On May 16, 2012, Live Nation and Clear Channel announced that the global class action lawsuit that has plagued the two companies for the past ten years has finally reached a settlement.

The original class action lawsuit, filed in 2002 by Malinda Heerwagen, alleged that Live Nation and its then parent company Clear Channel maintained a monopoly on the live-music concert industry. The initial suit was followed by 22 similar class action lawsuits filed throughout the country. The various suits were later consolidated into a single suit in 2007, which has been pending in the Los Angeles, CA federal court system.

California Assemblymember V. Manuel Pérez is facing a public relations pickle following revelations that he resold 25 wristbands for the always popular Coachella Music Festival.

While Coachella's organizational parent company Goldenvoice outlines on the Coachella website that the festival does not "tolerate scalping of any kind at all," those same rules apparently do not apply to local California politicians. Pérez's campaign spokesman Josh Pulliam told The Desert Sun newspaper that Goldenvoice "specifically approved the campaign purchasing tickets for a campaign fundraiser."

A New Jersey U.S. Representative is taking a second stab at passing national legislation that would bring transparency to online ticket sales and target the controversial use of computer technology in the purchase of concert tickets.

U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, a Democrat from New Jersey's newly realigned 8th District, announced on May 2, 2012 that he plans on re-introducing "The BOSS ACT," dubbing this incarnation the "2012 Tour." Pascrell previously introduced a bill by the same name in 2009, but it never made it past the initial committee stage.

The Minnesota Vikings benefited from one of football's most memorable "Hail Mary" passes in week 15 of the 1980 season, when Tommy Kramer's 48-yard touchdown pass to Ahmad Rashad as time expired gave the Vikings a dramatic 28-23 win over the Cleveland Browns and clinched the NFC Central for the Vikings.

Thirty-two years later, the Vikings might need another miracle last-second touchdown to stay in the state they have called home since joining the National Football League in 1961.