{"id":869080,"date":"2025-08-30T05:11:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T10:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/30\/sphere-entertainment-stock-gains-for-second-week-spotify-shares-fall-to-13-below-all-time-high\/"},"modified":"2025-08-30T05:11:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T10:11:51","slug":"sphere-entertainment-stock-gains-for-second-week-spotify-shares-fall-to-13-below-all-time-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/30\/sphere-entertainment-stock-gains-for-second-week-spotify-shares-fall-to-13-below-all-time-high\/","title":{"rendered":"Sphere Entertainment Stock Gains for Second Week, Spotify Shares Fall to 13% Below All-Time\u00a0High"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainment <\/p>\n<div>\n<article id=\"post-1236055441\">\n<div>\n<header>\n<p>The Billboard Global Music Index fell 1.5% as a majority of music stocks lost ground in the week ended Aug. 29.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/header><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/las-vegas-sphere-2024-billboard-1800.jpg?w=942&#038;h=628&#038;crop=1\" alt=\"Entertainment Sphere lights up on December 08, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.\"   height width decoding=\"async\"><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption>\n<p><span class>Sphere lights up on December 08, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite>Ethan Miller\/Getty Images<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t<span>B<\/span>uzz surrounding the return of Dorothy, Tin Man, Scarecrow and Cowardly Lion may have helped make Sphere Entertainment Co. the best-performing music stock for the week ended Aug. 29. Sphere Entertainment shares rose 6.8% to $45.35 in an otherwise muted week for music stocks.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tOn Thursday, the Sphere venue in Las Vegas debuted \u2014 to both <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2025\/08\/29\/wizard-of-oz-sphere-las-vegas-best-moments\/85838131007\/\" target=\"_blank\">positive<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/columns\/the-wizard-of-oz-at-sphere-review-augmented-ai-technology-1236501765\/\" target=\"_blank\">negative<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/entertainment\/article\/wizard-oz-sphere-las-vegas-21017397.php\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">reviews<\/a> \u2014 its revamped version of the 1939 film <em>The Wizard of Oz<\/em>. The premiere was prefaced by a heavy national media campaign that showed both the love for the 1939 original film and curiosity about the state-of-the-art, multi-sensory venue. To date, Sphere had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2025\/08\/29\/wizard-of-oz-sphere-las-vegas-best-moments\/85838131007\/#:~:text=Though%20some%20may%20balk%20at%20the%20%24104,for%20showings%20scheduled%20(so%20far)%20through%20March.\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">sold 215,000 tickets<\/a> for <em>The Wizard of Oz<\/em> at over $100 apiece.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/business\/legal\/american-idol-music-supervisors-cause-of-death-revealed-1236051783\/\"><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kaye-Encino-Murders-Billboard-1548-1024.jpg?w=237&#038;h=147&#038;crop=1\" alt=\"Entertainment Los Angeles Police Department officials secure the home where Robin Kaye an \"American Idol\" music supervisor and her husband Thomas Deluca were found killed with gunshot wounds to the head on Tuesday, July 15, 2025 in Encino, CA.\" srcset data-lazy-sizes=\"auto\" height width decoding=\"async\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n\tSphere Entertainment shares have gained 13.7% in the last two weeks, turning a 5.1% year-to-date loss into a 6.8% gain this year. Aside from the attention gained by <em>The Wizard of Oz<\/em>, the venue has racked up some wins in recent months. The Sphere recently concluded a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/kenny-chesney\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/kenny-chesney\/\">Kenny Chesney<\/a> residency in June and will commence with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/zac-brown-band\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/zac-brown-band\/\">Zac Brown Band<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/country\/zac-brown-join-iconic-bands-ranks-new-album-sphere-shows-1236034165\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/country\/zac-brown-join-iconic-bands-ranks-new-album-sphere-shows-1236034165\/\">residency in December<\/a>. In addition, the venue added 14 additional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/backstreet-boys\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/backstreet-boys\/\">Backstreet Boys<\/a> performances to extend the group\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/media\/podcasts\/backstreet-boys-sphere-las-vegas-recap-pop-shop-podcast-1236052240\/\">well-received run<\/a> into February 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div data-pmc-adm-ad-id=\"10140328\">\n<h3>\n\t\t\tTrending on Billboard\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\tThe Billboard Global Music Index (BGMI), a float-adjusted index of 19 publicly traded music companies, fell 1.5% to 2,979.62 in its second consecutive weekly decline. (The index originally had 20 stocks, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/believe-bid-remaining-public-shares\/\">Believe was taken private<\/a> and no longer trades on the Euronext Paris exchange.) With a majority of music stocks in the red this week, the index\u2019s year-to-date gain dropped to 40.2%.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tU.S. indexes fell as core U.S. inflation, which excludes food and energy costs, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/08\/29\/pce-inflation-report-july-2025.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">rose to 2.9% in July<\/a>, the highest level since February. The Nasdaq composite fell 1.6% to 21,142.01 and the S&#038;P 500 dropped 0.1%. International indexes were mixed. The U.K.\u2019s FTSE 100 fell 1.4% to 9,187.34 but South Korea\u2019s KOSPI composite index rose 0.5% to 3,186.01 and China\u2019s Shanghai Composite Index improved 0.8% to 3,857.93.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\tOther than Sphere Entertainment, only three stocks had gains above 1%: Cumulus Media (up 6.3%), Anghami (up 4.1%) and MSG Entertainment (up 3.5%). Three of the most valuable music companies had gains of less than 1%: SiriusXM (up 0.8%), HYBE (up 0.5%) and Live Nation (up 0.5%).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\tWith most music stocks losing ground this week, the BGMI was dragged down by the losses of its three most valuable music companies. Spotify fell 1.5% to $682.34, taking the stock 13.1% below the all-time high of $785.00 set on June 27. Universal Music Group dropped 2.7%, bringing its year-to-date gain to 1.0%. And Tencent Music Entertainment sank 3.2% to $24.53, although a blistering first half of 2025 has helped put the stock up 120.0% this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\tTwo K-pop companies were among the week\u2019s worst performers. SM Entertainment fell 3.9% to 138,800 KRW ($99.82) and JYP Entertainment was down 5.6% to 72,700 KRW ($52.29). The biggest loser of the week was music streamer LiveOne, which fell 8.3% to $0.55 and extended its year-to-date loss to 59.9%.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ledger-08-29-25-1-1200.jpg?w=300\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ledger-08-29-25-1-1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ledger-08-29-25-1-1200.jpg?resize=300,256 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 100vw\" height=\"874\" width=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\" ><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite>Billboard<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ledger-08-29-25-2-1200.jpg?w=300\" alt 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