LOS ANGELES, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Live Nation (NYSE: LYV), the
world's largest live music company, and its partners took home eight awards
last night at the 2009 Billboard Touring Awards in New York City.
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-- Top Promoter - Live Nation
-- Top Tour - Madonna's "Sticky & Sweet" tour
-- Top Draw - Madonna's "Sticky & Sweet" tour
-- Top Boxscore - U2 at Croke Park, Dublin
-- Top Amphitheatre - Comcast Center in Mansfield, MA
-- Breakthrough - Il Divo
-- Top Independent Promoter (International) - Time For Fun, Sao Paulo,
Brazil (Exclusive Partner to Live Nation)
-- Eventful Fans' Choice Award - The Jonas Brothers
"With a concert platform operating in more than 30 countries around the world,
Live Nation is uniquely positioned to produce worldwide tours by the most
iconic live performers in our business and develop newer artists as they take
the global stage," said Michael Rapino. "With Madonna and U2 on the road, as
well as newer touring artists like Il Divo and Jonas Brothers, 2009 has been
an extraordinary year for Live Nation and the thousands of dedicated employees
who help to make our events so successful for artists and fans alike."
ABOUT LIVE NATION:
Live Nation's mission is to maximize the live concert experience. Our core
business is producing, marketing and selling live concerts for artists via our
global concert pipe. Live Nation is the largest producer of live concerts in
the world, annually producing over 22,000 concerts for 1,600 artists in 33
countries. During 2008, the company sold over 50 million concert tickets and
drove over 70 million unique visitors to LiveNation.com. Live Nation is
transforming the concert business by expanding its concert platform into
ticketing and building the industry's first artist-to-fan vertically
integrated concert platform. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles,
California and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, trading under the
symbol LYV. For additional information about the company, please visit
www.livenation.com/investors.
SOURCE Live Nation
John Vlautin of Live Nation, +1-310-867-7127, johnvlautin@livenation.com
