2010 consent decree governing the merger of Ticketmaster and Live Nation to 2025 and clarifying rules regarding threats and retaliation against venues that don't sign with the ticketing giant.