Live Nation Entertainment is the new corporate name and owner of Live Nation

Live Nation

Live Nation is a live-events company based in Beverly Hills, California, focused on concert promotions. Live Nation formed in 2005 as a spin-off from Clear Channel Communications, which then merged with Ticketmaster in 2010 to become Live Nation Entertainment....

 and Ticketmaster

Ticketmaster

Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc. is an independent American ticket sales and distribution company based in West Hollywood, California, USA, with operations in many countries around the world. In 2010 it merged with Live Nation to become Live Nation Entertainment...

, who have merged. The leadership consists of John C. Malone Chairman of Liberty Media as Chairman and Michael Rapino, (currently Chief-Executive-Officer of Live Nation) as President and CEO of the new company. On January 24, 2011, media executive Barry Diller resigned from the board of directors after a reported internal boardroom struggle.

In order to merge Live Nation and Ticketmaster have to have approval from their shareholders, California State Regulators (since they are both based in California), and finally Federal regulator approval—the latter being the only outstanding approval.

The proposal has received regulatory approval in Norway and Turkey. The United States Justice Department approved the merger on January 25, 2010 with some conditions to which both parties agreed.

In October 2009, the United Kingdom's Competition Commission

Competition Commission

The Competition Commission is a non-departmental public body responsible for investigating mergers, markets and other enquiries related to regulated industries under competition law in the United Kingdom...

 provisionally ruled against the merger but on December 22, 2009, the Competition Commission reversed itself and decided to clear the proposed merger.

Clearance & Divestment of Assets to Merge

Separate regulatory reviews of the proposal were continuing in the United States and Canada. On January 25, 2010, the United States and Canadian governments cleared the way for Live Nation and TicketMaster to merge. Irving Azoff is chairman and founder of Azoff Music Management Group, Inc. In late 2008, he became chairman and CEO of Ticketmaster Entertainment. He is now Executive Chairman of Live Nation Entertainment

As part of the agreement with Governments to merge, Ticketmaster has to sell its ownership in its self ticketing company, Paciolan (which they have a deal to sell to Comcast-Spectacor

Comcast-Spectacor

Comcast Spectacor is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based sports and entertainment company. It owns the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League and formerly owned the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association...

). According to the Associated Press, Live Nation Entertainment will be under a 10-year court order prohibiting it from retaliating against venues that choose to accept competitors' ticket-selling contracts, and it "must allow venues that sign deals elsewhere to take consumer ticketing data with them".

Also the new company will have to license a copy of its ticketing software to two companies — Anschutz Entertainment Group

Anschutz Entertainment Group

The Anschutz Entertainment Group is a sporting and music entertainment presenter and a subsidiary of The Anschutz Corporation. It is the world's largest owner of sports teams and sports events, the owner of the world’s most profitable sports and entertainment venues, and under AEG Live the world's...

 (AEG) and either Comcast Spectacor or another “suitable” company — so that both companies can compete “head-to-head” with Ticketmaster for venues’ business. After five years, AEG will have the option of buying the software, replacing it with something else or partnering with another ticketing company.

Opposition to merger

A group including members of the United States Congress

United States Congress

The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Congress meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C....

 and business rivals of Ticketmaster and Live Nation had urged the US Department of Justice to stop the merger. The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA), whose members include Google

Google

Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...

, Oracle Corporation

Oracle Corporation

Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation that specializes in developing and marketing hardware systems and enterprise software products – particularly database management systems...

, Microsoft

Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...

, Yahoo, Intuit and eBay

EBay

eBay Inc. is an American internet consumer-to-consumer corporation that manages eBay.com, an online auction and shopping website in which people and businesses buy and sell a broad variety of goods and services worldwide...

, also opposed the merger.

Venues

1. PNC Bank Arts Center
   PNC Bank Arts Center
   The PNC Bank Arts Center is a modern amphitheatre located in Holmdel Township, New Jersey, USA. About 17,500 people can occupy the amphitheater; there are 7,000 seats and the grass area can hold about 10,500 people. Concerts are from May through September featuring 35–45 different events of...
   
   
2. Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
   Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
   Nikon at Jones Beach Theater is an outdoor amphitheatre, located at Jones Beach State Park in Wantagh, New York. It is one of two major outdoor arenas in the New York metropolitan area, along with PNC Bank Arts Center...
   
   
3. NYCB Theatre at Westbury
4. Irving Plaza
   Irving Plaza
   Irving Plaza is a 1,200-person ballroom-style music venue at 17 Irving Place and East 15th Street in the Union Square neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City...
   
   
5. Gramercy Theatre
6. Roseland Ballroom
   Roseland Ballroom
   The Roseland Ballroom is a multi-purpose hall, in a converted ice skating rink, with a colorful ballroom dancing pedigree, in New York City's theatre district, on West 52nd Street....
   
