Live Nation acquires Latin promoter Planet Events
Madrid-based Planet Events, the leading Latin concert and festival promoter in Spain, joins Live Nation as it aligns with Planet's former owner, media giant Prisa
News By | 6 February 2019
Live Nation has acquired a majority stake in Planet Events, the leading concert promoter of Latin artists in Spain.
Prisa – a major Spanish-language media conglomerate whose properties include El País, Spain’s newspaper of record, and Los40, its most popular radio station – retains a minority stake in Planet Events, and the two companies have established a “strategic union” that gives Live Nation Barcelona the “opportunity to reach new audiences in the region”, according to Live Nation.
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