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LIZ: NEW YORK CITY IS SETTING UP
ITS SPOTLIGHTS AGAIN.
MAYOR BILL DEBLASIO REVEALING
EARLIER TODAY THAT TO CELEBRATE
THE REOPENING OF THE CITY, A
MEGA CONCERT IS COMING TO
CENTRAL PARK THIS SUMMER, AND
CONCERT KING PIN LIVE NATION IS
SET TO PRODUCE THE MASSIVE EVENT
BUT THAT’S NOT ALL LIVE NATION
IS UP TO THE TICKETMASTER PARENT
IS PUTTING BOTH THE FINISHING
AND BEGINNING TOUCHES ON
MULTIPLE FESTIVAL AND ARENA
TOURS, FEATURING AMAZING ARTISTS
INCLUDING GUNS N ROSES, FLORIDA
GEORGIA LINE, AND SO MANY MORE.
AND EVERYBODY IS REALLY READY
FOR THIS AS THE VACCINE ROLLOUT
BEGAN KICKING INTO HIGH GEAR IN
JANUARY SINCE THEN LIVE NATION
STOCK HAS SEEN YEAR-TO-DATE
GROWTH OF 21%, AND MORE THAN 57%
YEAR-OVER-YEAR.
FIRST ON FOX BUSINESS, WE BRING
IN LIVE NATION ENTERTAINMENT
PRESIDENT JOE BURKTOL.
NEW YORK CITY IS A BUZZ WITH
THIS CENTRAL PARK HOMECOMING
CONCERT NEWS, A TENTATIVE DATE
AUGUST 21, LIVE NATION IS GOING
TO PRODUCE IT.
TELL US HOW THIS ALL CAME
TOGETHER.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON, LIZ
IT’S GREAT TO SEE YOU GUYS AGAIN
WE’RE JUST DELIGHTED TO HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE
MAYOR AND
THE INCREDIBLE CLY DAVIS.
IT WAS REALLY THE TWO OF THEM
THAT GOT THIS ROLLING, AND AS WE
TOLD THEM AND WE’VE TOLD MANY
OTHERS IN DIFFERENT CITIES
AROUND THE COUNTRY AND AROUND
THE WORLD, WE’RE HERE.
WE WANT TO BE PART OF GETTING
PEOPLE BACK OUT.
PEOPLE WANT TO GET OUT,
SOCIALIZE, SEE EACH OTHER,
CONCERTS HAVE AN ENERGY LIKE
NOTHING ELSE THAT WE DO, AND WE
KNOW PEOPLE WANT TO GET BACK AND
IF THERE CAN BE SOME CITY-LED
THINGS ORAL OF THE TOURS WE HAVE
GOING ON SALE WE’RE DELIGHTED TO
BE PART OF IT.
LIZ: CAN YOU OPEN A WINDOW INTO
HOW THE IDEA FOR THIS HOMECOMING
CONCERT CAME TOGETHER?
THE MAYOR SAYS IT WAS ABOUT
THREE WEEKS AGO AND HE CALLED OF
COURSE THE ICONIC CLIVE DAVIS
THE TOP MUSIC PRODUCER FOR SO
MANY ACTS FROM BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
ON AND ON AND TELL ME WHEN YOU
FIRST GOT THE CALL AND HOW YOU
DOVE INTO GETTING THE PLANNING
UP AND RUNNING.
>> YEAH, THEY REACHED OUT TO US
A BIT AGO AND WE JUST SAID OF
COURSE, WHAT CAN WE DO?
WHAT DO YOU NEED?
WE’RE HAPPY TO PUT OUR ENTIRE
CAPABILITY TO PUT ON THESE SORTS
OF FESTIVALS TOGETHER, WE’RE
OBVIOUSLY DOING A LOT OF
FESTIVALS THIS SUMMER.
EVERYBODY IS GATHERING OUTDOORS,
WE HAVE THE GLOBAL CITIZEN EVENT
THAT WE JUST HELPED PUT TOGETHER
A FEW WEEKS AGO HERE IN LA.
WE HAVE GOVERNORS BALL THAT
WE’RE PUTTING ON IN NEW YORK
OVER LABOR DAY WEEKEND SO FOR US
IT WAS A NATURAL.
WE’LL HELP PRODUCE THE EVENT AND
PUT IT ON AND MAKE SURE ALL OF
THE PIECES RUN SMOOTHLY AND DO
WHATEVER IT IS THE MAYOR OR THE
CITY AND CLIVE NEED US TO
DO.
LIZ: I KNOW THERE ARE NO
OFFICIAL ACCEPTANCES FROM THE
ACTS BUT WHO ARE WE TALKING
ABOUT HERE?
THERE’S SO MANY NEW YORK BORN
PEOPLE, FROM LADY GAGA, I MEAN,
IT GOES ON AND ON.
YOU HAVE TO TELL US WHO YOU’RE
LOOKING AT AT LEAST.
>> OH, NO, IT’LL BE EXCITING.
THAT I CAN TELL YOU.
SORRY, LIZ, BUT IT’S GOING TO BE
AN EXCITING SHOW AND AGAIN JUST
THE START OF A LOT OF EXCITEMENT
THAT WE SEE OUT THERE.
LIZ: YEAH, THE GREAT LAWN WHERE
IT WILL BE IS 13-ACRES AND SO
ICONIC.
YOU THINK ABOUT THE SIMON AND GA
RFUNKLE 1980S CONCERT THAT
DREW 400,000 PEOPLE.
