WME gears up for huge return to live

The major agency is seeing double-digit growth in its bookings compared to the pre-pandemic era, according to Endeavor execs

WME's Eric Church is touring the US this autumn © Townsquare Media (CC BY 2.0)

Powerhouse agency WME is expecting a boom period for the company as live entertainment resumes, with bookings well above where they were even in the pre-coronavirus era, CEO Ari Emanuel has said.

Speaking yesterday (16 August) during parent company Endeavor’s Q2 2021 earnings call, Emanuel, who took Endeavor public earlier this year, explained: “Our WME bookings for the second half of 2021 are double digits over where they were at the same point in 2019, the most recent non-Covid-impacted year.”

Endeavor CFO Jason…

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