$LYV
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. Stock $lyv

$lyv Overview Financials Valuation SEC Filings Company Website

2020 Q4 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000133525821000009 Filed on March 01, 2021

Income Statement

Concept	2020 Q4	2019 Q4	2018 Q4
Revenue	$237.4M	$2.889B	$2.602B
YoY Change	-91.78%	11.05%	12.13%
Cost Of Revenue	$203.3M	$2.188B	$1.976B
YoY Change	-90.71%	10.69%	12.92%
Gross Profit	$34.10M	$701.7M	$625.5M
YoY Change	-95.14%	12.18%	9.7%
Gross Profit Margin	14.36%	24.28%	24.04%
Selling, General & Admin	$302.3M	$671.5M	$606.7M
YoY Change	-54.98%	10.68%	-6.86%
% of Gross Profit	886.51%	95.7%	96.99%
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization	$120.2M	$115.0M	$109.4M
YoY Change	4.52%	5.12%	-46.53%
% of Gross Profit	352.49%	16.39%	17.49%
Operating Expenses	$414.2M	$779.1M	$715.9M
YoY Change	-46.84%	8.83%	-7.36%
Operating Profit	-$380.1M	-$82.92M	-$90.38M
YoY Change	358.39%	-8.25%	-55.26%
Interest Expense	-$60.80M	-$46.30M	-$34.60M
YoY Change	31.32%	33.82%	34.11%
% of Operating Profit
Other Income/Expense, Net	$5.600M	-$500.0K	-$5.100M
YoY Change	-1220.0%	-90.2%	-3.77%
Pretax Income	-$443.3M	-$129.7M	-$130.1M
YoY Change	241.79%	-0.31%	-44.19%
Income Tax	$20.50M	$6.900M	$5.100M
% Of Pretax Income
Net Earnings	-$443.3M	-$159.9M	-$147.9M
YoY Change	177.15%	8.15%	-22.53%
Net Earnings / Revenue	-186.73%	-5.54%	-5.68%
Basic Earnings Per Share		-$0.88	-$0.82
Diluted Earnings Per Share	-$2.074M	-$0.88	-$0.82
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	217.1M shares	213.7M shares	209.5M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding

Balance Sheet

Concept	2020 Q4	2019 Q4	2018 Q4
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$2.538B	$2.470B	$2.372B
YoY Change	2.75%	4.13%	29.97%
Cash & Equivalents	$2.538B	$2.470B	$2.372B
Short-Term Investments
Other Short-Term Assets	$39.47M	$57.01M	$42.69M
YoY Change	-30.77%	33.55%	-17.76%
Inventory	$22.00M	$16.11M	$12.58M
Prepaid Expenses	$577.1M	$667.0M	$597.9M
Receivables	$486.7M	$994.6M	$829.3M
Other Receivables	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Total Short-Term Assets	$3.650B	$4.193B	$3.848B
YoY Change	-12.95%	8.96%	22.05%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$1.101B	$1.118B	$946.6M
YoY Change	-1.48%	18.1%	6.85%
Goodwill	$2.129B	$1.998B	$1.823B
YoY Change	6.54%	9.63%	3.9%
Intangibles
YoY Change
Long-Term Investments
YoY Change
Other Assets	$391.3M	$431.5M	$428.1M
YoY Change	-9.32%	0.79%	69.08%
Total Long-Term Assets	$6.940B	$6.783B	$4.649B
YoY Change	2.31%	45.9%	6.83%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$3.650B	$4.193B	$3.848B
Total Long-Term Assets	$6.940B	$6.783B	$4.649B
Total Assets	$10.59B	$10.98B	$8.497B
YoY Change	-3.52%	29.17%	13.23%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$86.36M	$100.2M	$90.25M
YoY Change	-13.85%	11.06%	5.35%
Accrued Expenses	$894.1M	$1.391B	$1.245B
YoY Change	-35.74%	11.72%	12.28%
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
YoY Change
Long-Term Debt Due	$53.00M	$38.00M	$82.00M
YoY Change	39.47%	-53.66%	-76.44%
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$3.797B	$4.108B	$3.750B
YoY Change	-7.57%	9.54%	4.83%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$4.855B	$3.271B	$2.733B
YoY Change	48.43%	19.69%	40.01%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$353.3M	$130.6M	$205.0M
YoY Change	170.4%	-36.26%	17.54%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$353.3M	$130.6M	$205.0M
YoY Change	170.4%	-36.26%	17.54%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$3.797B	$4.108B	$3.750B
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$353.3M	$130.6M	$205.0M
Total Liabilities	$4.150B	$4.238B	$3.955B
YoY Change	-2.09%	7.17%	5.42%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	-$2.677B	-$949.3M	-$1.019B
YoY Change	181.97%	-6.86%	-5.58%
Common Stock	$2.145M	$2.113M	$2.091M
YoY Change	1.51%	1.05%	1.06%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)	$6.865M	$6.865M	$6.865M
YoY Change	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Treasury Stock Shares	408.0K shares	408.0K shares	408.0K shares
Shareholders Equity	-$471.8M	$1.146B	$1.099B
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$10.59B	$10.98B	$8.497B
YoY Change	-3.52%	29.17%	13.23%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2020 Q4	2019 Q4	2018 Q4
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	-$443.3M	-$159.9M	-$147.9M
YoY Change	177.15%	8.15%	-22.53%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$120.2M	$115.0M	$109.4M
YoY Change	4.52%	5.12%	-46.53%
Cash From Operating Activities	-$126.5M	$436.9M	$686.0M
YoY Change	-128.95%	-36.31%	234.96%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$31.70M	-$117.0M	-$78.60M
YoY Change	-72.91%	48.85%	31.0%
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	$32.10M	-$170.6M	-$39.40M
YoY Change	-118.82%	332.99%	22.74%
Cash From Investing Activities	$400.0K	-$287.6M	-$118.0M
YoY Change	-100.14%	143.73%	28.12%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	-11.50M	468.5M	-79.30M
YoY Change	-102.45%	-690.79%	-21.79%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	-126.5M	436.9M	686.0M
Cash From Investing Activities	400.0K	-287.6M	-118.0M
Cash From Financing Activities	-11.50M	468.5M	-79.30M
Net Change In Cash	-137.6M	617.8M	488.7M
YoY Change	-122.27%	26.42%	4224.78%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	-$126.5M	$436.9M	$686.0M
Capital Expenditures	-$31.70M	-$117.0M	-$78.60M
Free Cash Flow	-$94.80M	$553.9M	$764.6M
YoY Change	-117.12%	-27.56%	188.75%