   
7. Foxwoods Theatre
8. San Manuel Amphitheater
9. Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre (Irvine)
   Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre (Irvine)
   Not to be confused with amphitheatres in Georgia, Missouri, or Virginia.Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Irvine is a 16,085-capacity amphitheater, located in Irvine, California...
   
   
10. Gibson Amphitheatre
    Gibson Amphitheatre
    The Gibson Amphitheatre is a theatre located in Universal City, California, USA. It seats up to 6,189 for concerts, including 6,089 chairback seats...
    
    
11. Hollywood Palladium
    Hollywood Palladium
    The Hollywood Palladium is a theater located at 6215 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California. It was built in a Streamline Moderne, Art Deco style and includes an 11,200 square foot dance floor with room for up to 4,000 people.-History:...
    
    
12. Wiltern Theatre
13. Avalon Hollywood
    Avalon Hollywood
    Avalon is a historic night club and music venue in Hollywood, California, located near the intersection of Hollywood and Vine, at 1735 N. Vine Street...
    
     (booking only)
14. First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
    First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
    First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre is an outdoor music venue, in Chicago's southwest suburb of Tinley Park, Illinois, that opened in 1990. It is one of the largest music venues in the Chicago area, with capacities of up to 28,000 spectators...
    
    
15. Susquehanna Bank Center
16. Tower Theater
17. The TLA
18. Boyd Theatre
    Boyd Theatre
    The Boyd Theatre is a 1920s era movie palace in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It operated as a movie theater for 74 years, operating under the name Sameric as part of the United Artists theater chain, before closing in 2002...
    
    
19. Gexa Energy Pavilion
20. Shoreline Amphitheatre
    Shoreline Amphitheatre
    Shoreline Amphitheatre is an outdoor amphitheater, in Mountain View, California, USA, in the San Francisco Bay Area. Inside the venue it has a capacity of 22,500, with 6,500 reserved seats and 16,000 general admission on the lawn...
    
    
21. Sleep Train Pavilion
    Sleep Train Pavilion
    The Sleep Train Pavilion is an outdoor venue located in Concord, California. It is owned by the City of Concord and operated by Live Nation. . The Pavilion has a capacity of 12,500 people and opened in 1975 as the Concord Pavilion...
    
    
22. Mountain Winery
    Mountain Winery
    The Mountain Winery, formerly the Paul Masson Mountain Winery, is a winery in Saratoga, California, USA. It was founded by Paul Masson, a pioneer of the California wine industry...
    
     (booking only)
23. The Fillmore
    The Fillmore
    The Fillmore Auditorium is a historic music venue in San Francisco, California, made famous by Bill Graham. Named for its original location at the intersection of Fillmore Street and Geary Boulevard, it lies on the boundary of the Western Addition and the Pacific Heights neighborhoods.In 1968,...
    
    
24. Nob Hill Masonic Auditorium
25. Punch Line San Francisco
    Punch Line San Francisco
    The Punch Line is San Francisco’s longest running comedy club.The original Punch Line Comedy Club opened on the site of the Old Waldorf, a rock venue managed by Bill Graham Presents, who had been promoting rock shows there since the mid-seventies...
    
    
26. Cobb's Comedy Club
    Cobb's Comedy Club
    Cobb's Comedy Club is a venue to showcase stand-up comedy. It's located in San Francisco, CA in the North Beach area. The club has been open for more than 25 years and has had many top comedians on its stage.Comics include:Tim Allen,Dave Attell,...
    
    
27. Comcast Center
28. Bank of America Pavilion
    Bank of America Pavilion
    Bank of America Pavilion is a Live Nation-owned outdoor amphitheater located in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. The seating capacity is approximately 5,000. It was originally known as Harbor Lights Pavilion until 1999 when Live Nation purchased the venue and sold the naming rights to FleetBoston...
    
    
29. Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood
30. Chastain Park
    Chastain Park
    Chastain Memorial Park, most commonly called Chastain Park, is the largest city park in Atlanta, Georgia. It is a park located near the northern edge of the city...
    
     Amphitheatre
31. The Tabernacle
    The Tabernacle
    The Tabernacle, informally known as The Tabby, is a mid-size concert hall, in the U.S. city of Atlanta, currently managed by concert promoter Live Nation...
    
    
32. Jiffy Lube Live
33. Warner Theatre
    Warner Theatre (Washington, D.C.)
    The Warner Theatre is a theater located at 513 13th Street, N.W. in Downtown Washington, D.C.. The basement level is at 1299 Pennsylvania Avenue.-History:...
    
    
34. Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion (booking only)
35. Verizon Wireless Theater
    Verizon Wireless Theater
    The Verizon Wireless Theater is an indoor theater owned by Live Nation and located in Houston, Texas, United States...
    
