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  • Why Live Nation is going all-in on designing its own concert venues
  • Australia’s Live Entertainment Industry Feels The Pinch From Escalating Costs
  • Live Music Fans Take 38% More Trips As Concerts Reshape Global Travel

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fastcompany.com /3 days ago

Why Live Nation is going all-in on designing its own concert venues

The entertainment company Live Nation has been promoting and running concerts in venues around the world for decades, bringing touring acts to whatever concert hall or amphitheater...

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billboard.com /3 days ago

Australia’s Live Entertainment Industry Feels The Pinch From Escalating Costs

“Australians love their live performance experiences but are under more intense cost-of-living pressures and being more selective in their ticket buying choices."

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thatericalper.com /1 month ago

Live Music Fans Take 38% More Trips As Concerts Reshape Global Travel

Live music is becoming one of the world’s most powerful travel agents. New research from Live Nation across 13 countries found that live music fans took 38 per cent more trips in t...

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fodmapeveryday.com /1 month ago

The Best and Worst Concert Experiences Fans Say They’ll Never Forget

Live music has reached an unprecedented financial peak, yet fan satisfaction depends heavily on artist execution and emotional authenticity. The global concert industry is navigati...

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digitalmusicnews.com /1 month ago

Build Them (Globally), And They Will Come! Coliseo GNP Seguros Opens 30,000 Cap Stadium In Guadalajara, Plus Peachtree E...

Guadalajara’s Coliseo GNP Seguros opens its doors with a performance from Michael Bublé, christening the 30,000-capacity stadium as a new major player. Guadalajara, already Mexico’...

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thatericalper.com /1 month ago

Live Nation Says 93% Of Fans Crave Real Experiences Over Digital Ones

The more life moves onto screens, the more people appear to want something they can experience in person. New global research from Live Nation finds 93% of fans crave real experien...

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billboard.com /2 days ago

Live Nation Adds North Melbourne Venue to Australian Portfolio

The concerts giant will deliver and operate a new purpose-built venue at Arden Central, about one mile from the city’s CBD.

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digitalmusicnews.com /1 month ago

Is Playing Live Still Worth It?

Your next gig should make sense for your music — and your bank account. Somewhere along the way, musicians were sold the idea that accepting a gig is evidence of progress. You book...

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digitalmusicnews.com /1 month ago

Live Nation, AEG, Radiohead’s Philip Selway Back New $370,000 Touring Mental Health Fund

The Music Industry Therapist Collective launches an industry-funded occupational health program for artists and crew on small- and mid-scale tours. The Music Industry Therapist Col...

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digitalmusicnews.com /1 month ago

30% of Live Nation’s Largest Tours Aren’t In English, CFO Reveals

Live Nation CFO Joe Berchtold reveals that 30% of Live Nation’s biggest tours are in languages other than English. Joe Berchtold, Live Nation’s CFO, broke down some eye-popping glo...

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digitalmusicnews.com /2 weeks ago

After a Rough Weekend of Ticketmaster Outages and Stranded Concertgoers, More Regulatory Questions Surface

In a headache-inducing weekend for concertgoers, fans across the US couldn’t access or transfer tickets due to a systemwide Ticketmaster outage. As a result, some would-be attendee...

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forbes.com /3 weeks ago

Live Nation Charges Into The Creator Economy

It was only a matter of time. Live Nation is powering into the creator economy, funding a new entity to support creators across content, commerce, brand partnerships and live exper...

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edmtunes.com /2 weeks ago

Live Nation Keeps CEO Michael Rapino at the Helm Through 2031

Anyone who has bought a festival wristband, grabbed tour tickets, or stared in disbelief at the service fees on a checkout screen knows just how deep Live Nation runs in modern mus...

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digitalmusicnews.com /1 month ago

Newly Launched Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator Exposes $11 Billion Annual Ticket Resale Price Inflation

A new white paper released by the Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator exposes ticket resale practices inflating the cost of entry by $11 billion every year. Ticket resale prices continue...

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whiskeyriff.com /1 month ago

Service Charges & Ticket Reselling Practices Cost Live Audiences Over $11 Billion A Year, According To Study

Concert goers (and those who like to attend live sporting events) have known for quite a long time that they are drawing the short straw when it comes to ticketing fees… but now th...

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digitalmusicnews.com /4 weeks ago

Too Cozy? Nearly Half of Live Nation’s Amphitheaters and Stadiums Are Owned by Municipalities and Funded by Taxpayers, V...

A new report from the Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator finds that Live Nation’s dominance of the outdoor amphitheater market rests heavily on government-owned buildings and public sub...

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nysmusic.com /6 hours ago

Live Nation Monopoly Supported by Public Funds at New York Venues

A report published in September by the Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator revealed that almost half of the outdoor concert venues operated by Live Nation around the country are owned by...

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digitalmusicnews.com /1 week ago

What Head Trip Taught the Music Festival Business About Scarcity, Stage Design, and Livestreaming

Goldenvoice’s single-stage dance weekend at Empire Polo Club leaned on High Scream’s production, smooth operations, and an Apple Music livestream that carried it far beyond Indio....

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digitalmusicnews.com /2 weeks ago

Live Nation Renews CEO Michael Rapino’s Contract Through 2031 — Massive Deal Includes a $20 Million Stock Bonus and Upwa...

One massive contract renewal later, Michael Rapino is set to continue as Live Nation’s president and CEO – pulling down upwards of $60 million per year, provided the company hits c...

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digitalmusicnews.com /1 month ago

Blue Dot Fever: What Chartmetric’s Data Reveals About the Gap Between Fandom and Ticket Sales

Post Malone, Zayn Malik, Meghan Trainor, and the Pussycat Dolls all canceled or softened their touring aspirations in 2026. Four very different acts, four canceled or scaled-back t...

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digitalmusicnews.com /1 week ago

Live Music’s New Geography

Welcome to the decentralization of opportunity. There was a time when opportunity in music had an address in a big city. The Troubadour in Los Angeles, The Bitter End in New York a...

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musicbusinessworldwide.com /2 weeks ago

Live Nation to sell $730M and €600M of bonds to refinance its 6.5% notes due 2027

The new notes will retire the $1.2 billion of 6.5% debt Live Nation raised in May 2020, during the pandemic concert shutdown. Source

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musicbusinessworldwide.com /1 month ago

Non-English-speaking artists now account for 30% of Live Nation’s top 50 tours – but 47 of the top 75 international mark...

"It's not going to be that long where I'm sitting here saying now over half of our artists are not U.S., U.K. English-speaking artists," Berchtold told Goldman analyst Stephen Lasz...

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webwire.com /1 month ago

Live Nation Goes Big At BIGSOUND As 2026 Presenting Partner

Key Takeaways - - - • Live Nation APAC is stepping up its commitment to Australia's music industry as an official Presenting Partner of BIGSOUND 2026, marking its most signif...

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