Facts In Submission

Frame	Concept Type	Concept / XBRL Key	Value	Unit
CY2020	dei	Entity Central Index Key EntityCentralIndexKey	0001335258
CY2020	dei	Current Fiscal Year End Date CurrentFiscalYearEndDate	--12-31
CY2020	dei	Entity Current Reporting Status EntityCurrentReportingStatus	Yes
CY2020	dei	Document Fiscal Year Focus DocumentFiscalYearFocus	2020
CY2020	dei	Document Fiscal Period Focus DocumentFiscalPeriodFocus	FY
CY2020	dei	Amendment Flag AmendmentFlag	false
CY2020	dei	Document Type DocumentType	10-K
CY2020	dei	Document Annual Report DocumentAnnualReport	true
CY2020	dei	Document Period End Date DocumentPeriodEndDate	2020-12-31
CY2020	dei	Document Transition Report DocumentTransitionReport	false
CY2020	dei	Entity File Number EntityFileNumber	001-32601
CY2020	dei	Entity File Number EntityFileNumber	001-32601
CY2020	dei	Entity Registrant Name EntityRegistrantName	LIVE NATION ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
CY2020	dei	Entity Incorporation State Country Code EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode	DE
CY2020	dei	Entity Tax Identification Number EntityTaxIdentificationNumber	20-3247759
CY2020	dei	Entity Address Address Line1 EntityAddressAddressLine1	9348 Civic Center Drive
CY2020	dei	Entity Address City Or Town EntityAddressCityOrTown	Beverly Hills
CY2020	dei	Entity Address State Or Province EntityAddressStateOrProvince	CA
CY2020	dei	Entity Address Postal Zip Code EntityAddressPostalZipCode	90210
CY2020	dei	City Area Code CityAreaCode	310
CY2020	dei	Local Phone Number LocalPhoneNumber	867-7000
CY2020	dei	Security12b Title Security12bTitle	Common Stock, $.01 Par Value per Share
CY2020	dei	Trading Symbol TradingSymbol	LYV
CY2020	dei	Entity Voluntary Filers EntityVoluntaryFilers	No
CY2020	dei	Security Exchange Name SecurityExchangeName	NYSE
CY2020	dei	Entity Well Known Seasoned Issuer EntityWellKnownSeasonedIssuer	Yes
CY2020	dei	Entity Interactive Data Current EntityInteractiveDataCurrent	Yes
CY2020	dei	Entity Filer Category EntityFilerCategory	Large Accelerated Filer
CY2020	dei	Entity Small Business EntitySmallBusiness	false
CY2020	dei	Entity Emerging Growth Company EntityEmergingGrowthCompany	false
CY2020	dei	Icfr Auditor Attestation Flag IcfrAuditorAttestationFlag	true
CY2020	dei	Entity Shell Company EntityShellCompany	false
CY2020Q2	dei	Entity Public Float EntityPublicFloat	6400000000	USD
CY2021Q1	dei	Entity Common Stock Shares Outstanding EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding	218047105	shares
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Lessee Operating Lease Liability Payments Due Next Twelve Months LesseeOperatingLeaseLiabilityPaymentsDueNextTwelveMonths	192413000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Lessee Operating Lease Liability Payments Due After Year Five LesseeOperatingLeaseLiabilityPaymentsDueAfterYearFive	1456969000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Contractual Obligation Due In Next Twelve Months ContractualObligationDueInNextTwelveMonths	1456136000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Contractual Obligation Due After Fifth Year ContractualObligationDueAfterFifthYear	150174000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Purchase Obligation Due In Next Twelve Months PurchaseObligationDueInNextTwelveMonths	11005000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Purchase Obligation Due After Fifth Year PurchaseObligationDueAfterFifthYear	27104000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Cash And Cash Equivalents At Carrying Value CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue	2537787000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Cash And Cash Equivalents At Carrying Value CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue	2470362000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Allowance For Doubtful Accounts Receivable Current AllowanceForDoubtfulAccountsReceivableCurrent	72904000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Allowance For Doubtful Accounts Receivable Current AllowanceForDoubtfulAccountsReceivableCurrent	50516000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Accounts Receivable Net Current AccountsReceivableNetCurrent	486734000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Accounts Receivable Net Current AccountsReceivableNetCurrent	994606000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Prepaid Expense Current PrepaidExpenseCurrent	577130000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Prepaid Expense Current PrepaidExpenseCurrent	667044000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Restricted Cash Current RestrictedCashCurrent	8652000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Restricted Cash Current RestrictedCashCurrent	3880000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Other Assets Current OtherAssetsCurrent	39465000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Other Assets Current OtherAssetsCurrent	57007000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Assets Current AssetsCurrent	3649768000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Assets Current AssetsCurrent	4192899000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Net PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	1101414000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Net PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	1117932000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Operating Lease Right Of Use Asset OperatingLeaseRightOfUseAsset	1424223000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Operating Lease Right Of Use Asset OperatingLeaseRightOfUseAsset	1402019000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Net FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet	855600000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Net FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet	870141000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets Excluding Goodwill IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill	369058000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets Excluding Goodwill IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill	368954000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Goodwill	2129203000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Goodwill	1998498000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Prepaid Expense Noncurrent PrepaidExpenseNoncurrent	668756000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Prepaid Expense Noncurrent PrepaidExpenseNoncurrent	593699000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Other Assets Noncurrent OtherAssetsNoncurrent	391281000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Other Assets Noncurrent OtherAssetsNoncurrent	431473000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Assets Assets	10589303000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Assets Assets	10975615000	USD
CY2020Q4	lyv	Accounts Payable Client Accounts AccountsPayableClientAccounts	744096000	USD
CY2019Q4	lyv	Accounts Payable Client Accounts AccountsPayableClientAccounts	1005888000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Accounts Payable Current AccountsPayableCurrent	86356000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Accounts Payable Current AccountsPayableCurrent	100237000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Accrued Liabilities Current AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent	894149000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Accrued Liabilities Current AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent	1391486000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Revenue Current DeferredRevenueCurrent	1839323000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Revenue Current DeferredRevenueCurrent	1391032000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Long Term Debt And Capital Lease Obligations Current LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligationsCurrent	53415000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Long Term Debt And Capital Lease Obligations Current LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligationsCurrent	37795000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Operating Lease Liability Current OperatingLeaseLiabilityCurrent	107147000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Operating Lease Liability Current OperatingLeaseLiabilityCurrent	121950000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Other Liabilities Current OtherLiabilitiesCurrent	72083000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Other Liabilities Current OtherLiabilitiesCurrent	59211000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Liabilities Current LiabilitiesCurrent	3796569000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Liabilities Current LiabilitiesCurrent	4107599000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Long Term Debt And Capital Lease Obligations LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations	3271262000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Long Term Debt And Capital Lease Obligations LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations	4855096000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Operating Lease Liability Noncurrent OperatingLeaseLiabilityNoncurrent	1445674000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Operating Lease Liability Noncurrent OperatingLeaseLiabilityNoncurrent	1374481000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Income Tax Liabilities Net DeferredIncomeTaxLiabilitiesNet	170759000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Income Tax Liabilities Net DeferredIncomeTaxLiabilitiesNet	178173000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Other Liabilities Noncurrent OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent	182508000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Other Liabilities Noncurrent OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent	130648000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Commitments And Contingencies CommitmentsAndContingencies		USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Commitments And Contingencies CommitmentsAndContingencies		USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest Equity Carrying Amount RedeemableNoncontrollingInterestEquityCarryingAmount	272449000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest Equity Carrying Amount RedeemableNoncontrollingInterestEquityCarryingAmount	449498000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Common Stock Par Or Stated Value Per Share CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare	0.01
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Common Stock Par Or Stated Value Per Share CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare	0.01
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Common Stock Shares Authorized CommonStockSharesAuthorized	450000000	shares
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Common Stock Shares Authorized CommonStockSharesAuthorized	450000000	shares
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Common Stock Shares Issued CommonStockSharesIssued	218423061	shares
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Common Stock Shares Issued CommonStockSharesIssued	214117644	shares
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Common Stock Shares Outstanding CommonStockSharesOutstanding	218015037	shares
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Common Stock Shares Outstanding CommonStockSharesOutstanding	213709620	shares
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Common Stock Value CommonStockValue	2145000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Common Stock Value CommonStockValue	2113000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Additional Paid In Capital AdditionalPaidInCapital	2386790000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Additional Paid In Capital AdditionalPaidInCapital	2245619000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Retained Earnings Accumulated Deficit RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit	-2676833000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Retained Earnings Accumulated Deficit RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit	-949334000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Treasury Stock Shares TreasuryStockShares	408024	shares
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Treasury Stock Shares TreasuryStockShares	408024	shares
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Treasury Stock Value TreasuryStockValue	6865000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Treasury Stock Value TreasuryStockValue	6865000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax	-177009000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax	-145713000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity StockholdersEquity	-471772000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity StockholdersEquity	1145820000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Minority Interest MinorityInterest	338020000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Minority Interest MinorityInterest	318134000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	-133752000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	1463954000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Liabilities And Stockholders Equity LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity	10589303000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Liabilities And Stockholders Equity LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity	10975615000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	1861178000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	11547969000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	10787800000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Direct Operating Costs DirectOperatingCosts	1402400000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Direct Operating Costs DirectOperatingCosts	8467182000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Direct Operating Costs DirectOperatingCosts	7967932000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Selling General And Administrative Expense SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense	1524342000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Selling General And Administrative Expense SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense	2145486000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Selling General And Administrative Expense SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense	1997028000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Depreciation And Amortization DepreciationAndAmortization	485025000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Depreciation And Amortization DepreciationAndAmortization	443991000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Depreciation And Amortization DepreciationAndAmortization	386529000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Disposition Of Assets GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets	-503000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Disposition Of Assets GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets	2373000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Disposition Of Assets GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets	-10369000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Other General Expense OtherGeneralExpense	102100000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Other General Expense OtherGeneralExpense	168839000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Other General Expense OtherGeneralExpense	153406000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Operating Income Loss OperatingIncomeLoss	-1653192000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Operating Income Loss OperatingIncomeLoss	324844000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Operating Income Loss OperatingIncomeLoss	272536000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Interest Expense InterestExpense	226832000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Interest Expense InterestExpense	157521000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Interest Expense InterestExpense	140976000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Investment Income Interest InvestmentIncomeInterest	11737000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Investment Income Interest InvestmentIncomeInterest	14406000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Investment Income Interest InvestmentIncomeInterest	8961000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Income Loss From Equity Method Investments IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments	-5458000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Income Loss From Equity Method Investments IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments	5457000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Income Loss From Equity Method Investments IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments	2747000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Other Nonoperating Income Expense OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	17080000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Other Nonoperating Income Expense OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	-2082000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Other Nonoperating Income Expense OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	-12163000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Extraordinary Items Noncontrolling Interest IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest	-1856665000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Extraordinary Items Noncontrolling Interest IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest	185104000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Extraordinary Items Noncontrolling Interest IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest	131105000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-28875000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	66892000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	40765000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	-1827790000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	118212000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	90340000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Net Income Loss Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	-103255000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Net Income Loss Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	48323000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Net Income Loss Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	30091000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	-1724535000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	69889000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	60249000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Basic And Diluted EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted	-8.12
CY2019	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Basic And Diluted EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted	-0.02