    
36. The Fillmore Detroit
    The Fillmore Detroit
    The Fillmore Detroit is a mixed-use entertainment venue operated by Live Nation. The Detroit Music Awards are held annually at The Fillmore Detroit in April. Built in 1925, the Fillmore Detroit was known for most of its history as the State Theatre, and prior to that as the Palms Theatre...
    
    
37. Saint Andrew's Hall
38. Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion
39. Comerica Theatre
40. White River Amphitheatre
    White River Amphitheatre
    White River Amphitheatre is a Live Nation managed concert venue, located in Auburn, Washington, on the Muckleshoot Indian Reservation, 15 miles northeast of Tacoma and 35 miles southeast of Seattle. The capacity is 20,000, with 9,000 covered seats...
    
    
41. Maryhill Winery (booking only)
42. 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre
43. Bayfront Park
    Bayfront Park
    Bayfront Park is a public, urban park in Downtown Miami, Florida on Biscayne Bay.-History:The park began construction in 1924 under the design plans of Warren Henry Manning and officially opened in March 1925. Beginning in 1980, it underwent a major redesign by Japanese-American modernist artist...
    
     Amphitheater
44. Pompano Beach Amphitheater
45. The Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater
46. Revolution Live (booking only)
47. Comfort Dental Amphitheatre
48. Fillmore Auditorium
    Fillmore Auditorium (Denver, Colorado)
    The Fillmore Auditorium is a concert venue located in the Capitol Hill neighborhood in Denver, Colorado. Since opening in 1907, the venue has hosted numerous functions both private and public...
    
    
49. Blossom Music Center
    Blossom Music Center
    Blossom Music Center is an amphitheatre located in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. The pavilion seats 5,700 people, with space for about 13,500 more on the lawn. It is the summer home of the Cleveland Orchestra, which performs its annual Blossom Festival there. The venue is also host to a full summer...
    
    
50. Sleep Train Amphitheatre
    Sleep Train Amphitheatre
    Sleep Train Amphitheatre is an outdoor amphitheater, located in Wheatland, California. It has a capacity of 18,500, with 8,000 reserved seats and 10,500 unreserved lawn seats.It is used for concerts, stage shows and other special events....
    
    
51. Verizon Wireless Amphitheater (St. Louis)
52. The Pageant
    The Pageant
    The Pageant, sometimes called The Pageant Concert NightClub, is a music venue in the Delmar Loop district, located on the western edge of Saint Louis, Missouri, just east of the University City half of the loop area....
    
     (50%)
53. Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre (Charlotte)
54. Road Runner Mobile Amphitheatre
55. The Fillmore Charlotte
56. First Niagara Pavilion
    First Niagara Pavilion
    First Niagara Pavilion is an outdoor amphitheater in Hanover Township near Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, United States, 25 miles west of downtown Pittsburgh, via US 22...
    
    
57. Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion
58. Raleigh Amphitheater and Festival Site (booking only)
59. Verizon Wireless Music Center (Indiana)
    Verizon Wireless Music Center (Indiana)
    The Klipsch Music Center is an outdoor amphitheater, owned by Live Nation, located in Noblesville, Indiana. The center is the largest outdoor music venue in the Indianapolis metropolitan area of central Indiana, with 6,000 seats under a pavilion and 18,000 general admission lawn seats...
    
    
60. The Lawn at White River State Park
    White River State Park
    White River State ParkDesignationState ParkLocationIndianapolis, Indiana USANearest CityIndianapolis, IndianaArea Date of Establishment1979Governing Body...
    
     (booking only)
61. Murat Shrine
62. Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
63. SDSU
    San Diego State University
    San Diego State University , founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, is the largest and oldest higher education facility in the greater San Diego area , and is part of the California State University system...
    
     Open Air Theatre (booking only)
64. Viejas Arena (booking only)
65. The Comcast Theatre
66. Rentschler Field (booking only)
67. Mohegan Sun Arena
    Mohegan Sun Arena
    The Mohegan Sun Arena is a 10,000 seat multi-purpose arena in Uncasville, Connecticut located inside Mohegan Sun. The arena facility features of configurable exhibition space and a clear span...
    
     (booking only)
68. Oakdale Theatre
69. Starlight Theatre
    Starlight Theatre (Kansas City)
    Starlight Theatre is a 7,947-seat outdoor theatre in Kansas City, Missouri, United States that stages touring Broadway shows and concerts. It is one of three remaining self-producing outdoor theatres in the U.S.-History:...
    
     (booking only)
70. Riverbend Music Center
    Riverbend Music Center
    Riverbend Music Center is an outdoor amphitheater, with a capacity of 20,500, located in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, along the banks of the Ohio River. Riverbend was built for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, to allow them to play in an outdoor venue during the summer months. Famed architect...
    
