Live performance big Dwell Nation Leisure has printed its monetary outcomes for This fall (ended December 31) and full 12 months 2021.
Inside the submitting, the corporate experiences quarterly revenues of $2.7 billion throughout all divisions, together with concert events, ticketing and promoting & sponsorship.
The agency’s annual revenues topped $6.3 billion, with Dwell Nation President and CEO Michael Rapino telling buyers this week that he believes that, “that is simply the beginning of what would be the strongest multi-year interval ever for the live performance business”.
Dwell Nation’s quarterly revenues of $2.7 billion eclipsed the $237.3 million reported in the identical quarter in 2020, when only a few exhibits had been happening globally because of the pandemic.
The agency’s This fall concert events revenues soared to $2.04 billion, up from $178.4 million within the prior 12 months quarter.
Writing to buyers, Rapino mentioned that, “the 12 months began within the midst of the pandemic, however by summer time followers had been returning to exhibits, and by the tip of the 12 months, we had a document pipeline of concert events, ticket gross sales and promoting commitments for 2022”.
He added: “The previous two years have solely strengthened the ability of reside music, and it’s been nice to see artists and followers reconnecting at scale around the globe.”
Throughout the total 12 months, Dwell Nation’s whole revenues noticed progress of $4.5 billion YoY to achieve $6.3 billion, versus $1.8 billion in FY 2020.
A more in-depth have a look at the agency’s full 12 months outcomes reveals that its Live shows enterprise contributed $4.7 billion to that $6.3 billion whole (see under).
Dwell Nation’s Live shows income was up by $3.3 billion YoY, from $1.4 billion in FY 2020.
The agency’s Ticketing enterprise, in the meantime, generated $1.1 billion in 2021, versus £188.4 million in FY 2020.
Dwell Nation generated $411.9 million from Sponsorship and Promoting in 2021, a rise of $208.2 million YoY, in comparison with $203.7 million in 2020.
Dwell Nation experiences that it placed on over 17,000 concert events for 35 million followers in 2021, primarily within the US and UK.
Within the remaining 5 months of the 12 months, within the US and UK, Dwell Nation experiences to have had over 15 million followers attend its outside occasions at festivals, stadiums, and amphitheaters, practically 25% increased than throughout the identical interval in 2019 (the 12 months earlier than the pandemic).
Trying to the remainder of 2022, Dwell Nation says that for live performance ticket gross sales, by means of mid-February, it has already offered 45 million tickets for exhibits this 12 months, up 45% (see under) from this level in 2019.
Moreover, Dwell Nation says that it already has eight artists who’ve offered over 500,000 tickets for his or her excursions this 12 months, together with Unhealthy Bunny, Dua Lipa and Billie Eilish.
Michael Rapino instructed buyers that, “with the power in ticket gross sales, not surprisingly, we’re seeing each main indicator for 2022 up relative to 2019, reinforcing our confidence that we’ll have a document 12 months in 2022 that units us up for progress over the subsequent a number of years”.
Rapino additionally famous that Dwell Nation’s acquisition of its 51% stake in OCESA helps to speed up its progress this 12 months and offers the agency “fast scale in Mexico and establishes one other path into the broader Latin American market”.
“I imagine that is simply the beginning of what would be the strongest multi-year interval ever for the live performance business.”
Michael Rapino
Added Rapino: “Wanting on the main indicators, beginning with confirmed present depend by means of February, we’re up 30% relative to 2019 throughout our giant venue exhibits, for stadium, amphitheater, enviornment and competition occasions.
“And followers are coming to the exhibits – our most up-to-date information over the previous month signifies no-show charges at our concert events within the U.S. are again to 2019 ranges, eliminating any lingering questions on the resiliency of fan demand.
“Taking this sturdy pipeline and mixing it with our extra environment friendly value construction, I anticipate 2022 to ship document monetary efficiency total and for every division.
“The 2 12 months watch for artists and followers is over. By no means have the tailwinds to our enterprise been so sturdy, and I imagine that is simply the beginning of what would be the strongest multi-year interval ever for the live performance business.”
On the the tip of This fall (as of December 31, 2021), Dwell Nation had whole money and money equivalents of $4.9 billion, which incorporates $1.3 billion in ticketing shopper money and $1.5 billion in free money.
This free money, together with $569.9 million of accessible debt capability, offers the corporate $2.1 billion of accessible liquidity.
The corporate says that it believes this stage of liquidity will present it with the runway it wants as extra exhibits returns.
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