CY2018	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Basic And Diluted EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted	-0.09
CY2020	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Share Outstanding Basic And Diluted WeightedAverageNumberOfShareOutstandingBasicAndDiluted	212270944	shares
CY2019	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Share Outstanding Basic And Diluted WeightedAverageNumberOfShareOutstandingBasicAndDiluted	210082696	shares
CY2018	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Share Outstanding Basic And Diluted WeightedAverageNumberOfShareOutstandingBasicAndDiluted	207441468	shares
CY2020	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	-1724535000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	69889000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	60249000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Temporary Equity Accretion To Redemption Value Adjustment TemporaryEquityAccretionToRedemptionValueAdjustment	-1180000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Temporary Equity Accretion To Redemption Value Adjustment TemporaryEquityAccretionToRedemptionValueAdjustment	74771000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Temporary Equity Accretion To Redemption Value Adjustment TemporaryEquityAccretionToRedemptionValueAdjustment	77900000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Net Income Loss Available To Common Stockholders Basic NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic	-1723355000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Net Income Loss Available To Common Stockholders Basic NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic	-4882000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Net Income Loss Available To Common Stockholders Basic NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic	-17651000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	-1827790000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	118212000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	90340000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Cash Flow Hedge Gain Loss Before Reclassification After Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossCashFlowHedgeGainLossBeforeReclassificationAfterTax	-36689000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Cash Flow Hedge Gain Loss Before Reclassification After Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossCashFlowHedgeGainLossBeforeReclassificationAfterTax	0	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Cash Flow Hedge Gain Loss Before Reclassification After Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossCashFlowHedgeGainLossBeforeReclassificationAfterTax	0	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Cash Flow Hedge Gain Loss Reclassification After Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossCashFlowHedgeGainLossReclassificationAfterTax	-5102000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Cash Flow Hedge Gain Loss Reclassification After Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossCashFlowHedgeGainLossReclassificationAfterTax	0	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Cash Flow Hedge Gain Loss Reclassification After Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossCashFlowHedgeGainLossReclassificationAfterTax	0	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Foreign Currency Transaction And Translation Adjustment Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossForeignCurrencyTransactionAndTranslationAdjustmentNetOfTax	291000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Foreign Currency Transaction And Translation Adjustment Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossForeignCurrencyTransactionAndTranslationAdjustmentNetOfTax	-482000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Foreign Currency Transaction And Translation Adjustment Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossForeignCurrencyTransactionAndTranslationAdjustmentNetOfTax	-36689000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	-1859086000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	117730000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	53651000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	-103255000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	48323000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	30091000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax	-1755831000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax	69407000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax	23560000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	1418144000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Adjustments To Additional Paid In Capital Sharebased Compensation Requisite Service Period Recognition Value AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalSharebasedCompensationRequisiteServicePeriodRecognitionValue	45715000	USD
CY2018	lyv	Stock Issued During Period Value Share Based Compensation Netof Shares Withheldfor Taxes StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueShareBasedCompensationNetofSharesWithheldforTaxes	-12456000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Value Stock Options Exercised StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueStockOptionsExercised	-24327000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Adjustments To Additional Paid In Capital Equity Component Of Convertible Debt AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalEquityComponentOfConvertibleDebt	62639000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Adjustments To Additional Paid In Capital Equity Component Of Convertible Debt Subsequent Adjustments AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalEquityComponentOfConvertibleDebtSubsequentAdjustments	92641000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Noncontrolling Interest Increase From Business Combination NoncontrollingInterestIncreaseFromBusinessCombination	33564000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Noncontrolling Interest Decrease From Deconsolidation NoncontrollingInterestDecreaseFromDeconsolidation	6684000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Minority Interest Decrease From Redemptions MinorityInterestDecreaseFromRedemptions	13087000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Noncontrolling Interest Increase From Sale Of Parent Equity Interest NoncontrollingInterestIncreaseFromSaleOfParentEquityInterest	452000	USD
CY2018	lyv	Redeemablenoncontrollinginterestsadjustments Redeemablenoncontrollinginterestsadjustments	77799000	USD
CY2018	lyv	Minority Interest Increase From Minority Partner Contribution MinorityInterestIncreaseFromMinorityPartnerContribution	7501000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Minority Interest Decrease From Distributions To Noncontrolling Interest Holders MinorityInterestDecreaseFromDistributionsToNoncontrollingInterestHolders	43346000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity Other StockholdersEquityOther	2075000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Net Income Loss Including Portion Attributable To Nonredeemable Noncontrolling Interest NetIncomeLossIncludingPortionAttributableToNonredeemableNoncontrollingInterest	83832000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Foreign Currency Transaction And Translation Adjustment Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossForeignCurrencyTransactionAndTranslationAdjustmentNetOfTax	-36689000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	1342743000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Adjustments To Additional Paid In Capital Sharebased Compensation Requisite Service Period Recognition Value AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalSharebasedCompensationRequisiteServicePeriodRecognitionValue	48887000	USD
CY2019	lyv	Stock Issued During Period Value Share Based Compensation Netof Shares Withheldfor Taxes StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueShareBasedCompensationNetofSharesWithheldforTaxes	-15352000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Value Stock Options Exercised StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueStockOptionsExercised	14104000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Value Conversion Of Convertible Securities StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueConversionOfConvertibleSecurities	28586000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Noncontrolling Interest Increase From Business Combination NoncontrollingInterestIncreaseFromBusinessCombination	137981000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Minority Interest Decrease From Redemptions MinorityInterestDecreaseFromRedemptions	48745000	USD
CY2019	lyv	Redeemablenoncontrollinginterestsadjustments Redeemablenoncontrollinginterestsadjustments	74771000	USD
CY2019	lyv	Minority Interest Increase From Minority Partner Contribution MinorityInterestIncreaseFromMinorityPartnerContribution	14285000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Minority Interest Decrease From Distributions To Noncontrolling Interest Holders MinorityInterestDecreaseFromDistributionsToNoncontrollingInterestHolders	84115000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity Other StockholdersEquityOther	2323000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Net Income Loss Including Portion Attributable To Nonredeemable Noncontrolling Interest NetIncomeLossIncludingPortionAttributableToNonredeemableNoncontrollingInterest	103156000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Foreign Currency Transaction And Translation Adjustment Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossForeignCurrencyTransactionAndTranslationAdjustmentNetOfTax	-482000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	1463954000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Adjustments To Additional Paid In Capital Sharebased Compensation Requisite Service Period Recognition Value AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalSharebasedCompensationRequisiteServicePeriodRecognitionValue	116899000	USD
CY2020	lyv	Stock Issued During Period Value Share Based Compensation Netof Shares Withheldfor Taxes StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueShareBasedCompensationNetofSharesWithheldforTaxes	-37862000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Value Stock Options Exercised StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueStockOptionsExercised	20970000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Adjustments To Additional Paid In Capital Equity Component Of Convertible Debt AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalEquityComponentOfConvertibleDebt	33347000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Noncontrolling Interest Increase From Business Combination NoncontrollingInterestIncreaseFromBusinessCombination	54378000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Noncontrolling Interest Decrease From Deconsolidation NoncontrollingInterestDecreaseFromDeconsolidation	-6000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Minority Interest Decrease From Redemptions MinorityInterestDecreaseFromRedemptions	-10361000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Noncontrolling Interest Increase From Sale Of Parent Equity Interest NoncontrollingInterestIncreaseFromSaleOfParentEquityInterest	31739000	USD
CY2020	lyv	Redeemablenoncontrollinginterestsadjustments Redeemablenoncontrollinginterestsadjustments	-1180000	USD
CY2020	lyv	Minority Interest Increase From Minority Partner Contribution MinorityInterestIncreaseFromMinorityPartnerContribution	4668000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Minority Interest Decrease From Distributions To Noncontrolling Interest Holders MinorityInterestDecreaseFromDistributionsToNoncontrollingInterestHolders	25092000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity Other StockholdersEquityOther	2731000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Net Income Loss Including Portion Attributable To Nonredeemable Noncontrolling Interest NetIncomeLossIncludingPortionAttributableToNonredeemableNoncontrollingInterest	-1771309000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Cash Flow Hedge Gain Loss Before Reclassification After Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossCashFlowHedgeGainLossBeforeReclassificationAfterTax	-36689000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Cash Flow Hedge Gain Loss Reclassification After Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossCashFlowHedgeGainLossReclassificationAfterTax	-5102000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Foreign Currency Transaction And Translation Adjustment Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossForeignCurrencyTransactionAndTranslationAdjustmentNetOfTax	291000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	-133752000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	-1827790000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	118212000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	90340000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Depreciation Depreciation	245713000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Depreciation Depreciation	220459000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Depreciation Depreciation	185376000	USD
CY2020	lyv	Goodwill Impairment And Amortization Of Intangible Assets GoodwillImpairmentAndAmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	239312000	USD
CY2019	lyv	Goodwill Impairment And Amortization Of Intangible Assets GoodwillImpairmentAndAmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	223532000	USD
CY2018	lyv	Goodwill Impairment And Amortization Of Intangible Assets GoodwillImpairmentAndAmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	201153000	USD
CY2020	lyv	Amortization Of Nonrecoupable Ticketing Contract Advances AmortizationOfNonrecoupableTicketingContractAdvances	47971000	USD
CY2019	lyv	Amortization Of Nonrecoupable Ticketing Contract Advances AmortizationOfNonrecoupableTicketingContractAdvances	80302000	USD
CY2018	lyv	Amortization Of Nonrecoupable Ticketing Contract Advances AmortizationOfNonrecoupableTicketingContractAdvances	80087000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Deferred Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-37877000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Deferred Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-465000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Deferred Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-6247000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Amortization Of Financing Costs And Discounts AmortizationOfFinancingCostsAndDiscounts	32774000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Amortization Of Financing Costs And Discounts AmortizationOfFinancingCostsAndDiscounts	24116000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Amortization Of Financing Costs And Discounts AmortizationOfFinancingCostsAndDiscounts	20219000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Provision For Doubtful Accounts ProvisionForDoubtfulAccounts	43076000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Provision For Doubtful Accounts ProvisionForDoubtfulAccounts	27926000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Provision For Doubtful Accounts ProvisionForDoubtfulAccounts	26321000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation ShareBasedCompensation	116889000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation ShareBasedCompensation	48785000	USD
CY2019	lyv	Fair Value Contingent Consideration FairValueContingentConsideration	6698000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation ShareBasedCompensation	45582000	USD
CY2020	lyv	Fair Value Contingent Consideration FairValueContingentConsideration	-24448000	USD
CY2018	lyv	Fair Value Contingent Consideration FairValueContingentConsideration	14125000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Income Loss From Equity Method Investments Net Of Dividends Or Distributions IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestmentsNetOfDividendsOrDistributions	-18280000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Income Loss From Equity Method Investments Net Of Dividends Or Distributions IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestmentsNetOfDividendsOrDistributions	-14152000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Income Loss From Equity Method Investments Net Of Dividends Or Distributions IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestmentsNetOfDividendsOrDistributions	-11693000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Other Noncash Income Expense OtherNoncashIncomeExpense	16745000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Other Noncash Income Expense OtherNoncashIncomeExpense	6027000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Other Noncash Income Expense OtherNoncashIncomeExpense	-6609000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Accounts Receivable IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsReceivable	-490588000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Accounts Receivable IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsReceivable	159792000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Accounts Receivable IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsReceivable	135429000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Prepaid Deferred Expense And Other Assets IncreaseDecreaseInPrepaidDeferredExpenseAndOtherAssets	-141631000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Prepaid Deferred Expense And Other Assets IncreaseDecreaseInPrepaidDeferredExpenseAndOtherAssets	170486000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Prepaid Deferred Expense And Other Assets IncreaseDecreaseInPrepaidDeferredExpenseAndOtherAssets	266241000	USD
CY2020	lyv	Increase Decrease In Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses And Other Liabilities IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayableAccruedExpensesAndOtherLiabilities	-1379461000	USD
CY2019	lyv	Increase Decrease In Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses And Other Liabilities IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayableAccruedExpensesAndOtherLiabilities	-45920000	USD
