VH1 Gets 'Live & Loud' With Some of the Summer's Biggest Rock Tours Including Def Leppard and Poison, The Fray, Nickelback and Creed Beginning Friday, July 17

VH1 Gets 'Live & Loud' With Some of the Summer's Biggest Rock Tours Including Def Leppard and Poison, The Fray, Nickelback and Creed Beginning Friday, July 17

VH1 And LiveNation.com Present Exclusive Weekly Front-Row and Backstage Views of Tours

NEW YORK, July 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Beginning Friday, July 17 at 9 PM**, VH1 will debut "VH1 And LiveNation.com Present Live & Loud Fridays," a weekly exclusive look at some of the biggest concert tours currently rocking across the nation including Def Leppard and Poison, The Fray, Nickelback and Creed.

In partnership with Live Nation, VH1 will present a rare, music lover's perspective on these shows, delivering full, live performances of three songs from the tour featured in each episode. Each half-hour installment will also provide behind-the-scenes coverage of all of the activity that goes into a high-end show, from when the roadies first arrive at the venue to when the band steps on stage.

The series will also include interviews with the featured band at the venue, conducted by VH1's host Michele Merkin (host of ABC's "The Next Best Thing" and NBC's "Star of Tomorrow.")

-- Friday, July 17 Def Leppard/Poison
-- Friday, July 24 Nickelback
-- Friday, July 31 The Fray

-- Friday, August 7 Creed

"VH1 And LiveNation.com Present Live & Loud Fridays" will also present info on-screen about the tour and how viewers can get tickets to upcoming dates on that specific tour as well as other Live Nation tours by going to http://livenation.com/vh1.

"VH1 And LiveNation.com Present Live & Loud Fridays" will be produced by Michael Dempsey for Dempsey Productions and Lee Rolontz and Rick Krim for VH1.

** All times ET/PT

About VH1

VH1 connects viewers to the music, artists and pop culture that matter to them most with TV series, specials, live events, exclusive online content and public affairs initiatives. VH1 is available in 95 million households in the U.S. VH1 also has an array of digital channels and services including VH1Classic, VH1 Soul, VH1 Mobile, VH1Games and extensive broadband video on VH1.com. Connect with VH1 at VH1.com.

ABOUT LIVE NATION

Live Nation's mission is to maximize the live concert experience. Our core business is producing, marketing and selling live concerts for artists via our global concert pipe. Live Nation is the largest producer of live concerts in the world, annually producing over 22,000 concerts for 1,600 artists in 33 countries. During 2008, the company sold over 50 million concert tickets and drove over 70 million unique visitors to LiveNation.com. Live Nation is transforming the concert business by expanding its concert platform into ticketing and building the industry's first artist-to-fan vertically integrated concert platform. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, California and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, trading under the symbol LYV. For additional information about the company, please visit www.livenation.com/investors.

PRESS CONTACTS:

Surayyah McCarthy/VH1 Jake Slane/VH1
212/846-8433 310/752-8370
Surayyah.McCarthy@vh1.comJake.Slane@vh1.com

Source: VH1

CONTACT: Surayyah McCarthy, VH1, +1-212-846-8433,
Surayyah.McCarthy@vh1.com, or Jake Slane, VH1, +1-310-752-8370,
Jake.Slane@vh1.com

Web Site: http://www.vh1.com/

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