IF PEOPLE ARE SO EXCITED TO GET
BACK OUT, TALK TO ME ABOUT
THE LATENT DEMAND AND HOW YOU
ARE WATCHING IT, WHEN IT COMES
TO PUTTING UP THE SMALLER
CONCERTS THAT ARE ALREADY READY
TO HAPPEN.
HOW QUICKLY ARE THESE SHOWS
SELLING OUT?
>> IT’S AMAZING THEY ARE
SELLING OUT FASTER THAN WE’VE
EVER SEEN BEFORE.
WE HAD CITY LIMITS SELL UTILITY
IN AN HOUR IN AUSTIN.
WE HAD THE ROLLING LOUD FESTIVAL
SELL OUT IN RECORD TIME.
WE HAD BOTTLE ROCK UP IN NAPA
VALLEY SOLD OUT IN A MINUTE FOR
ITS TICKETS SO YOU’RE SEEING
FESTIVALS WHICH ARE THE GREATEST
EXPERIENCE WHERE YOU WANT TO GO
FOR THE WEEKEND, THE ENTIRE DAY
WITH YOUR FRIENDS THOSE ARE
SELLING OUT, GOVERNOR’S BALL IS
SELLING OUT FASTER THAN EVER
BEFORE AND A LOT OF AMAZING
TOURS, GARTH BROOKS SETTING A
RECORD SELLING OUT STADIUMS IN
UNDER AN HOUR, AND MOST TICKETS
WE’VE SOLD FOR ANY ARTIST AT THE
ON-SALE IN THREE YEARS.
THIS YEAR, OR THIS WEEK, WE
HAVE PROBABLY THE BIGGEST ON-
SALE WEEK WE’VE EVER HAD OVER
30 TOURS GOING ON SALE FROM
BRUNO MARS TO LADY GAGA, CHRIS
STAPLETON, THE EAGLES, MASSIVE.
EVERY ARTIST, EVERY GENRE IS ON
FIRE AND WE SEE THAT WE’RE A
SUPPLY-DRIVEN BUSINESS.
THE DEMAND IS THERE.
THERE’S ZERO QUESTION ABOUT THAT
FANS WANT TO GET OUT, AND AS THE
ARTISTS ARE COMING SAYING
I WANT TO GO, LET’S GET
SOMETHING SET, THIS FALL
INTO NEXT YEAR, WE’RE PUTTING
THEM ALL UP ON SALE AND THEY’RE
REALLY DOING WELL.
LIZ: AND JOE, THAT GOES FOR
BROAD WAY.
BROAD WAY IS ABOUT TO REOPEN, SO
THE BIG SHOWS FROM LION KING TO
HAMILTON, THEY’RE READY TO FLING
OPEN THE DOOR ONCE AGAIN ON THE
SO-CALLED GREAT WHITE WAY.
TELL ME WHAT THOSE TICKET NUMBER
S ARE LOOKING LIKE.
>> THOSE ARE LOOKING STRONG AS
WELL.
THE FIRSTHAND FULL OF SHOWS WENT
ON SALE A FEW WEEKS AGO.
ALL OF THEM PERFORMING AHEAD OF
EXPECTATIONS, DOING VERY STRONG
NUMBERS I THINK WE’RE SEEING
MORE SHOWS COMING ON SALE OVER
THE COMING WEEKS AS THEY PLAN
FOR THEIR REOPENING AROUND LABOR
DAY.
LIZ: YOU HAVE THE BEST JOB ON
PLANET EARTH I THINK.
I REALLY THINK THAT WHEN YOU
LOOK AT ALL OF THE ACTS, KEITH
URBAN IS SET FOR LAS VEGAS IN
SEPTEMBER, VEGAS HAS GOT TO BE A
VERY EXCITING PLACE FOR CONCERTS
NOW THEY HAVE THE RAIDER STADIUM
AS WELL.
>> YEAH, LAS VEGAS IS ON FIRE,
ABSOLUTELY.
A LOT OF ARTISTS ARE FIGURING
OUT THERE ARE MANY WAYS THAT I
CAN HAVE TO CONNECT WITH MY FANS
AND HISTORICALLY THEY WOULD GO
ON TOUR AND DO THE BIG ARENA
STADIUM TOURS AND A CYCLE OF
GOING TO OUR FESTIVALS AND NOW
WE VERY THE LAS VEGAS RESIDENCY
HAVING A GREAT HEYDAY AS WELL
WHERE YOU CAN GO AND
WORK OUT AT ONE MARKET AND GET A
LOT OF PEOPLE COMING THROUGH AND
DO A RESIDENCY THERE SO WE’RE
SEEING A LOT OF REALLY GREAT
ARTISTS DOING THAT AND WE THINK
THAT’LL CERTAINLY CONTINUE ALL
OF THIS LEADING TO NEXT SEVERAL
YEARS, WE EXPECT, JUST TO BE ON
FIRE IN TERMS OF THE VOLUME OF
CONCERTS, AND WHAT PEOPLE CAN GO
SEE.
LIZ: WELL AS A BUSINESS NETWORK,
WE SAY BUSINESS IS BACK AND
CONCERTS ARE VERY MUCH A TOUCH
STONE FOR THAT POINT.
I THINK IT’S A HUGE BUSINESS
STORY ESPECIALLY THE HOMECOMING
CONCERT, AND WE WILL BE THERE TO