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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington , D.C. 20549 Form 10 - K □ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31 , 2020 , or □ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to Commission File Number 001-32601 LIVE NATION ENTERTAINMENT , INC . ( Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter ) Delaware ( State of Incorporation ) Title of Each Class Common Stock , $ .01 Par Value per Share 9348 Civic Center Drive Beverly Hills , CA 90210 ( Address of principal executive offices , including zip code ) ( 310 ) 867-7000 ( Registrant's telephone number , including area code ) 20-3247759 ( I.R.S. Employer Identification No. ) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( b ) of the Act : Trading Symbol ( s ) . LYV Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( g ) of the Act : None Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well - known seasoned issuer , as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act . x Yes No Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15 ( d ) of the Act . Yes x No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant ( 1 ) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 ( d ) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports ) , and ( 2 ) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days . x Yes " No Smaller Reporting Company Emerging Growth Company Name of Each Exchange on which Registered New York Stock Exchange Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S - T ( §232.405 of this chapter ) during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files ) . Yes x No " Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer , an accelerated filer , a non - accelerated filer , a smaller reporting company , or an emerging growth company . See the definitions of " large accelerated filer , " " accelerated filer , " " smaller reporting company , " and " emerging growth company " in Rule 12b - 2 of the Exchange Act . Large Accelerated Filer Accelerated Filer X Non - accelerated Filer If an emerging growth company , indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13 ( a ) of the Exchange Act . Indicate check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management's assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404 ( b ) of the Sarbanes - Oxley Act ( 15 U.S.C. 7262 ( b ) ) by the registered accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report . X Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company ( as defined in Rule 12b - 2 of the Exchange Act ) . Yes x No On June 30 , 2020 , the last business day of the registrant's most recently completed second fiscal quarter , the aggregate market value of the Common Stock beneficially held by non - affiliates of the registrant was approximately $ 6.4 billion . ( For purposes hereof , directors , executive officers and 10 % or greater stockholders have been deemed affiliates ) . On February 22 , 2021 , there were 218,047,105 outstanding shares of the registrant's common stock , $ 0.01 par value per share , including 3,849,952 shares of unvested restricted and deferred stock awards and excluding 408,024 shares held in treasury . DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Portions of our Definitive Proxy Statement for the 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders , expected to be filed within 120 days of our fiscal year end , are incorporated by reference into Part III .