---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001335258-21-000103"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LYV"
cik: "0001335258"
company_name: "Live Nation Entertainment, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-08-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T23:11:52.027483+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Live Nation Q2 2021 adjusted operating income positive; deferred revenue up $650M to $2.1B

## Summary
- Operating income improved >$450M; adjusted operating income turned positive.
- Total cash $4.0B, free cash $1.1B, available liquidity $2.1B.
- Ticketmaster added 11M net new fee-bearing tickets YTD; June was 4th best month ever.
- Concert pipeline for 2022 shows double-digit growth vs 2019; sponsorship up double digits.
- Expect all segments profitable in H2 2021; cost base reduced by $200M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001335258-21-000103
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LYV
- cik: 0001335258
- company_name: Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-08-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1335258/000133525821000103/0001335258-21-000103-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1335258/000133525821000103/lyv-20210803.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001335258-21-000103.txt

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