CY2018	lyv	Increase Decrease In Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses And Other Liabilities IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayableAccruedExpensesAndOtherLiabilities	323459000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Deferred Revenue IncreaseDecreaseInDeferredRevenue	826699000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Deferred Revenue IncreaseDecreaseInDeferredRevenue	88291000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Deferred Revenue IncreaseDecreaseInDeferredRevenue	344539000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Operating Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities	-1083388000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Operating Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities	469783000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Operating Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities	941586000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Notes Receivable PaymentsToAcquireNotesReceivable	56957000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Notes Receivable PaymentsToAcquireNotesReceivable	50035000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Notes Receivable PaymentsToAcquireNotesReceivable	90705000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Proceeds From Collection Of Notes Receivable ProceedsFromCollectionOfNotesReceivable	80963000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Proceeds From Collection Of Notes Receivable ProceedsFromCollectionOfNotesReceivable	13216000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Proceeds From Collection Of Notes Receivable ProceedsFromCollectionOfNotesReceivable	33914000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Equity Method Investments PaymentsToAcquireEquityMethodInvestments	11242000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Equity Method Investments PaymentsToAcquireEquityMethodInvestments	57280000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Equity Method Investments PaymentsToAcquireEquityMethodInvestments	46497000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Property Plant And Equipment PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment	213746000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Property Plant And Equipment PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment	323566000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Property Plant And Equipment PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment	239833000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Businesses Net Of Cash Acquired PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired	41083000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Businesses Net Of Cash Acquired PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired	235071000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Businesses Net Of Cash Acquired PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired	120228000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Intangible Assets PaymentsToAcquireIntangibleAssets	8863000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Intangible Assets PaymentsToAcquireIntangibleAssets	42261000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Intangible Assets PaymentsToAcquireIntangibleAssets	35630000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Proceeds From Sale Of Longterm Investments ProceedsFromSaleOfLongtermInvestments	19003000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Proceeds From Sale Of Longterm Investments ProceedsFromSaleOfLongtermInvestments	1455000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Proceeds From Sale Of Longterm Investments ProceedsFromSaleOfLongtermInvestments	0	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Payments For Proceeds From Other Investing Activities PaymentsForProceedsFromOtherInvestingActivities	-7863000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Payments For Proceeds From Other Investing Activities PaymentsForProceedsFromOtherInvestingActivities	-2542000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Payments For Proceeds From Other Investing Activities PaymentsForProceedsFromOtherInvestingActivities	-2070000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Investing Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivities	-224062000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Investing Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivities	-691000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Investing Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivities	-496909000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Proceeds From Debt Net Of Issuance Costs ProceedsFromDebtNetOfIssuanceCosts	1607365000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Proceeds From Debt Net Of Issuance Costs ProceedsFromDebtNetOfIssuanceCosts	937400000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Proceeds From Debt Net Of Issuance Costs ProceedsFromDebtNetOfIssuanceCosts	858667000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Repayments Of Long Term Debt RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt	30987000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Repayments Of Long Term Debt RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt	437267000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Repayments Of Long Term Debt RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt	400396000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Proceeds From Minority Shareholders ProceedsFromMinorityShareholders	5418000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Proceeds From Minority Shareholders ProceedsFromMinorityShareholders	14285000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Proceeds From Minority Shareholders ProceedsFromMinorityShareholders	4900000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Payments Of Dividends Minority Interest PaymentsOfDividendsMinorityInterest	41624000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Payments Of Dividends Minority Interest PaymentsOfDividendsMinorityInterest	107476000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Payments Of Dividends Minority Interest PaymentsOfDividendsMinorityInterest	59187000	USD
CY2020	lyv	Purchases And Sales Of Noncontrolling Interest PurchasesAndSalesOfNoncontrollingInterest	106242000	USD
CY2019	lyv	Purchases And Sales Of Noncontrolling Interest PurchasesAndSalesOfNoncontrollingInterest	50267000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Proceeds From Stock Options Exercised ProceedsFromStockOptionsExercised	30647000	USD
CY2018	lyv	Purchases And Sales Of Noncontrolling Interest PurchasesAndSalesOfNoncontrollingInterest	159634000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Proceeds From Stock Options Exercised ProceedsFromStockOptionsExercised	14104000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Proceeds From Stock Options Exercised ProceedsFromStockOptionsExercised	22568000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Payments Related To Tax Withholding For Share Based Compensation PaymentsRelatedToTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation	47539000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Payments Related To Tax Withholding For Share Based Compensation PaymentsRelatedToTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation	15353000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Payments Related To Tax Withholding For Share Based Compensation PaymentsRelatedToTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation	55005000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Payments Of Merger Related Costs Financing Activities PaymentsOfMergerRelatedCostsFinancingActivities	66992000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Payments Of Merger Related Costs Financing Activities PaymentsOfMergerRelatedCostsFinancingActivities	26537000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Payments Of Merger Related Costs Financing Activities PaymentsOfMergerRelatedCostsFinancingActivities	18784000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Proceeds From Payments For Other Financing Activities ProceedsFromPaymentsForOtherFinancingActivities	36000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Proceeds From Payments For Other Financing Activities ProceedsFromPaymentsForOtherFinancingActivities	0	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Proceeds From Payments For Other Financing Activities ProceedsFromPaymentsForOtherFinancingActivities	-4345000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Financing Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivities	1350082000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Financing Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivities	328889000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Financing Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivities	188784000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Effect Of Exchange Rate On Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents EffectOfExchangeRateOnCashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents	29565000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Effect Of Exchange Rate On Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents EffectOfExchangeRateOnCashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents	-11633000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Effect Of Exchange Rate On Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents EffectOfExchangeRateOnCashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents	-84080000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents Period Increase Decrease Including Exchange Rate Effect CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecreaseIncludingExchangeRateEffect	72197000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents Period Increase Decrease Including Exchange Rate Effect CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecreaseIncludingExchangeRateEffect	96039000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents Period Increase Decrease Including Exchange Rate Effect CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecreaseIncludingExchangeRateEffect	549381000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents	2474242000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents	2378203000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents	1828822000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents	2546439000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents	2474242000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents	2378203000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Interest Paid Net InterestPaidNet	166403000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Interest Paid Net InterestPaidNet	103915000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Interest Paid Net InterestPaidNet	100278000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Income Taxes Paid Net IncomeTaxesPaidNet	26151000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Income Taxes Paid Net IncomeTaxesPaidNet	66937000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Income Taxes Paid Net IncomeTaxesPaidNet	60016000	USD
CY2020Q4	lyv	Client Collected Cash And Cash Equivalents At Carrying Value ClientCollectedCashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue	673500000	USD
CY2019Q4	lyv	Client Collected Cash And Cash Equivalents At Carrying Value ClientCollectedCashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue	837700000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Other Significant Noncash Transaction Value Of Consideration Given1 OtherSignificantNoncashTransactionValueOfConsiderationGiven1	11800000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Insurance Recoveries InsuranceRecoveries	125700000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Foreign Currency Transaction Gain Loss Before Tax ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossBeforeTax	9000000.0	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Foreign Currency Transaction Gain Loss Before Tax ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossBeforeTax	3200000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Foreign Currency Transaction Gain Loss Before Tax ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossBeforeTax	-11600000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Use Of Estimates UseOfEstimates	Use of Estimates The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates, judgments, and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes including, but not limited to, legal, tax and insurance accruals, acquisition accounting and impairments. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
CY2020	lyv	Percentage Decrease In Overall Revenue From Prior Year PercentageDecreaseInOverallRevenueFromPriorYear	-0.84
CY2020	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	1900000000	USD
CY2020Q4	lyv	Estimate For Refunds That May Occur In The Future EstimateForRefundsThatMayOccurInTheFuture	102000000.0	USD
CY2020Q4	lyv	Deferred Revenue For Tickets Sold To Show Occurring After One Year DeferredRevenueForTicketsSoldToShowOccurringAfterOneYear	35100000	USD
CY2020Q4	lyv	Land Buildings And Improvements LandBuildingsAndImprovements	1239696000	USD
CY2019Q4	lyv	Land Buildings And Improvements LandBuildingsAndImprovements	1181876000	USD
CY2020Q4	lyv	Computer Equipment And Capitalized Software ComputerEquipmentAndCapitalizedSoftware	887637000	USD
CY2019Q4	lyv	Computer Equipment And Capitalized Software ComputerEquipmentAndCapitalizedSoftware	800990000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Furniture And Fixtures Gross FurnitureAndFixturesGross	424363000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Furniture And Fixtures Gross FurnitureAndFixturesGross	380174000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Construction In Progress Gross ConstructionInProgressGross	151830000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Construction In Progress Gross ConstructionInProgressGross	176275000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Gross PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross	2703526000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Gross PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross	2539315000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Accumulated Depreciation Depletion And Amortization Property Plant And Equipment AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment	1602112000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Accumulated Depreciation Depletion And Amortization Property Plant And Equipment AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment	1421383000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Net PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	1101414000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Net PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	1117932000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Gross FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross	1416016000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Accumulated Amortization FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization	754565000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Net FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet	661451000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Finitelived Intangible Assets Acquired1 FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1	435480000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Purchase Accounting Adjustments FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsPurchaseAccountingAdjustments	43000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Foreign Currency Translation Gain Loss FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsForeignCurrencyTranslationGainLoss	-3488000	USD
CY2019	lyv	Finite Lived Intangible Asset Gross Other FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetGrossOther	-204926000	USD
CY2019	lyv	Definite Lived Intangible Assets Total Gross Carrying Amount DefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsTotalGrossCarryingAmount	227109000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Amortization Of Intangible Assets AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	223532000	USD
CY2019	lyv	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Accumulated Amortization Foreign Currency Adjustments FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortizationForeignCurrencyAdjustments	179000	USD
CY2019	lyv	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Accumulated Amortization Other Adjustments FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortizationOtherAdjustments	204934000	USD
CY2019	lyv	Definite Lived Intangible Assets Total Accumulated Amortization DefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsTotalAccumulatedAmortization	18419000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Gross FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross	1643125000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Accumulated Amortization FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization	772984000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Net FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet	870141000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Finitelived Intangible Assets Acquired1 FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1	227294000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Purchase Accounting Adjustments FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsPurchaseAccountingAdjustments	-7204000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Foreign Currency Translation Gain Loss FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsForeignCurrencyTranslationGainLoss	16995000	USD
CY2020	lyv	Finite Lived Intangible Asset Gross Other FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetGrossOther	-417476000	USD
CY2020	lyv	Definite Lived Intangible Assets Total Gross Carrying Amount DefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsTotalGrossCarryingAmount	-180391000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Amortization Of Intangible Assets AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	239312000	USD
CY2020	lyv	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Accumulated Amortization Foreign Currency Adjustments FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortizationForeignCurrencyAdjustments	-12719000	USD
CY2020	lyv	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Accumulated Amortization Other Adjustments FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortizationOtherAdjustments	417881000	USD
CY2020	lyv	Definite Lived Intangible Assets Total Accumulated Amortization DefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsTotalAccumulatedAmortization	-165850000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Gross FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross	1462734000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Accumulated Amortization FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization	607134000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Net FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet	855600000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Acquired Finite Lived Intangible Assets Weighted Average Useful Life AcquiredFiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsWeightedAverageUsefulLife	P7Y
CY2019	us-gaap	Acquired Finite Lived Intangible Assets Weighted Average Useful Life AcquiredFiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsWeightedAverageUsefulLife	P9Y
