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Monday, August 14, 2006

BurnLounge and Live Nation Team Up to Bring Music Fans Exclusive VIP Concert Program

BurnLounge and Live Nation Team Up to Bring Music Fans Exclusive VIP Concert Program

Deal Provides BurnLounge Community With Unique Access to Live Nation Concert Venues Nationwide

NEW YORK, Aug. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- BurnLounge, the world's first community-powered digital music service, today announced an exclusive deal with Live Nation (NYSE:LYV), one of the world's leading live event companies.

Under the terms, BurnLounge VIPs will have access to special privileges and amenities at select Live Nation amphitheatres, clubs and VIP rooms around the country. In addition, BurnLounge will offer live data feeds from LiveNation, which will include information on events and links to purchase concert tickets.

"We are committed to offering the BurnLounge community unprecedented access to the music industry on a number of levels. For live events, it was a natural fit to team with Live Nation," said Ryan Dadd, President of BurnLounge. "This relationship benefits our community by getting them special access to venues and their VIP rooms, but it also provides BurnLounge with incredible visibility to thousands of concertgoers in key markets."

"We are excited to offer these special benefits to the passionate music fans of the BurnLounge community," said Live Nation President and Chief Executive Officer of Global Venues and Alliances, Bruce Eskowitz. "We look forward to welcoming them in our venues across the country."

BurnLounge is a unique service that provides fans with proprietary software and an expansive catalog of music from major and independent record labels, enabling them to create and sell music to peers from their own digital music stores. Additionally, the service empowers record labels and artists with an innovative platform to promote their music by exposing their work to the dynamic BurnLounge community. Music fans and platinum-selling artists alike have launched their own BurnLounge stores including, Kanye West, KISS, Good Charlotte, Hootie and the Blowfish, James Brown, Willie Nelson and many more.

About BurnLounge

BurnLounge is the first, next-generation, community-powered digital music service enabling music fans to discover and enjoy music, as well as operate their own digital music stores and evangelize the music they love. Through this innovative model, BurnLounge provides record labels and artists with a new fan-driven promotional channel. For additional information, please visit www.BurnLounge.com

About Live Nation

Live Nation is a leading live event and venue management company focused on creating superior experiences for artists, performers, corporations and fans. Live Nation owns, operates and/or has booking rights for 153 venues worldwide and produced more than 29,500 events in 2005. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Live Nation is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, trading under the symbol "LYV." For more information regarding Live Nation and its businesses, please visit the company's website at www.livenation.com

Venue List

Amphitheaters:
Chastain Park Amphitheatre, Atlanta, GA
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Charlotte, NC
Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Houston, TX
Hyundai Pavilion at Glen Helen, San Bernardino, CA
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Irvine, CA
Sound Advice Amphitheatre, West Palm Beach, FL
Starwood Amphitheater, Antioch, TN
Alltel Pavilion at Walnut Creek, Raleigh, NC
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Selma, TX
Ford Amphitheater, Tampa, FL
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Virginia Beach, VA

Clubs:
The Tabernacle, Atlanta, GA
Verizon Wireless Theatre, Houston, TX
The Wiltern LG, Los Angeles, CA
The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA

Source: BurnLounge

CONTACT: Ayn Allen of mPRm Public Relations, +1-323-933-3399,
aallen@mprm.com, for BurnLounge; or John Vlautin of Live Nation,
+1-310-867-7127, johnvlautin@livenation.com

Web site: http://www.burnlounge.com/
http://www.livenation.com/

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