Asked during the call about when large-scale concerts might resume in the U.S., Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino said, “Every day we seem to have a new state or country talking about when they’ll open up, so we’re feeling more optimistic than we were a month ago,” he said. “Lots of artists are calling, looking at how we start up in July, August, September. So for right now, we still believe we’ll have enough open in the U.K., Australia, Canada and the U.S. to keep what we have on the books in amphitheaters booked for now. We might have certain states that might not be ready, but we have enough states and enough artists willing to play the open slots if we get to that level in the right markets.
Chicago preparing for ‘possibility’ of summer events as Lollapalooza’s CEO says U.S. music fests could reopen by ‘mid-summer’