CY2020	us-gaap	Impairment Of Intangible Assets Finitelived ImpairmentOfIntangibleAssetsFinitelived	23600000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Impairment Of Intangible Assets Finitelived ImpairmentOfIntangibleAssetsFinitelived	26800000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Amortization Of Intangible Assets AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	239300000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Amortization Of Intangible Assets AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	223500000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Amortization Of Intangible Assets AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	190700000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Amortization Expense Next Twelve Months FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseNextTwelveMonths	181078000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Amortization Expense Year Two FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseYearTwo	151716000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Amortization Expense Year Three FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseYearThree	131875000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Amortization Expense Year Four FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseYearFour	113525000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Amortization Expense Year Five FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseYearFive	86086000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Number Of Reporting Units NumberOfReportingUnits	7	reporting_unit
CY2019	us-gaap	Goodwill Impairment Loss GoodwillImpairmentLoss	0	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Goodwill Impairment Loss GoodwillImpairmentLoss	0	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Goodwill Impairment Loss GoodwillImpairmentLoss	10500000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Gross GoodwillGross	2258306000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Impaired Accumulated Impairment Loss GoodwillImpairedAccumulatedImpairmentLoss	435363000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Goodwill	1822943000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Goodwill Acquired During Period GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod	163793000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Goodwill Purchase Accounting Adjustments GoodwillPurchaseAccountingAdjustments	8428000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Goodwill Foreign Currency Translation Gain Loss GoodwillForeignCurrencyTranslationGainLoss	3334000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Gross GoodwillGross	2433861000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Impaired Accumulated Impairment Loss GoodwillImpairedAccumulatedImpairmentLoss	435363000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Debt Instrument Carrying Amount DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount	5038351000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Goodwill	1998498000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Goodwill Acquired During Period GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod	89435000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Goodwill Purchase Accounting Adjustments GoodwillPurchaseAccountingAdjustments	16198000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Goodwill Foreign Currency Translation Gain Loss GoodwillForeignCurrencyTranslationGainLoss	25072000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Gross GoodwillGross	2564566000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Impaired Accumulated Impairment Loss GoodwillImpairedAccumulatedImpairmentLoss	435363000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Goodwill	2129203000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Operating Lease Cost OperatingLeaseCost	241819000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Operating Lease Cost OperatingLeaseCost	201344000	USD
CY2020	lyv	Variable And Short Term Lease Cost VariableAndShortTermLeaseCost	35202000	USD
CY2019	lyv	Variable And Short Term Lease Cost VariableAndShortTermLeaseCost	133526000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Sublease Income SubleaseIncome	13270000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Sublease Income SubleaseIncome	17235000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Lease Cost LeaseCost	263751000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Lease Cost LeaseCost	317635000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Operating Lease Payments OperatingLeasePayments	203419000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Operating Lease Payments OperatingLeasePayments	183723000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Right Of Use Asset Obtained In Exchange For Operating Lease Liability RightOfUseAssetObtainedInExchangeForOperatingLeaseLiability	129174000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Right Of Use Asset Obtained In Exchange For Operating Lease Liability RightOfUseAssetObtainedInExchangeForOperatingLeaseLiability	417394000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Lessee Operating Lease Liability Payments Due Next Twelve Months LesseeOperatingLeaseLiabilityPaymentsDueNextTwelveMonths	192413000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Lessee Operating Lease Liability Payments Due Year Two LesseeOperatingLeaseLiabilityPaymentsDueYearTwo	195983000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Lessee Operating Lease Liability Payments Due Year Three LesseeOperatingLeaseLiabilityPaymentsDueYearThree	200444000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Lessee Operating Lease Liability Payments Due Year Four LesseeOperatingLeaseLiabilityPaymentsDueYearFour	183162000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Lessee Operating Lease Liability Payments Due Year Five LesseeOperatingLeaseLiabilityPaymentsDueYearFive	171708000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Lessee Operating Lease Liability Payments Due After Year Five LesseeOperatingLeaseLiabilityPaymentsDueAfterYearFive	1456969000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Lessee Operating Lease Liability Payments Due LesseeOperatingLeaseLiabilityPaymentsDue	2400679000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Lessee Operating Lease Liability Undiscounted Excess Amount LesseeOperatingLeaseLiabilityUndiscountedExcessAmount	847858000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Operating Lease Liability OperatingLeaseLiability	1552821000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Operating Lease Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term1 OperatingLeaseWeightedAverageRemainingLeaseTerm1	P13Y10M24D
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Operating Lease Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term1 OperatingLeaseWeightedAverageRemainingLeaseTerm1	P13Y10M24D
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Operating Lease Weighted Average Discount Rate Percent OperatingLeaseWeightedAverageDiscountRatePercent	0.0631
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Operating Lease Weighted Average Discount Rate Percent OperatingLeaseWeightedAverageDiscountRatePercent	0.0588
CY2020Q4	lyv	Lessee Operating Leases Not Yet Commenced Value LesseeOperatingLeasesNotYetCommencedValue	181000000.0	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Long Term Debt Maturities Repayments Of Principal After Year Five LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalAfterYearFive	3346252000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Debt Instrument Carrying Amount DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount	3403267000	USD
CY2020Q4	lyv	Debt Instrument Unamortized Discountsand Debt Issuance Costs DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountsandDebtIssuanceCosts	129840000	USD
CY2019Q4	lyv	Debt Instrument Unamortized Discountsand Debt Issuance Costs DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountsandDebtIssuanceCosts	94210000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Debt Longterm And Shortterm Combined Amount DebtLongtermAndShorttermCombinedAmount	4908511000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Debt Longterm And Shortterm Combined Amount DebtLongtermAndShorttermCombinedAmount	3309057000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Long Term Debt And Capital Lease Obligations Current LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligationsCurrent	53415000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Long Term Debt And Capital Lease Obligations Current LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligationsCurrent	37795000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Long Term Debt And Capital Lease Obligations LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations	4855096000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Long Term Debt And Capital Lease Obligations LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations	3271262000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Long Term Debt Maturities Repayments Of Principal In Next Twelve Months LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInNextTwelveMonths	53415000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Long Term Debt Maturities Repayments Of Principal In Year Two LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearTwo	573897000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Long Term Debt Maturities Repayments Of Principal In Year Three LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearThree	38604000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Long Term Debt Maturities Repayments Of Principal In Year Four LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearFour	989824000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Long Term Debt Maturities Repayments Of Principal In Year Five LongTermDebtMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalInYearFive	36359000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Debt Instrument Carrying Amount DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount	5038351000	USD
CY2019Q4	lyv	Cash Available For General Corporate Purposes CashAvailableForGeneralCorporatePurposes	527500000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Gains Losses On Extinguishment Of Debt GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt	-4500000	USD
CY2018Q1	lyv	Cash Available For General Corporate Purposes CashAvailableForGeneralCorporatePurposes	492500000	USD
CY2018Q1	us-gaap	Gains Losses On Extinguishment Of Debt GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt	-2500000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Fixed Interest Rate DerivativeFixedInterestRate	0.03397
CY2020Q4	lyv	Put Option Trigger Certain Occur PutOptionTriggerCertainOccur	1
CY2020	us-gaap	Impairment Of Intangible Assets Finitelived ImpairmentOfIntangibleAssetsFinitelived	23630000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Impairment Of Intangible Assets Finitelived ImpairmentOfIntangibleAssetsFinitelived	26751000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Impairment Of Intangible Assets Finitelived ImpairmentOfIntangibleAssetsFinitelived	23600000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Goodwill Impairment Loss GoodwillImpairmentLoss	10500000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Contractual Obligation Due In Next Twelve Months ContractualObligationDueInNextTwelveMonths	1456136000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Purchase Obligation Due In Next Twelve Months PurchaseObligationDueInNextTwelveMonths	11005000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Contractual Obligation Due In Second Year ContractualObligationDueInSecondYear	481238000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Purchase Obligation Due In Second Year PurchaseObligationDueInSecondYear	1048000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Contractual Obligation Due In Third Year ContractualObligationDueInThirdYear	191263000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Purchase Obligation Due In Third Year PurchaseObligationDueInThirdYear	1009000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Contractual Obligation Due In Fourth Year ContractualObligationDueInFourthYear	77315000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Purchase Obligation Due In Fourth Year PurchaseObligationDueInFourthYear	1009000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Contractual Obligation Due In Fifth Year ContractualObligationDueInFifthYear	51139000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Purchase Obligation Due In Fifth Year PurchaseObligationDueInFifthYear	1039000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Contractual Obligation Due After Fifth Year ContractualObligationDueAfterFifthYear	150174000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Purchase Obligation Due After Fifth Year PurchaseObligationDueAfterFifthYear	27104000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Contractual Obligation ContractualObligation	2407265000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Purchase Obligation PurchaseObligation	42214000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Revenue From Related Parties RevenueFromRelatedParties	482000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Revenue From Related Parties RevenueFromRelatedParties	131909000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Revenue From Related Parties RevenueFromRelatedParties	157834000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Related Party Transaction Expenses From Transactions With Related Party RelatedPartyTransactionExpensesFromTransactionsWithRelatedParty	1009000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Related Party Transaction Expenses From Transactions With Related Party RelatedPartyTransactionExpensesFromTransactionsWithRelatedParty	1711000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Related Party Transaction Expenses From Transactions With Related Party RelatedPartyTransactionExpensesFromTransactionsWithRelatedParty	4300000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Related Party Transaction Purchases From Related Party RelatedPartyTransactionPurchasesFromRelatedParty	0	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Related Party Transaction Purchases From Related Party RelatedPartyTransactionPurchasesFromRelatedParty	3000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Related Party Transaction Purchases From Related Party RelatedPartyTransactionPurchasesFromRelatedParty	0	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Current Federal Tax Expense Benefit CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit	0	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Current Federal Tax Expense Benefit CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit	0	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Current Federal Tax Expense Benefit CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit	-55000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Current Foreign Tax Expense Benefit CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit	7978000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Current Foreign Tax Expense Benefit CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit	61834000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Current Foreign Tax Expense Benefit CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit	40239000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Current State And Local Tax Expense Benefit CurrentStateAndLocalTaxExpenseBenefit	1024000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Current State And Local Tax Expense Benefit CurrentStateAndLocalTaxExpenseBenefit	5523000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Current State And Local Tax Expense Benefit CurrentStateAndLocalTaxExpenseBenefit	6828000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Current Income Tax Expense Benefit CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	9002000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Current Income Tax Expense Benefit CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	67357000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Current Income Tax Expense Benefit CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	47012000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Deferred Federal Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredFederalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-16366000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Deferred Federal Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredFederalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	5314000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Deferred Federal Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredFederalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	2246000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Deferred Foreign Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-20772000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Deferred Foreign Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-6345000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Deferred Foreign Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-8697000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Deferred State And Local Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredStateAndLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-739000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Deferred State And Local Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredStateAndLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	566000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Deferred State And Local Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredStateAndLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	204000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Deferred Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-37877000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Deferred Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-465000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Deferred Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-6247000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-28875000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	66892000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	40765000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Domestic IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic	-1500000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Domestic IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic	36100000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Domestic IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic	43500000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Foreign IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign	-374500000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Foreign IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign	149000000.0	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Foreign IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign	87600000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Liabilities Leasing Arrangements DeferredTaxLiabilitiesLeasingArrangements	206701000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Liabilities Leasing Arrangements DeferredTaxLiabilitiesLeasingArrangements	192870000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Liabilities Goodwill And Intangible Assets Intangible Assets DeferredTaxLiabilitiesGoodwillAndIntangibleAssetsIntangibleAssets	170517000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Liabilities Goodwill And Intangible Assets Intangible Assets DeferredTaxLiabilitiesGoodwillAndIntangibleAssetsIntangibleAssets	161843000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Liabilities Prepaid Expenses DeferredTaxLiabilitiesPrepaidExpenses	17786000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Liabilities Prepaid Expenses DeferredTaxLiabilitiesPrepaidExpenses	5876000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Liabilities Other DeferredTaxLiabilitiesOther	31835000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Liabilities Other DeferredTaxLiabilitiesOther	19186000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Income Tax Liabilities DeferredIncomeTaxLiabilities	426839000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Income Tax Liabilities DeferredIncomeTaxLiabilities	379775000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Goodwill And Intangible Assets DeferredTaxAssetsGoodwillAndIntangibleAssets	38846000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Goodwill And Intangible Assets DeferredTaxAssetsGoodwillAndIntangibleAssets	40926000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Tax Deferred Expense Reserves And Accruals Accrued Liabilities DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseReservesAndAccrualsAccruedLiabilities	40843000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Tax Deferred Expense Reserves And Accruals Accrued Liabilities DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseReservesAndAccrualsAccruedLiabilities	60479000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Operating Loss Carryforwards DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwards	955160000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Operating Loss Carryforwards DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwards	488081000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Tax Credit Carryforwards Foreign DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwardsForeign	51119000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Tax Credit Carryforwards Foreign DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwardsForeign	47215000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Tax Deferred Expense Compensation And Benefits Share Based Compensation Cost DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsShareBasedCompensationCost	25209000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Tax Deferred Expense Compensation And Benefits Share Based Compensation Cost DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsShareBasedCompensationCost	22503000	USD
