When Times Are Tough American Bar Goers Rock Hard

When Times Are Tough American Bar Goers Rock Hard

Metallica Dominates Ecast BarPulse for September

NEW YORK, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Hard rock dominated this month's Ecast(R) BarPulse(TM) with Metallica's much anticipated comeback album dominating the chart.

With their first CD release in five years, Metallica's "Death Magnetic" took six spots on the September Ecast BarPulse -- a monthly ranking of new music played in bars across the country -- proving that the metal gods still reign large with fans. Also rocking hard on BarPulse is Buckcherry, one of Ecast's most popular modern rockers, taking the number four spot with their "Too Drunk" single from their new album "Black Butterfly."

Nonetheless, it wasn't All-Metal-Month in bars and nightclubs: R&B and Hip Hop made strong showings, with Ne-Yo's "Miss Independent" and "Closer" from the artist's new album "Year of the Gentleman" scoring number 2 and number 10 on the chart, and Kanye West's radio hit "Love Lockdown" coming in at number 5.

September 2008 Ecast BarPulse

Rank Track Artist Album Label
1 The Day That
Never Comes Metallica Death Magnetic Warner Bros.
2 Miss Independent Ne-Yo Year of the
Gentleman Def Jam
3 The Unforgiven III Metallica Death Magnetic Warner Bros.
4 Too Drunk... Buckcherry Black Butterfly 11-7
Recording
Corporation/
Atlantic
5 Love Lockdown Kanye West Love Lockdown (single) Roc-A-Fella
Records
6 All Nightmare Long Metallica Death Magnetic Warner Bros.
7 That Was Just
Your Life Metallica Death Magnetic Warner Bros.
8 Cyanide Metallica Death Magnetic Warner Bros.
9 Broken, Beat &
Scarred Metallica Death Magnetic Warner Bros.
10 Closer Ne-Yo Year of the Gentleman Def Jam
Courtesy: Ecast, Inc.

"Metal fans, like all real music enthusiasts, are hard core -- they want to hear the entire album not just the radio single -- and you can see that reflected in our BarPulse findings," said Lisa Tiver, senior vice president business affairs, Ecast. "Whenever possible, Ecast adds entire album content, giving fans access to every track and thereby promoting visibility to an entire body of work."

About Ecast

Ecast is the leader in place-based interactive media. Its hospitality network delivers digital music, games, entertainment, information and interactive advertising to more than 10,000 bars, restaurants and nightclubs across the United States. Leveraging the personal impact of touch combined with the interactivity and targeting of the Internet, Ecast brings unsurpassed consumer engagement to out-of-home markets. The Ecast EQ(TM) product for the bar and nightclub market dramatically changes how consumers interact with in-venue entertainment. With the launch of Ecast IQ(TM), Ecast is expanding its placed-based interactive media into a broad range of markets including retail, hotel, medical and sports arenas. For more information, please visit www.ecastnetwork.com.

BarPulse is a trademark of Ecast, Inc.
Ecast is a registered trademark of Ecast, Inc.
All other trade names are the property of their respective owners.

This release is available on the KCSA Strategic Communications site at www.kcsa.com.

CONTACT INFO:

Anne Donohoe/Charlotte Maumus
KCSA Strategic Communications
(212) 896-1261 / (212) 896-1269
adonohoe@kcsa.com / cmaumus@kcsa.com

Source: Ecast

CONTACT: Anne Donohoe, +1-212-896-1261, adonohoe@kcsa.com, or Charlotte
Maumus, +1-212-896-1269, cmaumus@kcsa.com, both of KCSA Strategic
Communications for Ecast

Web Site: http://www.ecastnetwork.com/

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