Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

LONG-TERM DEBT (Senior Secured Credit Facility) (Details)

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LONG-TERM DEBT (Senior Secured Credit Facility) (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Senior Secured Credit Facility Term loan A [Member]  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]  
Face amount $ 115,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= lyv_SeniorSecuredCreditFacilityTermloanAMember
Maturity period 5 years
Senior Secured Credit Facility Term loan A [Member] | Minimum [Member]  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]  
Quarterly payments 2,900,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentPeriodicPaymentPrincipal
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= lyv_SeniorSecuredCreditFacilityTermloanAMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MinimumMember
Senior Secured Credit Facility Term loan A [Member] | Maximum [Member]  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]  
Quarterly payments 13,800,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentPeriodicPaymentPrincipal
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= lyv_SeniorSecuredCreditFacilityTermloanAMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MaximumMember
Senior Secured Credit Facility Term loan B [Member]  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]  
Face amount 950,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= lyv_SeniorSecuredCreditFacilityTermloanBMember
Maturity period 7 years
Quarterly payments 2,400,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentPeriodicPaymentPrincipal
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= lyv_SeniorSecuredCreditFacilityTermloanBMember
Senior Secured Credit Facility Term loan B [Member] | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]  
Basis spread on variable rate 2.75%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= lyv_SeniorSecuredCreditFacilityTermloanBMember
/ us-gaap_VariableRateAxis
= us-gaap_LondonInterbankOfferedRateLIBORMember
Senior Secured Credit Facility Term loan B [Member] | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] | Minimum [Member]  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]  
Basis spread on variable rate 0.75%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= lyv_SeniorSecuredCreditFacilityTermloanBMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MinimumMember
/ us-gaap_VariableRateAxis
= us-gaap_LondonInterbankOfferedRateLIBORMember
Senior Secured Credit Facility Term loan B [Member] | Base Rate [Member]  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]  
Basis spread on variable rate 1.75%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= lyv_SeniorSecuredCreditFacilityTermloanBMember
/ us-gaap_VariableRateAxis
= us-gaap_BaseRateMember
Senior Secured Credit Facility Term loan B [Member] | Base Rate [Member] | Minimum [Member]  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]  
Basis spread on variable rate 1.75%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= lyv_SeniorSecuredCreditFacilityTermloanBMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MinimumMember
/ us-gaap_VariableRateAxis
= us-gaap_BaseRateMember
Senior Secured Credit Facility [Member]  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]  
Secured indebtedness leverage ratio, maximum 3.25lyv_DebtInstrumentAdditionalBorrowingCapacityMaximum
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= lyv_SeniorSecuredCreditFacilityMember
Percentage of capital stock of foreign wholly owned (first-tier) subsidiaries 65.00%lyv_PercentageOfCapitalStockOfForeignWhollyOwnedSubsidiaries
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= lyv_SeniorSecuredCreditFacilityMember
Senior Secured Credit Facility [Member] | Minimum [Member]  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]  
Additional borrowing capacity available 450,000,000lyv_Optiontoincreaseaggregateborrowingcapacity
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= lyv_SeniorSecuredCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MinimumMember
Senior Secured Credit Facility Revolving Credit Facility [Member]  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]  
Maturity period 5 years
Maximum borrowing capacity 335,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= lyv_SeniorSecuredCreditFacilityRevolvingcreditfacilityMember
Line of credit facility, unused capacity, commitment fee percentage 0.50%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityUnusedCapacityCommitmentFeePercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= lyv_SeniorSecuredCreditFacilityRevolvingcreditfacilityMember
Outstanding letters of credit 62,000,000us-gaap_LettersOfCreditOutstandingAmount
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= lyv_SeniorSecuredCreditFacilityRevolvingcreditfacilityMember
Current borrowing capacity available 273,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCurrentBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= lyv_SeniorSecuredCreditFacilityRevolvingcreditfacilityMember
Senior Secured Credit Facility Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | Letter of Credit [Member]  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]  
Maximum borrowing capacity 150,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_LetterOfCreditMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= lyv_SeniorSecuredCreditFacilityRevolvingcreditfacilityMember
Senior Secured Credit Facility Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | Swingline Loans [Member]  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]  
Maximum borrowing capacity 50,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= lyv_SwinglineLoansMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= lyv_SeniorSecuredCreditFacilityRevolvingcreditfacilityMember
Senior Secured Credit Facility Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | Euro and British Pound Line of Credit [Member]  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]  
Maximum borrowing capacity 150,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= lyv_EuroAndBritishPoundLineofCreditMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= lyv_SeniorSecuredCreditFacilityRevolvingcreditfacilityMember
Senior Secured Credit Facility Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | Other Foreign Line of Credit [Member]  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]  
Maximum borrowing capacity $ 50,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= lyv_OtherForeignCurrencyLineofCreditMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= lyv_SeniorSecuredCreditFacilityRevolvingcreditfacilityMember
Senior Secured Credit Facility Revolving Credit Facility & Term loan A [Member] | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]  
Basis spread on variable rate 2.25%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= lyv_SeniorSecuredCreditFacilityRevolvingCreditFacilityandTermloanAMember
/ us-gaap_VariableRateAxis
= us-gaap_LondonInterbankOfferedRateLIBORMember
Senior Secured Credit Facility Revolving Credit Facility & Term loan A [Member] | Base Rate [Member]  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]  
Basis spread on variable rate 1.25%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= lyv_SeniorSecuredCreditFacilityRevolvingCreditFacilityandTermloanAMember
/ us-gaap_VariableRateAxis
= us-gaap_BaseRateMember