Industry Noize: LN Acquires Full Japan Stake

Live Nation Japan was established in 2012 and has since promoted a number of large-scale concerts by Japanese and international artists in Japan, including Lady Gaga, Nickelback, Jin Akanishi and Infinite.

The company, under the management of Frank Takeshita, successfully promoted a number of Japanese acts overseas, including girl group Perfume, Vamps and violinist Taro Hakase.

The first major concert the newly reformed LVJ will promote is Lady Gaga’s artRAVE: the ARTPOP Ball Aug. 13 at QVC Marine Field in a Tokyo suburb.

“As we continue to expand our global network, we wanted to assume full ownership of Live Nation Japan,” said Alan Ridgeway, Live Nation Entertainment’s president of international and emerging markets. “Although we still expect to work together on some projects, this allows Live Nation to pursue our own interests and work with a variety of partners.”

Takeshita has left Creativeman to take on the full-time job of managing director of Live Nation Japan. He has been in the music business for 25 years, having previously worked at Warner Music, Zomba/Jive, BMG and JVC.

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