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Live Nation targets $850 million in venue AOI by 2031 through a $5.6 billion pipeline of 38 venues. Ticketmaster expects 490 million fee-bearing tickets at a 6% CAGR, while sponsorship early sales for 2027 are up 15%.
Live Nation said Third Quarter 2026 concert attendance exceeded 60 million, up almost 20%, with full-year fans guided toward close to 180 million. Ticketmaster expects high single-digit AOI growth, while concerts retain double-digit AOI growth expectations.
Live Nation Entertainment reported third-quarter 2026 revenue of $10.1 billion, up 19%, and AOI of $1.18 billion, up 14%, as fan attendance reached 61 million, up 19%.
Live Nation Entertainment closed a $730.0 million 7.125% and €600.0 million 6.125% senior notes offering due 2032 on October 15, 2026, and amended its credit facilities to extend maturities and raise commitments to $1,450 million, $435 million, and $725 million.
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* Q4 derived as the full year minus Q1 to Q3.
TL;DR. Live Nation posted record Q2 with 49 million fans, 9% revenue growth, and raised its full-year concert guidance to double-digit fan, revenue and AOI growth, while a $450M governmental investigations/legal accrual weighed on GAAP operating income which fell 75% year-to-date.
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| Metric | Latest | Period | YoY |
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| Adjusted Operating Income | $1.18B | FY2026 Q3 | +14.2% |
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| Deferred GTV | 5.2B | Q2 2026 | — |
| Deferred service fee revenue | $390M | Q2 2026 | — |
| Estimated events - International | 5,785 | Three Months Ended June 30, 2026 filing | — |
| Estimated events - North America | 9,473 | Three Months Ended June 30, 2026 filing | — |
| Estimated fans - International | 25.59M | Three Months Ended June 30, 2026 filing | — |
| Estimated fans - North America | 23.12M | Three Months Ended June 30, 2026 filing | — |
| Estimated number of fee-bearing tickets sold | 90.05M | Three Months Ended June 30, 2026 filing | — |
| Estimated number of non-fee-bearing tickets sold | 71.47M | Three Months Ended June 30, 2026 filing | — |
| Event-related deferred revenue | 6.4B | Q2 2026 | — |
| Fan count | 49M | Q2 2026 | — |
| Fee-bearing GTV | 10.4B | second quarter of 2026 filing | — |
| Fee-bearing ticket sales | 90.1M | second quarter of 2026 filing | — |
| Fee-bearing tickets sold | 90M | Q2 2026 | — |
| Free cash non-GAAP | $1.93B | as of June 30, 2026 | — |
GAAP → non-GAAP reconciliationGAAP Cash and cash equivalents 9.07B
+65.6M Short-term investments
-1.93B Client cash
-6.41B Deferred revenue — event-related
-336.8M Accrued artist fees
-141.1M Collections on behalf of others
+1.61B Prepaid expenses — event-related
= Free cash 1.93B
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| Free cash flow from earnings non-GAAP | $943.4M | 6 Months 2026 | — |
| Free cash flow — adjusted non-GAAP | $690.6M | 6 Months 2026 | — |
| Number of events | 15,300 | second quarter of 2026 filing | — |
| Tickets sold year-to-date | 143M | through mid-July 2026 | — |
| Total estimated events | 15,258 | Three Months Ended June 30, 2026 filing | — |
| Total estimated fans | 48.71M | Three Months Ended June 30, 2026 filing | — |
| Total estimated tickets sold | 161.52M | Three Months Ended June 30, 2026 filing | — |
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LYV
this stock
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.
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$42.06B | +25.2% | +8.8% | — | 10.8% |
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$255.21B | -33.7% | +15.9% | 18.0 | 2.2% |
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DIS
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$205.42B | +4.6% | +3.4% | 24.6 | 1.2% |
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SKYD
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$37.93B | — | -1.5% | — | 2.9% |
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TKO
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$36.86B | -6.5% | -3.1% | — | 4.1% |
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Live Nation targets $850 million in venue AOI by 2031 through a $5.6 billion pipeline of 38 venues. Ticketmaster expects 490 million fee-bearing tickets at a 6% CAGR, while sponsorship early sales for 2027 are up 15%.
View| 5D | 20D | 120D | MTD | YTD | |
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| LYV | +1.8% | +4.7% | +7.2% | +0.3% | +25.2% |
| SPY | +2.6% | -1.2% | +0.5% | -0.2% | +10.6% |
| vs SPY | -0.8% | +5.8% | +6.7% | +0.5% | +14.6% |
