---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001335258-21-000134"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LYV"
cik: "0001335258"
company_name: "Live Nation Entertainment, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-11-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T12:43:31.479625+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Live Nation Q3 2021: operating income $137M, AOI $306M; all segments positive

## Summary
- 17M fans attended shows; amphitheater & festival pricing up double-digits vs 2019.
- Ticketmaster record quarter: operating income $114M, AOI $172M; highest-ever fee-bearing GTV quarter.
- 22M tickets already sold for 2022 shows; Q4 fee-bearing GTV expected to be record level.
- Sponsorship pipeline for 2022 up double-digits vs same time in 2019; on-site spending per fan up >20%.
- Structural cost savings of $200M targeted from pre-pandemic plan.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001335258-21-000134
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LYV
- cik: 0001335258
- company_name: Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-11-04T23:59:59+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/1335258/000133525821000134/0001335258-21-000134-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1335258/000133525821000134/lyv-20211104.htm

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