GLOBAL ASSEMBLY: Bringing the international venue view to Pollstar Live! 2020 were (from left) Brian Kabatznick of Oak View Group, John Boyle of Live Nation Japan, Michael Brill of D.Live, Ashish Hemrajani of BookMyShow, Lucy Noble of Royal Albert Hall and James Taylor of Wembley Stadium. (Black Coffee Productions) Greater growth, greater opportunity, greater change: Oak View Group CEO and co-founder Tim Leiweke told the Pollstar Live! 2020 audience he sees all of that ahead for the live industry as he kicked off the official programming for the event Feb. 4 in Los Angeles. Leiweke added that the old fears of the live business not developing enough new artists to sustain the arena and stadium business have been proved false. “We’re going through an amazing period of time where we’re seeing artists start at a theater and go into an arena in the course of one tour,” Leiweke said. (OVG… Continue Reading Pollstar Live!: Inside Venue Talk From the Conference

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