Headquartered in Los Angeles, Live Nation is a leading live event, venue and digital distribution company focused on creating superior experiences for artists, performers, corporations and fans. At the Live Nation site, you can quickly and easily find what artists are playing where and customize your results. Live Nation owns, operates and/or has booking rights for 153 venues worldwide and produced more than 29,500 events in 2005, Live Nation is also the leading producer of live concerts for 3G mobile phones. On July 5th, they entered into a definitive agreement to aquire the House of Blues for $350 million (press release).

“Live Nation is involved with more than 29,000 live events reaching more than 60 million fans a year,” said Live Nation Chief Executive Officer Michael Rapino. “Our venues are natural platforms for transformation into live studios, particularly given recent advancements in recording technology which have dramatically reduced costs. Lower production costs coupled with the proliferation of distribution channels hungry for live content, have created a unique opportunity for Live Nation to help artists connect with their fans in a brand new way.”

In May, Live Nation wired 100 plus venues creating the world’s largest digital live studio platform (press release).