{"id":2200435,"date":"2026-10-15T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2200435"},"modified":"2026-10-15T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T14:00:00","slug":"weezer-to-receive-legend-of-live-award-at-2026-billboard-live-music-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2200435","title":{"rendered":"Weezer to Receive Legend of Live Award at 2026 Billboard Live Music Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tWeezer will receive the Legend of Live award at the 2026 Billboard Live Music Summit, Billboard<\/em> announced Thursday (Oct. 15). In addition, the Grammy-winning band will appear in conversation with Billboard<\/em> co-chief content officer Jason Lipshutz at the Nov. 10 event.<\/p>\n

\n\tRecognizing artists who have made lasting, significant contributions to the live music and concert touring business, past Legend of Live recipients include Usher, John Mayer, George Strait, Journey, Rush, Ozzy Osbourne and Elton John.<\/p>\n

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\n\tAlso on Thursday, Billboard<\/em> announced the latest programming for the Billboard Live Music Summit Presented by VENU, taking place Tuesday, Nov. 10, at the 1 Hotel West Hollywood. Madison Square Garden Entertainment president Josephine Vaccarello \u2014 Billboard<\/em>\u2019s 2026 Touring Executive of the Year \u2014 will speak with Billboard<\/em> senior correspondent Kristin Robinson for a live taping of the Billboard On The Record<\/em> podcast. CAA\u2019s Shirin Nury, IAG\u2019s Jarred Arfa, TBA\u2019s Josh Mulder, THE\u00b7TEAM\u2019s Kevin Shivers, UTA\u2019s Jbeau Lewis and WME\u2019s Robby Fraser will discuss the agency sector and Another Planet Entertainment\u2019s Allen Scott, C3 Presents\u2019 Huston Powell, Dreamshop Management\u2019s Heather Kolker, Goldenvoice\u2019s Melissa Ormond and ROAM\u2019s Jeremy Shpizner will discuss the state of the festival market. Billboard<\/em> co-chief content officer Leila Cobo will moderate a conversation about international touring with leaders including Live Nation\u2019s Nidhish Varughese and OCESA\u2019s Memo Parra.<\/p>\n

\n\tWeezer and the new lineup of executives join previously announced Outstanding Pop Tour of the Year recipient Hilary Duff, who will sit down for an exclusive conversation at the event. Both the summit and awards have been programmed by Billboard<\/em> senior editor Eric Renner Brown. This year, Billboard<\/em> will also host a pre-summit opening reception on Monday, Nov. 9, sponsored by THE\u00b7TEAM, exclusively for badge holders, with more details to be announced in coming weeks.<\/p>\n

\n\tWeezer just wrapped the North American leg of The Gathering Tour, which kicked off last month in Sacramento, California, with support acts Silversun Pickups, The Shins and Taking Back Sunday and ended Oct. 11 in Orlando, Florida. The arena tour promoted their Aug. 21-released self-titled Gold Album \u2014 the band\u2019s 20th album \u2014 which arrived in the top 40 of the all-genre Billboard 200 chart (No. 35) and top 10 on Top Rock Albums (No. 6).<\/p>\n

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\n\tSponsors for the 2026 Live Music Summit Presented by VENU include AEG Presents, Moody Center, Tacoma Dome, THE\u00b7TEAM and Allegiant Stadium.<\/p>\n

\n\tTickets are on sale now for the Live Music Summit Presented by VENU, returning Nov. 10 to 1 Hotel West Hollywood. The event will bring together top executives, artists and innovators from across the live entertainment industry for panels, networking opportunities and a special awards ceremony.<\/p>\n

\n\tLast fall, the Billboard Live Music Summit took over the 1 Hotel on Nov. 3, 2025. The day was highlighted by the Legend of Live Keynote panel with Usher, honored following his blockbuster Past Present Future Tour, which ran for 83 international concerts from 2024 to 2025. Latin superstar Rauw Alejandro also sat down for a Spotlight Conversation about his rise to 2025\u2019s Cosa Nuestra Tour, which grossed $91.7 million across spring and summer legs in North America and Europe before heading to South America and Mexico.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/weezer-press-2026-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Weezer will receive the Legend of Live award at the 2026 Billboard Live Music Summit, Billboard announced Thursday (Oct. 15). In addition, the Grammy-winning band will appear in conversation with Billboard co-chief content officer Jason Lipshutz at the Nov. 10 event. Recognizing artists who have made lasting, significant contributions […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,226],"class_list":["post-2200435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-billboard-com","tag-crawlmanager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2200435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2200435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2200435\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2200435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2200435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2200435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}