CY2020Q4	lyv	Deferred Tax Assets Leasing Arrangements DeferredTaxAssetsLeasingArrangements	224776000	USD
CY2019Q4	lyv	Deferred Tax Assets Leasing Arrangements DeferredTaxAssetsLeasingArrangements	211206000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Other DeferredTaxAssetsOther	34171000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Other DeferredTaxAssetsOther	12751000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Gross DeferredTaxAssetsGross	1370124000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Gross DeferredTaxAssetsGross	883161000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Valuation Allowance DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance	1100407000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Valuation Allowance DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance	667242000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Net DeferredTaxAssetsNet	269717000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Net DeferredTaxAssetsNet	215919000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Liabilities DeferredTaxLiabilities	157122000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Liabilities DeferredTaxLiabilities	163856000	USD
CY2018	lyv	Tax Benefit Recognized For Losses Incurred TaxBenefitRecognizedForLossesIncurred	0	USD
CY2020	lyv	Tax Benefit Recognized For Losses Incurred TaxBenefitRecognizedForLossesIncurred	0	USD
CY2019	lyv	Tax Benefit Recognized For Losses Incurred TaxBenefitRecognizedForLossesIncurred	0	USD
CY2020	lyv	Net Deferred Tax Liability Acquired In Business Combinations NetDeferredTaxLiabilityAcquiredInBusinessCombinations	35300000	USD
CY2019	lyv	Net Deferred Tax Liability Acquired In Business Combinations NetDeferredTaxLiabilityAcquiredInBusinessCombinations	43300000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Operating Loss Carryforwards Domestic DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwardsDomestic	393900000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Operating Loss Carryforwards State And Local DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwardsStateAndLocal	148200000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Operating Loss Carryforwards Foreign DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwardsForeign	413100000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation At Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate	0.21
CY2019	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation At Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate	0.21
CY2020	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Income Tax Expense Benefit At Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate	-389900000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Income Tax Expense Benefit At Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate	38872000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Income Tax Expense Benefit At Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate	27532000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation State And Local Income Taxes IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes	713000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation State And Local Income Taxes IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes	3137000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation State And Local Income Taxes IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes	4860000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Foreign Income Tax Rate Differential IncomeTaxReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential	-12794000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Foreign Income Tax Rate Differential IncomeTaxReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential	6384000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Foreign Income Tax Rate Differential IncomeTaxReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential	2650000	USD
CY2020	lyv	Income Taxes Reconciliation Non Us Income Inclusions And Exclusions IncomeTaxesReconciliationNonUSIncomeInclusionsAndExclusions	1809000	USD
CY2019	lyv	Income Taxes Reconciliation Non Us Income Inclusions And Exclusions IncomeTaxesReconciliationNonUSIncomeInclusionsAndExclusions	-3222000	USD
CY2018	lyv	Income Taxes Reconciliation Non Us Income Inclusions And Exclusions IncomeTaxesReconciliationNonUSIncomeInclusionsAndExclusions	-3425000	USD
CY2020	lyv	Income Taxes Reconciliation Us Income Inclusionsand Exclusions IncomeTaxesReconciliationUSIncomeInclusionsandExclusions	-16495000	USD
CY2019	lyv	Income Taxes Reconciliation Us Income Inclusionsand Exclusions IncomeTaxesReconciliationUSIncomeInclusionsandExclusions	-2582000	USD
CY2018	lyv	Income Taxes Reconciliation Us Income Inclusionsand Exclusions IncomeTaxesReconciliationUSIncomeInclusionsandExclusions	-13790000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Nondeductible Expense Other IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseOther	39861000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Nondeductible Expense Other IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseOther	10118000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Nondeductible Expense Other IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseOther	26376000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Tax Contingencies IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxContingencies	-1302000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Tax Contingencies IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxContingencies	-1340000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Tax Contingencies IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxContingencies	389000	USD
CY2020	lyv	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Tax From Acquired Goodwill EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxFromAcquiredGoodwill	6950000	USD
CY2019	lyv	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Tax From Acquired Goodwill EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxFromAcquiredGoodwill	6107000	USD
CY2018	lyv	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Tax From Acquired Goodwill EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxFromAcquiredGoodwill	4353000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Change In Deferred Tax Assets Valuation Allowance IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance	344161000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Change In Deferred Tax Assets Valuation Allowance IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance	8536000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Change In Deferred Tax Assets Valuation Allowance IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance	-8845000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Other Reconciling Items IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherReconcilingItems	-1878000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Other Reconciling Items IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherReconcilingItems	882000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Other Reconciling Items IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherReconcilingItems	665000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-28875000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	66892000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	40765000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits UnrecognizedTaxBenefits	21723000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits UnrecognizedTaxBenefits	34071000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits UnrecognizedTaxBenefits	30630000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Increases Resulting From Current Period Tax Positions UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromCurrentPeriodTaxPositions	1689000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Increases Resulting From Current Period Tax Positions UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromCurrentPeriodTaxPositions	2215000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Increases Resulting From Current Period Tax Positions UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromCurrentPeriodTaxPositions	1531000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Increases Resulting From Prior Period Tax Positions UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions	0	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Increases Resulting From Prior Period Tax Positions UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions	1898000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Increases Resulting From Prior Period Tax Positions UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions	2995000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits UnrecognizedTaxBenefits	34071000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits That Would Impact Effective Tax Rate UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate	500000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Income Tax Penalties And Interest Expense UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense	352000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Income Tax Penalties And Interest Expense UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense	458000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Income Tax Penalties And Interest Expense UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense	106000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Decreases Resulting From Prior Period Tax Positions UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions	2109000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Decreases Resulting From Prior Period Tax Positions UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions	3272000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Decreases Resulting From Prior Period Tax Positions UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions	0	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Reductions Resulting From Lapse Of Applicable Statute Of Limitations UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsReductionsResultingFromLapseOfApplicableStatuteOfLimitations	0	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Reductions Resulting From Lapse Of Applicable Statute Of Limitations UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsReductionsResultingFromLapseOfApplicableStatuteOfLimitations	0	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Reductions Resulting From Lapse Of Applicable Statute Of Limitations UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsReductionsResultingFromLapseOfApplicableStatuteOfLimitations	730000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Decreases Resulting From Settlements With Taxing Authorities UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromSettlementsWithTaxingAuthorities	17000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Decreases Resulting From Settlements With Taxing Authorities UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromSettlementsWithTaxingAuthorities	13852000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Decreases Resulting From Settlements With Taxing Authorities UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromSettlementsWithTaxingAuthorities	9000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Increases Resulting From Foreign Currency Translation UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromForeignCurrencyTranslation	94000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Increases Resulting From Foreign Currency Translation UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromForeignCurrencyTranslation	205000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Decreases Resulting From Foreign Currency Translation UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromForeignCurrencyTranslation	452000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits UnrecognizedTaxBenefits	21732000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits UnrecognizedTaxBenefits	21723000	USD
CY2020	lyv	Unrecognized Tax Benefits That Would Not Impact Effective Tax Rate UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldNotImpactEffectiveTaxRate	21200000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Shares Issued SharesIssued	214466988	shares
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Shares Issued SharesIssued	211262062	shares
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Common Stock Shares Issued CommonStockSharesIssued	218423061	shares
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Common Stock Shares Issued CommonStockSharesIssued	214117644	shares
CY2020	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Shares Share Based Compensation Gross StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesShareBasedCompensationGross	3200000	shares
CY2019	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Shares Share Based Compensation Gross StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesShareBasedCompensationGross	1300000	shares
CY2018	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Shares Share Based Compensation Gross StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesShareBasedCompensationGross	2300000	shares
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Number Of Shares Available For Grant ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAvailableForGrant	19000000.0	shares
CY2020	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	-1724535000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Reclassification From Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Current Period Net Of Tax ReclassificationFromAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeCurrentPeriodNetOfTax	0	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	69889000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	60249000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Consolidation Less Than Wholly Owned Subsidiary Parent Ownership Interest Changes Purchase Of Interest By Parent ConsolidationLessThanWhollyOwnedSubsidiaryParentOwnershipInterestChangesPurchaseOfInterestByParent	-14336000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Consolidation Less Than Wholly Owned Subsidiary Parent Ownership Interest Changes Purchase Of Interest By Parent ConsolidationLessThanWhollyOwnedSubsidiaryParentOwnershipInterestChangesPurchaseOfInterestByParent	23878000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Consolidation Less Than Wholly Owned Subsidiary Parent Ownership Interest Changes Purchase Of Interest By Parent ConsolidationLessThanWhollyOwnedSubsidiaryParentOwnershipInterestChangesPurchaseOfInterestByParent	8210000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Consolidation Less Than Wholly Owned Subsidiary Parent Ownership Interest Changes Sale Of Interest By Parent ConsolidationLessThanWhollyOwnedSubsidiaryParentOwnershipInterestChangesSaleOfInterestByParent	-7667000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Consolidation Less Than Wholly Owned Subsidiary Parent Ownership Interest Changes Sale Of Interest By Parent ConsolidationLessThanWhollyOwnedSubsidiaryParentOwnershipInterestChangesSaleOfInterestByParent	0	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Consolidation Less Than Wholly Owned Subsidiary Parent Ownership Interest Changes Sale Of Interest By Parent ConsolidationLessThanWhollyOwnedSubsidiaryParentOwnershipInterestChangesSaleOfInterestByParent	1410000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Consolidation Less Than Wholly Owned Subsidiary Parent Ownership Interest Changes Net ConsolidationLessThanWhollyOwnedSubsidiaryParentOwnershipInterestChangesNet	6669000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Consolidation Less Than Wholly Owned Subsidiary Parent Ownership Interest Changes Net ConsolidationLessThanWhollyOwnedSubsidiaryParentOwnershipInterestChangesNet	-23878000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Consolidation Less Than Wholly Owned Subsidiary Parent Ownership Interest Changes Net ConsolidationLessThanWhollyOwnedSubsidiaryParentOwnershipInterestChangesNet	-6800000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Consolidation Less Than Wholly Owned Subsidiary Parent Ownership Interest Change Due To Net Income Attributable To Parent And Effects Of Changes Net ConsolidationLessThanWhollyOwnedSubsidiaryParentOwnershipInterestChangeDueToNetIncomeAttributableToParentAndEffectsOfChangesNet	-1717866000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Consolidation Less Than Wholly Owned Subsidiary Parent Ownership Interest Change Due To Net Income Attributable To Parent And Effects Of Changes Net ConsolidationLessThanWhollyOwnedSubsidiaryParentOwnershipInterestChangeDueToNetIncomeAttributableToParentAndEffectsOfChangesNet	46011000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Consolidation Less Than Wholly Owned Subsidiary Parent Ownership Interest Change Due To Net Income Attributable To Parent And Effects Of Changes Net ConsolidationLessThanWhollyOwnedSubsidiaryParentOwnershipInterestChangeDueToNetIncomeAttributableToParentAndEffectsOfChangesNet	53449000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax	-108542000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Before Reclassifications Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossBeforeReclassificationsNetOfTax	-36689000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax	-36689000	USD
