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Global Report Surveying 40,000 People Finds Live Music Is the World's Favorite Form of Entertainment
Live Nation, the global leader in live entertainment, today released Living for Live — its largest global report to date — revealing that live music has overtaken sports, film, and even sex as the world's top form of entertainment.
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