AMC to screen live concerts through Arena One partnership

People walk past an AMC theatre in Manhattan in New York City, U.S., February 25, 2025. Jeenah Moon | Reuters AMC Theatres is bringing live concerts to the big screen. The world's largest theater company has partnered with Arena One, a live entertainment technology company, to bring real-time concert events to theatrical audiences. AMC has been at the forefront of theatrical music content in recent years, most notably distributing Taylor Swift's "Eras Tour" and Beyonce's "Renaissance" filmed concerts. The new partnership marks something of a bridge between a scheduled screening and a simulcast event — and offers customers a fresh reason to go out to the movies. The in-theater concerts will use technology to connect the musical artist with moviegoers, transmitting sound from audiences around the country back to the performer. The stage is engineered with cameras and spatial audio capture to bring performances from the arena to the cinema in real time. "We built a cinematic stage optimized to translate seamlessly to cinemas, but artists are defining what it becomes," said Peter Hamilton, CEO of Arena One, in a statement. "They're not adapting tours; they're building something new. That's when a medium sparks reinvention." The partnership, which was announced Tuesday during AMC's quarterly earnings call, will launch in June with artists including Bebe Rexha, Paris Hilton and Maren Morris. More than 300 AMC locations in 89 markets across the U.S. …