Revenue jumped 22% with help from the company's See Tickets acquisition and its investment in France Billet.
The radio company's digital business, which includes podcasts, was up 16% while its broadcast segment fell 4%.
Tours by TVXQ and Minho also helped push concert revenue up 58% in the first quarter.
With gains in event-related deferred revenue and tickets sold for future events, Live Nation expects a double-digit increase in adjusted operating income in 2025.
The company also announced a $273 million dividend and a $1 billion share repurchase program.
Technology "enables our folks to create more, better and faster," said CEO Bob Pittman on Thursday's earnings call for the radio giant, which saw a 5.8% revenue increase in Q3.
Releases by Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan, subscription revenue gains and lower costs led to revenue growth and improved margins for the music giant.
“Subscriber growth is the biggest driver of the year-over-year growth rates we see at UMG,” said CFO Boyd Muir.
First-quarter revenue was down 12.1% year over year and was the lowest mark in two years.
"Slightly higher churn" from the impact of auto sales in the first quarter overshadowed the company's revenue, which beat analysts' expectations.
