Live Nation Entertainment Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Details)

CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2010	Jun. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2010	Dec. 31, 2010
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Aggregate cash consideration of common shares sold			$ 76,492,000
Clear Channel [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Expenses from transactions with related party	1,000,000	1,000,000	1,400,000	1,700,000
Liberty Media [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of directors nominated by related party	2		2
Common shares sold to related party pursuant to the subscription agreement (in shares)			1,800,000
Aggregate cash consideration of common shares sold			18,800,000
Additional common shares sold to related party pursuant to the subscription agreement (in shares)	5,500,000		5,500,000
Additional aggregate cash consideration of common shares sold	57,700,000		57,700,000
IAC [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Expenses from transactions with related party	400,000	600,000	800,000	1,000,000
ATC Aviation, Inc. [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Expenses from transactions with related party	500,000	100,000	600,000	100,000
Front Line [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Dividends paid by consolidated subsidiary			20,100,000	20,600,000
Dividends paid by consolidated subsidiary to parent			15,000,000	15,000,000
Principal amount of promissory note made by a wholly owned subsidiary to a majority owned subsidiary			20,700,000	21,300,000
Interest rate of promissory note (in hundredths)	4.50%	4.50%	4.50%	4.50%
Azoff Trust [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Dividends paid by majority owned consolidated subsidiary to minority owners			3,000,000	3,000,000
Common shares held by noncontrolling interest shareholder (in shares)		25,918.276		25,918.276
Board of Directors Chairman [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Gross-up payment related party			600,000	700,000
Management of Subsidiary [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Deferred consideration payments from a business combination			6,800,000	6,900,000
Employee of Subsidiary [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Noncontrolling interest in clubs and theaters venue promotion business sold (in hundredths)	49.90%		49.90%
Number of employees that partially own business	2		2
Cash and assets received from divestiture of noncontrolling interest in a business			12,600,000
Other Related Parties [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Revenue from transactions with related party	243,000	58,000	809,000	421,000
Expenses from transactions with related party	1,941,000	2,098,000	5,519,000	8,555,000
Receivable balance	$ 12,900,000		$ 12,900,000		$ 22,400,000