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Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/14 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Thursday, 7/31/14, at 4:37pm ET   ·   For:  6/30/14   ·   Accession #:  1335258-14-106   ·   File #:  1-32601

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 7/31/14  Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.   10-Q        6/30/14   66:12M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    684K 
 2: EX-10.1     Indenture 5.375% Senior Notes                       HTML    599K 
 3: EX-10.2     Indenture 2.50% Convertible Senior Notes            HTML    553K 
 4: EX-10.3     Fourth Supplemental Indenture                       HTML     57K 
 5: EX-31.1     Certification of Chief Executive Officer            HTML     25K 
 6: EX-31.2     Certification of Chief Financial Officer            HTML     25K 
 7: EX-32.1     Section 1350 Certification of Chief Executive       HTML     22K 
                Officer                                                          
 8: EX-32.2     Section 1350 Certification of Chief Financial       HTML     22K 
                Officer                                                          
46: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     46K 
35: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)             HTML    144K 
44: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)             HTML     22K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
48: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)   HTML     84K 
61: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     49K 
                (Loss) (Unaudited)                                               
37: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)   HTML    119K 
42: R7          Basis of Presentation and Other Information         HTML     32K 
32: R8          Long-Lived Assets                                   HTML    212K 
24: R9          Long-Term Debt                                      HTML     82K 
62: R10         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     36K 
50: R11         Commitments and Contingent Liabilities              HTML     31K 
49: R12         Certain Relationships and Related-Party             HTML     37K 
                Transactions                                                     
54: R13         Income Taxes                                        HTML     29K 
55: R14         Equity                                              HTML    157K 
53: R15         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML     41K 
56: R16         Segment Data                                        HTML    280K 
45: R17         Basis of Presentation and Other Information         HTML     26K 
                (Policies)                                                       
47: R18         Long-Lived Assets (Tables)                          HTML    215K 
52: R19         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML     78K 
66: R20         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     28K 
58: R21         Certain Relationships and Related-Party             HTML     33K 
                Transactions (Tables)                                            
39: R22         Equity (Tables)                                     HTML    154K 
51: R23         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     37K 
41: R24         Segment Data (Tables)                               HTML    272K 
20: R25         Basis of Presentation and Other Information         HTML     24K 
                (Details)                                                        
59: R26         Long-Lived Assets (Narrative) (Details)             HTML     24K 
63: R27         Long-Lived Assets (Definite-lived Intangibles)      HTML    115K 
                (Details)                                                        
28: R28         Long-Lived Assets (Definite-lived Intangibles       HTML     26K 
                Amortization) (Details)                                          
27: R29         Long-Lived Assets (Goodwill) (Details)              HTML     39K 
30: R30         Long-Lived Assets (Investments in Nonconsolidated   HTML     33K 
                Affiliates) (Details)                                            
31: R31         Long-Lived Assets (Long-Lived Assets Disposals)     HTML     34K 
                (Details)                                                        
33: R32         Long-Term Debt (Debt Additions and Repayments)      HTML     36K 
                (Details)                                                        
19: R33         Long-Term Debt (Schedule of Long-Term Debt)         HTML     43K 
                (Details)                                                        
57: R34         Long-Term Debt (Future Maturities of Long-Term      HTML     47K 
                Debt) (Details)                                                  
38: R35         Long-Term Debt (Senior Notes) (Details)             HTML     55K 
40: R36         Long-Term Debt (Schedule of Debt Interest Expense)  HTML     31K 
                (Details)                                                        
22: R37         Fair Value Measurements (Assets Measured on a       HTML     23K 
                Recurring Basis) (Details)                                       
65: R38         Fair Value Measurements (Narrative) (Details)       HTML     36K 
15: R39         Commitments and Contingent Liabilities (Details)    HTML     22K 
34: R40         Certain Relationships and Related-Party             HTML     32K 
                Transactions (Details)                                           
60: R41         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     38K 
21: R42         Equity (Equity and Redeemable Noncontrolling        HTML    112K 
                Interests) (Details)                                             
26: R43         Equity (Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income      HTML     41K 
                (Loss)) (Details)                                                
29: R44         Equity (Earnings per Share) (Details)               HTML     50K 
36: R45         Equity (Antidilutive Securities Excluded from       HTML     29K 
                Computation of Earnings per Share) (Details)                     
18: R46         Stock-Based Compensation (Details)                  HTML     43K 
23: R47         Segment Data (Narrative) (Details)                  HTML     22K 
16: R48         Segment Data (Details)                              HTML     84K 
64: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML     92K 
17: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    200K 
25: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports (.xls)            XLS   1.76M 
 9: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- lyv-20140630                        XML   2.62M 
11: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- lyv-20140630_cal                XML    196K 
12: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- lyv-20140630_def                 XML    465K 
13: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- lyv-20140630_lab                      XML   1.25M 
14: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- lyv-20140630_pre               XML    714K 
10: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- lyv-20140630                          XSD    125K 
43: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001335258-14-000106-xbrl      Zip    202K

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