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Bob Roux

President, U.S. Concerts, Live Nation Entertainment

President of Live Nation's U.S. Concerts division, overseeing a major part of the company's American promotion business.

Last updated 2026-09-13

In short

Bob Roux is President, U.S. Concerts at Live Nation Entertainment. Runs day-to-day American promotion for the largest concert company, across clubs, theatres, amphitheatres, arenas and festivals. Bob Roux is president of U.S.

Quick facts

Current role
President, U.S. Concerts
Organisation
Live Nation Entertainment
Primary category
Promotion
Known for
Leading Live Nation's U.S. Concerts division; Amphitheatre and arena promotion at national scale

Executive summary

Bob Roux is president of U.S. Concerts at Live Nation Entertainment, a role confirmed in the company's 2026 Form 10-K. That filing is the strongest available evidence for an executive title: it is a signed disclosure to the Securities and Exchange Commission rather than a press description.

The division he leads is where the company's American promotion business actually runs. Live Nation promotes across the full venue ladder — clubs, theatres, amphitheatres, arenas, stadiums and festivals — and the U.S. Concerts organisation is responsible for putting those shows on sale, staffing the buildings and absorbing the risk of the dates that do not sell.

His role also sits inside the period of intense legal and legislative attention to the company. Trade coverage through 2026 places the U.S. concerts business in the middle of that debate, because the conduct at issue concerns how promotion and ticketing interact in exactly the markets his division operates in.

Why Bob Roux matters in live music

Corporate strategy is set at the top of Live Nation, but the American concert calendar is executed one division below it. Decisions about how many amphitheatre dates a market can hold, what a club-level offer looks like and which tours are routed where are operational decisions with market-wide consequences.

For Live Index, that makes the U.S. Concerts presidency one of the most consequential operating roles in the industry — more directly connected to the supply of shows than any other single position.

Career record

  1. CurrentPresident of U.S. Concerts at Live Nation Entertainment, as confirmed in the company's 2026 Form 10-K.
  2. 2021Pollstar published a profile identifying him in the same role, providing the earlier trade record of the appointment.

Sphere of influence

Levels are categorical — Core, Major, Significant, Limited — and each is stated with the evidence it rests on. No numeric score is published, because none would be defensible.

Concert promotion
Core
Leads the United States concerts division of the largest concert promoter in the world.
Venues
Major
The division programmes and staffs shows across Live Nation's American venue ladder.
Festivals
Significant
United States festivals fall within the company's concerts business.
Ticketing
Limited
Ticketmaster reports as a separate segment; ticketing is not the U.S. Concerts division's remit.
Corporate strategy
Significant
A divisional presidency executes strategy set at group level rather than setting it.

Entity relationships

Current

  • Bob Roux is president of U.S. Concerts at Live Nation Entertainment.

  • Bob Roux reports within the company led by Michael Rapino.

  • Bob Roux leads the division whose shows are ticketed through Ticketmaster.

    Ticketmaster is a separate reporting segment within the same corporate parent.

Timeline

  1. 2021Pollstar profile identifies him as president of U.S. Concerts.
  2. 2026Role confirmed in Live Nation Entertainment's Form 10-K.
  3. 2026Trade coverage places the company's United States concerts business inside continuing antitrust and legislative attention.

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