---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001335258-26-000007"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LYV"
cik: "0001335258"
company_name: "Live Nation Entertainment, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-02-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T01:41:11.042885+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Live Nation 2025 revenue $25.2B (+9%), AOI $2.4B (+10%); 2026 sees double-digit growth

## Summary
- Revenue $25.2B (+9% YoY), operating income $1.3B (+52%), AOI $2.4B (+10%).
- Concerts AOI $687M (+30%) with record margin 3.3%; fan attendance 159M (+5%).
- Ticketing fee-bearing GTV $26B (+9%); sponsorship AOI $845M (+11%).
- 2026 event-related deferred revenue $4B (+21%); early ticket sales 67M fans, up double-digits.
- 2026 capex guided $1.1-1.2B; free cash flow adjusted $1.3B in 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001335258-26-000007
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LYV
- cik: 0001335258
- company_name: Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-02-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1335258/000133525826000007/0001335258-26-000007-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1335258/000133525826000007/lyv-20260219.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001335258-26-000007.txt

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