     (booking only)
71. PNC Pavilion
72. Bogart's
    Bogart's
    Bogart's is a music venue located in the Corryville neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, near the University of Cincinnati, across the street from Sudsy Malone's Rock 'n Roll Laundry & Bar. The building was originally a vaudeville theater built in 1905, put out of business in 1955 due partly to the...
    
    
73. Germain Amphitheater
    Germain Amphitheater
    The Germain Amphitheater—renamed from the previous Polaris Amphitheater following a sponsorship deal with the Germain Motor Company in 2003—was a 20,000-seat outdoor entertainment venue located in Columbus, Ohio....
    
    
74. Alpine Valley Music Theatre
    Alpine Valley Music Theatre
    Alpine Valley Music Theatre is a 37,000 capacity amphitheatre, in East Troy, Wisconsin. The seasonal venue was built in 1977 and it features a characteristic wooden roof, covering the 7,500-seat pavilion and a sprawling lawn....
    
    
75. Verizon Wireless Music Center (Birmingham)'
76. Pearl Concert Theater (booking only)
77. Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach
78. Hard Rock Pavilion
79. Sandia
    Sandia Pueblo
    Sandia Pueblo is a tribe of Native American Pueblo people inhabiting a 101.114 km² reservation of the same name in the eastern Rio Grande Valley of central New Mexico, located three miles south of Bernalillo off Highway 85 in southern Sandoval County and northern Bernalillo County, at...
    
     Casino Amphitheater (booking)
80. The Louisville Palace
    The Louisville Palace
    The Louisville Palace is a theatre, in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, located in the city's theater district, on the east side of Fourth Street, between Broadway and Chestnut Street. It has a seating capacity of 2,700 people and is owned by Live Nation...
    
    
81. Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
82. Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain
    Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain
    Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain is an amphitheatre, located in Scranton, Pennsylvania.-History:It started as a temporary facility, located behind the ski lodge on Montage Mountain. In 1999, Lackawanna County built a permanent amphitheater further down the mountain...
    
    
83. Saratoga Performing Arts Center
    Saratoga Performing Arts Center
    The Saratoga Performing Arts Center is an amphitheater in Saratoga Springs, New York, which presents summer festivals of all kinds of music , dance, and opera, as well as a Wine & Food Festival...
    
    
84. The Gorge Amphitheatre
    The Gorge Amphitheatre
    The Gorge Amphitheatre is a 20,000+ seat concert venue, located above the Columbia River in George, Washington. It offers lawn-terrace seating and concert-friendly weather....
    
    
85. Jamboree in the Hills
    Jamboree in the Hills
    Jamboree in the Hills, also known as the "Super Bowl of Country Music," is an annual four-day-festival of country music in the rolling hills of Morristown, Ohio in Belmont County...
    
    
86. Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
    Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
    Molson Canadian Amphitheatre is a semi-enclosed outdoor concert venue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its address is 909 Lake Shore Boulevard West located on the grounds of Ontario Place...
    
    
87. Rogers Arena (booking only)
88. Commodore Ballroom
    Commodore Ballroom
    The Commodore Ballroom is a renowned music venue, dance floor, and nightclub located on 800 block of Granville Street in Vancouver, British Columbia. The building was built in the Art Deco style of the late 1920s by George Conrad Reifel and designed by architect H.H. Gillingham. Best known for...
    
     (booking only)
89. Wembley Arena
    Wembley Arena
    Wembley Arena is an indoor arena, at Wembley, in the London Borough of Brent. The building is opposite Wembley Stadium.-History:...
    
    
90. Little John’s Farm
91. Motorpoint Arena Sheffield
92. Southampton Guildhall
    Southampton Guildhall
    Southampton Guildhall is the former town hall of Southampton, Hampshire. It is now in use as a multi-purpose venue for cultural events. It is part of the Civic Centre complex, which also includes includes a police station, council offices, the well-endowed city art gallery, and the city...
    
    
93. Heineken Music Hall
    Heineken Music Hall
    Heineken Music Hall is a concert hall in Amsterdam, Netherlands, near the Amsterdam ArenA .The big hall is used for concerts, has a capacity of 5500 and is 3000 m²...
    
    
94. Motorpoint Arena Cardiff
95. The O2 (Dublin)
96. Torino Palasport Olimpico
    Torino Palasport Olimpico
    The Palasport Olimpico or Olympic Arena or Palaisozaki is a multipurpose indoor sports/concert arena located at the Santa Rita district in Turin, Italy....
    
    
97. Torino Palavela
    Torino Palavela
    Palavela, formerly known as Palazzo delle Mostre and Palazzo a Vela is an arena in Turin, Italy, on the bank of the River Po. It was designed by engineer Franco Levi and architects Annibale and Giorgio Ricotti. The arena is 130 metres in diameter...
    
    

External links

• Corporate Website