---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001335258-22-000067"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LYV"
cik: "0001335258"
company_name: "Live Nation Entertainment, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-05-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T23:27:35.908736+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Live Nation posts best Q1 ever: $27M operating income, $209M AOI; Ticketmaster record

## Summary
- Operating income of $27M and AOI of $209M; company calls it best first quarter ever.
- Ticketmaster operating income up 3x, AOI up 2x vs Q1 2019; transacted GTV up 39%.
- 70M tickets sold for 2022 concerts, up 36% vs same point in 2019; committed show count up 44%.
- Sponsorship operating income up 83% and AOI up 75% vs Q1 2019; 90% of planned sponsorship revenue committed.
- Event related deferred revenue $3.5B, up nearly 2x vs Q1 2019; fan demand driving double-digit ticket pricing increase.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001335258-22-000067
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LYV
- cik: 0001335258
- company_name: Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-05-05T23:59:59+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/1335258/000133525822000067/0001335258-22-000067-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1335258/000133525822000067/lyv-20220505.htm

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