CY2020Q4	lyv	Percentage Of Deferred Revenue Expected To Be Recognized In Next Fiscal Year PercentageOfDeferredRevenueExpectedToBeRecognizedInNextFiscalYear	0.406
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax	-145231000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Before Reclassifications Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossBeforeReclassificationsNetOfTax	-482000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Reclassification From Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Current Period Net Of Tax ReclassificationFromAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeCurrentPeriodNetOfTax	0	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax	-482000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax	-145713000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Before Reclassifications Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossBeforeReclassificationsNetOfTax	-36398000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Reclassification From Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Current Period Net Of Tax ReclassificationFromAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeCurrentPeriodNetOfTax	-5102000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax	-31296000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax	-177009000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Antidilutive Securities Excluded From Computation Of Earnings Per Share Amount AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount	24294242	shares
CY2019	us-gaap	Antidilutive Securities Excluded From Computation Of Earnings Per Share Amount AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount	23377423	shares
CY2018	us-gaap	Antidilutive Securities Excluded From Computation Of Earnings Per Share Amount AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount	24595303	shares
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Revenue Current DeferredRevenueCurrent	1800000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Revenue Current DeferredRevenueCurrent	1400000000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Revenue Current DeferredRevenueCurrent	1200000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Contract With Customer Liability Revenue Recognized ContractWithCustomerLiabilityRevenueRecognized	321617000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Contract With Customer Liability Revenue Recognized ContractWithCustomerLiabilityRevenueRecognized	1207322000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Sharebased Compensation Arrangement By Sharebased Payment Award Fair Value Assumptions Expected Term1 SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedTerm1	P6Y29D
CY2020Q4	lyv	Percentage Of Deferred Revenue Refunded PercentageOfDeferredRevenueRefunded	0.327
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Revenue Noncurrent DeferredRevenueNoncurrent	88600000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Revenue Noncurrent DeferredRevenueNoncurrent	34400000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Revenue Noncurrent DeferredRevenueNoncurrent	27500000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Allocated Share Based Compensation Expense AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense	116889000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Allocated Share Based Compensation Expense AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense	48785000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Allocated Share Based Compensation Expense AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense	45582000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Employee Service Share Based Compensation Nonvested Awards Total Compensation Cost Not Yet Recognized EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationNonvestedAwardsTotalCompensationCostNotYetRecognized	84300000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Employee Service Share Based Compensation Nonvested Awards Total Compensation Cost Not Yet Recognized Period For Recognition1 EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationNonvestedAwardsTotalCompensationCostNotYetRecognizedPeriodForRecognition1	P1Y7M6D
CY2020	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Fair Value Assumptions Risk Free Interest Rate Minimum ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRateMinimum	0.0009
CY2020	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Fair Value Assumptions Risk Free Interest Rate Maximum ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRateMaximum	0.0119
CY2019	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Fair Value Assumptions Risk Free Interest Rate Minimum ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRateMinimum	0.0189
CY2019	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Fair Value Assumptions Risk Free Interest Rate Maximum ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRateMaximum	0.0253
CY2018	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Fair Value Assumptions Risk Free Interest Rate Minimum ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRateMinimum	0.0268
CY2018	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Fair Value Assumptions Risk Free Interest Rate Maximum ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRateMaximum	0.0270
CY2020	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Fair Value Assumptions Expected Dividend Rate ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedDividendRate	0.000
CY2019	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Fair Value Assumptions Expected Dividend Rate ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedDividendRate	0.000
CY2018	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Fair Value Assumptions Expected Dividend Rate ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedDividendRate	0.000
CY2020	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Fair Value Assumptions Expected Volatility Rate Minimum ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRateMinimum	0.3237
CY2020	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Fair Value Assumptions Expected Volatility Rate Maximum ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRateMaximum	0.5183
CY2019	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Fair Value Assumptions Expected Volatility Rate Minimum ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRateMinimum	0.2763
CY2019	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Fair Value Assumptions Expected Volatility Rate Maximum ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRateMaximum	0.2812
CY2018	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Fair Value Assumptions Expected Volatility Rate Minimum ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRateMinimum	0.2766
CY2018	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Fair Value Assumptions Expected Volatility Rate Maximum ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRateMaximum	0.2800
CY2020	us-gaap	Sharebased Compensation Arrangement By Sharebased Payment Award Fair Value Assumptions Expected Term1 SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedTerm1	P2Y6M3D
CY2018	us-gaap	Sharebased Compensation Arrangement By Sharebased Payment Award Fair Value Assumptions Expected Term1 SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedTerm1	P5Y8M26D
CY2020	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Exercises In Period Total Intrinsic Value ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisesInPeriodTotalIntrinsicValue	87900000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Exercises In Period Total Intrinsic Value ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisesInPeriodTotalIntrinsicValue	39600000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Exercises In Period Total Intrinsic Value ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisesInPeriodTotalIntrinsicValue	28100000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Proceeds From Stock Options Exercised ProceedsFromStockOptionsExercised	30600000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Proceeds From Stock Options Exercised ProceedsFromStockOptionsExercised	14100000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Proceeds From Stock Options Exercised ProceedsFromStockOptionsExercised	22600000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Outstanding Intrinsic Value ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingIntrinsicValue	508600000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Sharebased Compensation Arrangement By Sharebased Payment Award Options Exercisable Intrinsic Value1 SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableIntrinsicValue1	498700000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Equity Instruments Other Than Options Vested In Period Total Fair Value ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodTotalFairValue	91600000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Equity Instruments Other Than Options Vested In Period Total Fair Value ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodTotalFairValue	22600000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Equity Instruments Other Than Options Vested In Period Total Fair Value ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodTotalFairValue	20000000.0	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Inventory Net InventoryNet	22000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Inventory Net InventoryNet	16106000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Notes And Loans Receivable Net Current NotesAndLoansReceivableNetCurrent	14556000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Notes And Loans Receivable Net Current NotesAndLoansReceivableNetCurrent	34842000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Other Assets Miscellaneous Current OtherAssetsMiscellaneousCurrent	2909000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Other Assets Miscellaneous Current OtherAssetsMiscellaneousCurrent	6059000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Other Assets Current OtherAssetsCurrent	39465000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Other Assets Current OtherAssetsCurrent	57007000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Investments In Affiliates Subsidiaries Associates And Joint Ventures InvestmentsInAffiliatesSubsidiariesAssociatesAndJointVentures	170494000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Investments In Affiliates Subsidiaries Associates And Joint Ventures InvestmentsInAffiliatesSubsidiariesAssociatesAndJointVentures	167603000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Notes And Loans Receivable Net Noncurrent NotesAndLoansReceivableNetNoncurrent	88889000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Notes And Loans Receivable Net Noncurrent NotesAndLoansReceivableNetNoncurrent	128725000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Other Assets Miscellaneous Noncurrent OtherAssetsMiscellaneousNoncurrent	131898000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Other Assets Miscellaneous Noncurrent OtherAssetsMiscellaneousNoncurrent	135145000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Other Assets Noncurrent OtherAssetsNoncurrent	391281000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Other Assets Noncurrent OtherAssetsNoncurrent	431473000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Employee Related Liabilities Current EmployeeRelatedLiabilitiesCurrent	90070000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Employee Related Liabilities Current EmployeeRelatedLiabilitiesCurrent	276417000	USD
CY2020Q4	lyv	Accrued Event Expenses Current AccruedEventExpensesCurrent	127004000	USD
CY2019Q4	lyv	Accrued Event Expenses Current AccruedEventExpensesCurrent	394257000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Accrued Insurance Current AccruedInsuranceCurrent	128348000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Accrued Insurance Current AccruedInsuranceCurrent	165071000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Litigation Reserve Current LitigationReserveCurrent	23596000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Litigation Reserve Current LitigationReserveCurrent	16978000	USD
CY2020Q4	lyv	Collections On Behalf Of Others CollectionsOnBehalfOfOthers	51127000	USD
CY2019Q4	lyv	Collections On Behalf Of Others CollectionsOnBehalfOfOthers	48467000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Customer Refund Liability Current CustomerRefundLiabilityCurrent	143827000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Customer Refund Liability Current CustomerRefundLiabilityCurrent	4432000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Other Accrued Liabilities Current OtherAccruedLiabilitiesCurrent	330177000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Other Accrued Liabilities Current OtherAccruedLiabilitiesCurrent	485864000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Accrued Liabilities Current AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent	894149000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Accrued Liabilities Current AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent	1391486000	USD
CY2020Q4	lyv	Contingent And Deferred Purchase Consideration Current ContingentAndDeferredPurchaseConsiderationCurrent	39207000	USD
CY2019Q4	lyv	Contingent And Deferred Purchase Consideration Current ContingentAndDeferredPurchaseConsiderationCurrent	13165000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Other Sundry Liabilities Current OtherSundryLiabilitiesCurrent	32876000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Other Sundry Liabilities Current OtherSundryLiabilitiesCurrent	46046000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Other Liabilities Current OtherLiabilitiesCurrent	72083000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Other Liabilities Current OtherLiabilitiesCurrent	59211000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Revenue Noncurrent DeferredRevenueNoncurrent	88641000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Revenue Noncurrent DeferredRevenueNoncurrent	34390000	USD
CY2020Q4	lyv	Contingent And Deferred Purchase Consideration Noncurrent ContingentAndDeferredPurchaseConsiderationNoncurrent	26401000	USD
CY2019Q4	lyv	Contingent And Deferred Purchase Consideration Noncurrent ContingentAndDeferredPurchaseConsiderationNoncurrent	67979000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Other Sundry Liabilities Noncurrent OtherSundryLiabilitiesNoncurrent	67466000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Other Sundry Liabilities Noncurrent OtherSundryLiabilitiesNoncurrent	28279000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Other Liabilities Noncurrent OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent	182508000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Other Liabilities Noncurrent OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent	130648000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	1861178000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Direct Operating Costs DirectOperatingCosts	1402400000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Selling General And Administrative Expense SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense	1524342000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Depreciation And Amortization DepreciationAndAmortization	485025000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Disposition Of Assets GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets	-503000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Other General Expense OtherGeneralExpense	102100000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Operating Income Loss OperatingIncomeLoss	-1653192000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Additions PropertyPlantAndEquipmentAdditions	209415000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	11547969000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Direct Operating Costs DirectOperatingCosts	8467182000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Selling General And Administrative Expense SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense	2145486000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Depreciation And Amortization DepreciationAndAmortization	443991000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Disposition Of Assets GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets	2373000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Other General Expense OtherGeneralExpense	168839000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Operating Income Loss OperatingIncomeLoss	324844000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Additions PropertyPlantAndEquipmentAdditions	337578000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	10787800000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Direct Operating Costs DirectOperatingCosts	7967932000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Selling General And Administrative Expense SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense	1997028000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Depreciation And Amortization DepreciationAndAmortization	386529000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Disposition Of Assets GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets	-10369000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Other General Expense OtherGeneralExpense	153406000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Operating Income Loss OperatingIncomeLoss	272536000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Additions PropertyPlantAndEquipmentAdditions	262314000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	1861178000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Net PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	1101414000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	11547969000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Net PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	1117932000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	10787800000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Net PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	946593000	USD

