The state of Utah has joined six other states and the Federal Trade Commission in an effort to take on a company they say is behind the lousy ticket-buying experience many consumers face: Ticketmaster and its parent company, LiveNation.

In a lawsuit filed Thursday in the United States District Court’s Central District of California, Utah and the FTC joined Florida, Illinois, Virginia, Nebraska, Tennessee and Colorado to allege the company’s business tactics violate the Better Online Ticket Sales Act and do not do enough to prevent brokers from raising ticket prices.

“Anyone who has ever tried buying concert tickets, only to get hit with a pile of sneaky fees at the checkout, or perhaps even find out the show is actually ‘sold out,’ knows how frustrating it is to buy tickets with Ticketma

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