M&A Deal Summary

Live Nation Acquires BDG Music Group UAB

On June 19, 2013, Live Nation acquired media company BDG Music Group UAB

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Live Nation’s 17th transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Live Nation’s 1st transaction in Lithuania.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2013-06-19
Target BDG Music Group UAB
Sector Media
Buyer(s) Live Nation
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

BDG Music Group UAB

Vilnius, Lithuania
BDG Music Group UAB is a concert promotion company. BDG Music has produced more than 50 shows in the Baltics and sold more than 200,000 tickets.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Live Nation

Beverly Hills, California, United States
Category Company
Founded 2005
Sector Media
Employees14,700
Revenue 22.7B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Live Nation's headquarters in Beverly Hills, California.
Entrance to Live Nation's headquarters in Beverly Hills, California.

Live Nation is a live entertainment company. Live Nation produces live music concerts; owns, operates, has exclusive booking rights for or has an equity interest in 148 venues, including House of Blues music venues and locations such as The Fillmore in San Francisco, the Hollywood Palladium, the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam and The O2 Dublin; provides ticketing sales and marketing services; and provides artist management services. Live Nation was formed in 2005 and is based in Beverly Hills, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 22 of 45
Sector (Media) 17 of 35
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 20 of 38
Country (Lithuania) 1 of 1
Year (2013) 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-05-20 Live Nation Lushington Hong Kong

Pokfulam, China

Live Nation Lushington is a promoter live concerts in Hong Kong and Singapore .

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-10-24 Voodoo Music Experience

Austin, Texas, United States

Voodoo Music Experience LLC (Voodoo Music & Arts Experience) is a provider of music festival it has hosted a wide range of artists from Metallica and Red Hot Chili Peppers to Neil Young and Skrillex.

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