Hastings Entertainment to Announce Results for Second Quarter of Fiscal Year 2005 on August 22, 2005

Hastings Entertainment to Announce Results for Second Quarter of Fiscal Year 2005 on August 22, 2005

AMARILLO, Texas, Aug. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hastings Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ:HAST), a leading multimedia entertainment superstore retailer, will announce financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2005 via a press release issued before the market opens on Monday, August 22, 2005.

About Hastings

Founded in 1968, Hastings Entertainment, Inc. is a leading multimedia entertainment retailer that combines the sale of books, music, software, periodicals, new and used DVDs, videos and video games with the rental of videos, DVDs and video games in a superstore format. We currently operate 153 superstores, averaging approximately 20,000 square feet, primarily in small to medium-sized markets throughout the United States.

We also operate http://www.gohastings.com/ , an e-commerce Internet Web site that makes available to our customers new and used entertainment products and unique, contemporary gifts and toys. The site features exceptional product and pricing offers. The Investor Relations section of our Web site contains press releases, a link to request financial and other literature and access to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which include officer certifications filed as exhibits to interim and annual filings.

Source: Hastings Entertainment, Inc.

CONTACT: Dan Crow, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of
Hastings Entertainment, Inc., +1-806-677-1402

Web site: http://www.gohastings.com/

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