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

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

SEGMENT DATA (Details)

SEGMENT DATA (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 1,120,312us-gaap_Revenues	$ 1,127,316us-gaap_Revenues
Direct operating expenses	721,289us-gaap_DirectOperatingCosts	731,151us-gaap_DirectOperatingCosts
Selling, general and administrative expenses	314,545	302,405
Depreciation and amortization	84,541us-gaap_DepreciationAndAmortization	82,588us-gaap_DepreciationAndAmortization
Loss (gain) on disposal of operating assets	39us-gaap_GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets	506us-gaap_GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets
Corporate expenses	24,360us-gaap_OtherGeneralExpense	21,174us-gaap_OtherGeneralExpense
Acquisition transaction expenses	(527)	1,800
Operating income (loss)	(23,935)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	(12,308)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Capital expenditures	25,797	21,814
Operating Segments [Member] \| Concerts [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	623,234	662,490
Direct operating expenses	485,972	517,155
Selling, general and administrative expenses	150,990	149,916
Depreciation and amortization	29,181	28,520
Loss (gain) on disposal of operating assets	226	510
Corporate expenses	0	0
Acquisition transaction expenses	(566)	327
Operating income (loss)	(42,569)	(33,938)
Capital expenditures	4,947	5,936
Operating Segments [Member] \| Ticketing [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	375,630	354,461
Direct operating expenses	185,692	172,591
Selling, general and administrative expenses	112,413	114,020
Depreciation and amortization	43,296	45,983
Loss (gain) on disposal of operating assets	(149)	(74)
Corporate expenses	0	0
Acquisition transaction expenses	147	5
Operating income (loss)	34,231	21,936
Capital expenditures	19,874	13,878
Operating Segments [Member] \| Artist Nation [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	77,945	72,556
Direct operating expenses	46,830	42,076
Selling, general and administrative expenses	37,214	25,793
Depreciation and amortization	10,035	7,771
Loss (gain) on disposal of operating assets	0	33
Corporate expenses	0	0
Acquisition transaction expenses	6	453
Operating income (loss)	(16,140)	(3,570)
Capital expenditures	762	601
Operating Segments [Member] \| Sponsorship and Advertising [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	52,097	45,388
Direct operating expenses	10,628	8,064
Selling, general and administrative expenses	13,094	11,921
Depreciation and amortization	1,988	204
Loss (gain) on disposal of operating assets	0	0
Corporate expenses	0	0
Acquisition transaction expenses	0	0
Operating income (loss)	26,387	25,199
Capital expenditures	(15)	(45)
Operating Segments [Member] \| Other [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	793	746
Direct operating expenses	1,068	(909)
Selling, general and administrative expenses	834	755
Depreciation and amortization	11	10
Loss (gain) on disposal of operating assets	0	0
Corporate expenses	0	0
Acquisition transaction expenses	0	0
Operating income (loss)	(1,120)	890
Capital expenditures	0	0
Operating Segments [Member] \| Corporate [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	0	0
Direct operating expenses	0	0
Selling, general and administrative expenses	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	516	599
Loss (gain) on disposal of operating assets	(38)	37
Corporate expenses	24,360	21,174
Acquisition transaction expenses	(114)	1,015
Operating income (loss)	(24,724)	(22,825)
Capital expenditures	229	1,444
Intersegment Eliminations [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	(9,387)	(8,325)
Direct operating expenses	(8,901)	(7,826)
Selling, general and administrative expenses	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	(486)	(499)
Loss (gain) on disposal of operating assets	0	0
Corporate expenses	0	0
Acquisition transaction expenses	0	0
Operating income (loss)	0	0
Capital expenditures	0	0
Intersegment Eliminations [Member] \| Concerts [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	8,739	7,430
Intersegment Eliminations [Member] \| Ticketing [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	0	273
Intersegment Eliminations [Member] \| Artist Nation [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	648	622
Intersegment Eliminations [Member] \| Sponsorship and Advertising [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	0	0
Intersegment Eliminations [Member] \| Other [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	0	0
Intersegment Eliminations [Member] \| Corporate [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 0	$ 0