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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE TO
(Rule 14d-100)

TENDER OFFER STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14(d)(1) OR 13(e)(1) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

LIVE NATION ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
(Name of Subject Company (Issuer))

LIBERTY MEDIA CORPORATION
(Name of Filing Person (Offeror))

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
(Title of Class of Securities)

538034109
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

Charles Y. Tanabe
Liberty Media Corporation
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
12300 Liberty Boulevard
Englewood, Colorado 80112
(720) 875-5400		   Copies to:
Robert W. Murray Jr.
Baker Botts L.L.P.
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, New York 10112-4498
(212) 408-2500
(Name, address, and telephone numbers of person authorized to receive notices and communications on behalf of filing persons)    

CALCULATION OF FILING FEE

 
Transaction Valuation
   Amount of Filing Fee
 
Not Applicable   Not Applicable
 
o
Check the box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was previously paid. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.

Amount Previously Paid:   Not applicable
Form or Registration No.:   Not applicable
Filing party:   Not applicable
Date filed:   Not applicable
ý
Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.

Check the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which the statement relates:

Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results of the tender offer: o

Item 12.    Exhibits.

Exhibit
Number 		  Description
  99.1   Press Release dated January 26, 2010.

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