The first day of the Billboard Live Music Summit concluded with the Billboard Live Music Awards on Tuesday at the Montage in Beverly Hills. With comedian Roy Wood Jr. handling the hosting duties, some of the biggest names in the music industry were celebrated and took home awards.
The night's highest honor went to recent Billboard cover star John Mayer, who took home the Legend of Live Award for his extensive touring career and ongoing contributions to the industry. In his acceptance speech, Mayer told the audience that he manages to get the job done thanks to the friends that he's working with while on the road, saying they eventually become his family. He closed out the ceremony with a standing ovation from the audience.
Other honorees for the evening included Shawn Mendes, who accepted the inaugural artist of the year award; Live Nation's Kelly Stelbasky, receiving the inaugural Chip Hooper award; and first-ever comedian of the year Sebastian Maniscalco.
Big award winners for the evening also included Post Malone, Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran. Post edged out Cardi B and Maluma for the breakthrough artist award, Swift won the top U.S. tour award and Sheeran was the top world tour winner.
See the full list of winners below.
Breakthrough Artist:
Maluma
Cardi B
Post Malone - WINNER
Top World Tour:
Beyoncé & Jay-Z
Ed Sheeran - WINNER
Taylor Swift
Top U.S. Tour:
Beyoncé & Jay-Z
Ed Sheeran
Taylor Swift - WINNER
Top Tour & Top Draw:
Beyoncé & Jay-Z
Ed Sheeran - WINNER
Taylor Swift
Top Comedy Tour:
Kevin Hart - WINNER
Sebastian Maniscalco
Chris Rock
Top Festival:
Life is Beautiful Festival
Lollapalooza Brazil
Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival - WINNER
Top Agency:
CAA - WINNER
Paradigm
WME
Concert Marketing and Promotion:
Travis Scott x Red Bull, Lyft, Snapchat + American Express for the ASTROWORLD Album & Tour Launch
Marshmello x Bumble
Khalid x Hollister - WINNER
Top Manager:
Andrew Gertler
Sharon Osbourne
Dre London - WINNER
Top Arena
The Forum, Inglewood, Calif.
Madison Square Garden, New York - WINNER
O2 Arena, London
Top Venue (Under 10,000 Seats):
Auditorio Nacional, Mexico City
Radio City Music Hall, New York - WINNER
Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas
Top Venue (Under 5.000 Seats):
The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas - WINNER
Fox Theatre, Atlanta
Orpheum Theatre, Minneapolis
Top Club (Under 2,000 Capacity):
9:30 Club, Washington, D.C.
Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn - WINNER
The Showroom at the Flamingo, Las Vegas
Top Amphitheater:
Greek Theatre, Los Angeles
Hearst Greek Theatre, Berkeley
Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles - WINNER
Top Promoters:
AEG
Frontier Touring Group
Live Nation - WINNER
Top Independent Promoter:
Another Planet Entertainment
OCESA-CIE - WINNER
T4F-Time For Fun
Top Boxscore:
Ed Sheeran
Wembley Stadium, London
June 14 – 17, 2018 (4 shows)
Taylor Swift
MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, N.J.
July 20 – 22, 2018 (2 shows)
U2 - WINNER
Estadio do Morumbi, Sao Paolo, Brazil
Oct. 19 – 25, 2017 (4 shows)
