Live Nation Entertainment

Live Nation Entertainment, founded in 2005, is a live entertainment company that connects touring, ticketing, partnerships, venues and fan experiences. Its creative work spans music marketing and sponsorship, fan experience and engagement, live event promotion and production, venue management and event ticketing technology. The company operates in more than 50 countries and reaches more than 150 million fans annually.

Three businesses account for most of its activity. Ticketmaster is a global event ticketing platform that sells over 620 million tickets a year. Live Nation Concerts promotes more than 50,000 concerts and festivals annually for nearly 7,000 artists across over 40 countries, working with venues ranging from small clubs to stadiums. Live Nation Media & Sponsorship builds music marketing programmes linking more than 1,200 sponsors with fans attending Live Nation events - an area in which brand, content and design work is central.

The company states an artist-first mission: "Artists power everything we do." It describes itself as the largest investor in musicians, supporting artists at every stage of their careers. Two programmes extend that remit beyond performers themselves: On The Road Again, which assists artists and touring crews, and Crew Nation, a charitable fund for live music crews facing hardship. Live Nation also supports the communities in which artists perform.