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Sheryl Hunter

Breaking up the concert ticket monopoly

Live Nation/Ticketmaster controls most of the ticket market in the U.S. A Brattleboro venue operator is part of the effort to change that.

BRATTLEBORO-The first week of March was an important one for live music.

During this time, the antitrust division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) took Live Nation Entertainment and its subsidiary Ticketmaster to court. They claimed the company had an illegal monopoly that blocks competition in live event promotion and ticketing, resulting in high ticket prices for fans and forcing smaller competitors out. The case also alleged that the company uses coercive tactics to dominate the market.

The DOJ asked the court to break up the two companies, which merged in 2010.

As the owner and general manager of the Stone Church in Brattleboro, and president of the New England branch of the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA), Robin Johnson knows how important this case is and that it was long overdue.

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Proving their metal

Grads of Grrrls 2 the Front, a program to put more women behind the sound board, will engineer woman-fronted rock bands

BRATTLEBORO-It’s rare to see a woman-fronted metal show, and even more unusual to have an all-woman sound crew, even in 2026. But that’s who will put on the show when four acts — Sepssis, Awaiting Abigail, Under the Horizon, and Pulsfier — play at the Stone Church in Brattleboro...

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‘This music is 100% danceable’

Valley Moonstompers Society brings Jamaican ska music to Brattleboro in monthly concerts at Marigold

BRATTLEBORO-When the Valley Moonstompers Society takes the stage at Marigold in Brattleboro on Friday, Nov. 7, at 8 p.m., the band's leader and founder, Dan Thomas, said the night will be "a celebration of Jamaican music." The band, which primarily plays a Jamaican genre of music know as ska,

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