Files In Submission

Name	View Source	Status
0001335258-21-000009-index-headers.html	Edgar Link	pending
0001335258-21-000009-index.html	Edgar Link	pending
0001335258-21-000009.txt	Edgar Link	pending
0001335258-21-000009-xbrl.zip	Edgar Link	pending
FilingSummary.xml	Edgar Link	unprocessable
Financial_Report.xlsx	Edgar Link	pending
image1.jpg	Edgar Link	pending
lyv-202001231xex42.htm	Edgar Link	pending
lyv-20201231.htm	Edgar Link	pending
lyv-20201231.xsd	Edgar Link	pending
lyv-20201231xex141.htm	Edgar Link	pending
lyv-20201231xex211.htm	Edgar Link	pending
lyv-20201231xex231.htm	Edgar Link	pending
lyv-20201231xex311.htm	Edgar Link	pending
lyv-20201231xex312.htm	Edgar Link	pending
lyv-20201231xex321.htm	Edgar Link	pending
lyv-20201231xex322.htm	Edgar Link	pending
lyv-20201231_cal.xml	Edgar Link	unprocessable
lyv-20201231_def.xml	Edgar Link	unprocessable
lyv-20201231_htm.xml	Edgar Link	completed
lyv-20201231_lab.xml	Edgar Link	unprocessable
lyv-20201231_pre.xml	Edgar Link	unprocessable
MetaLinks.json	Edgar Link	pending
R1.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R10.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R100.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R101.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R102.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R103.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R104.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R105.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R106.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R107.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R108.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R109.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R11.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R110.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R111.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R12.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R13.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R14.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R15.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R16.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R17.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R18.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R19.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R2.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R20.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R21.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R22.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R23.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R24.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R25.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R26.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R27.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R28.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R29.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R3.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R30.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R31.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R32.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R33.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R34.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R35.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R36.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R37.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R38.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R39.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R4.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R40.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R41.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R42.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R43.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R44.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R45.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R46.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R47.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R48.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R49.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R5.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R50.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R51.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R52.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R53.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R54.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R55.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R56.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R57.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R58.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R59.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R6.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R60.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R61.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R62.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R63.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R64.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R65.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R66.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R67.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R68.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R69.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R7.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R70.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R71.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R72.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R73.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R74.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R75.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R76.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R77.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R78.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R79.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R8.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R80.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R81.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R82.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R83.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R84.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R85.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R86.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R87.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R88.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R89.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R9.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R90.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R91.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R92.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R93.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R94.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R95.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R96.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R97.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R98.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R99.htm	Edgar Link	pending
report.css	Edgar Link	pending
Show.js	Edgar Link	pending

Create your account

Find Stocks Worth Researching

Deeply Understand Businesses

Value Businesses Intelligently

$LYV
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. Stock $lyv

2020 Q4 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000133525821000009 Filed on March 01, 2021

Income Statement

Balance Sheet

Cashflow Statement

Facts In Submission

Files In Submission

$LYV Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. Stock $lyv

2020 Q4 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000133525821000009 Filed on March 01, 2021

Income Statement

Balance Sheet

Cashflow Statement

Facts In Submission

Files In Submission

$LYV
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. Stock $lyv