Live Nation Gives Away the Ultimate Concert Access Pass on Twitter - Winner Gets Access to Every Single Concert in Every Live Nation Venue for One Year

Live Nation Gives Away the Ultimate Concert Access Pass on Twitter - Winner Gets Access to Every Single Concert in Every Live Nation Venue for One Year

ALSO 38 ULTIMATE LOCAL VENUE PASSES TO BE GIVEN AWAY, GUARANTEEING ACCESS TO EVERY SHOW AT A LIVE NATION VENUE OF WINNER'S CHOICE

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Live Nation announced today that for the rest of August it's giving concert fans a chance to win a golden ticket - Live Nation's Ultimate Concert Access Pass - which allows the winner and a guest to attend any and every show at any and every Live Nation owned and operated venue across North America for 1 year, beginning January 1, 2010.* Additionally, Live Nation's also giving away 38 Ultimate Local Venue Passes will be given away in 38 cities across North America, giving winning fans and a guest access to every concert at one Live Nation owned and operated venue of their choosing for an entire year.*

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The Twitter sweepstakes will be held on Live Nation's national and local Twitter pages beginning on August 4th and running through August 31st. Fans can enter Live Nation's Ultimate Concert Access Pass sweepstakes, and each market's Ultimate Local Venue Pass sweepstakes, once a day every day to increase their chances of winning.

In addition to the Ultimate Access Passes, fans can win a variety of daily prizes including concert tickets, artist merchandise, parking upgrades and concessions discounts which will be awarded every weekday in August. Instructions to win daily prizes will be announced on Live Nation's national and local Twitter pages each weekday.

To enter the Ultimate Concert Access Pass Sweepstakes:
1) Follow @LiveNation on twitter
2) Send a tweet to @LiveNation and include the hashtag
#LiveNationUltimateAccess
Example tweet:
Please @LiveNation! I want #LiveNationUltimateAccess!

To enter the Ultimate Local Venue Pass Sweepstakes:
1) Follow your local Live Nation twitter page (visit
www.livenation.com/ultimateaccess for a map of participating cities)
Example: @LiveNationNYC
@LiveNationChicago
2) Send a tweet to your local Live Nation twitter page and include the
hashtag #LiveNationUltimateAccess
Example tweet:
Please @LiveNationNYC! I want #LiveNationUltimateAccess

Please visit www.livenation.com/ultimateaccess to find and follow the local Live Nation Twitter page nearest you.

Participating cities and venues for the Ultimate Local Venue Pass Sweepstakes include:

Market: Albany / Saratoga, NY
Twitter Handle: http://twitter.com/LiveNationtoga
Venue: Saratoga Performing Arts Center

Market: Albuquerque, NM
Twitter Handle: http://www.twitter.com/journalpavilion
Venue: Journal Pavilion

Market: Atlanta, GA
Twitter Handle: www.twitter.com/LiveNationatl
Venue: The Tabernacle, Lakewood Amphitheatre

Market: Bay Area (San Francisco), CA
Twitter Handle: www.twitter.com/LiveMusicSF
Venue: Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain Winery, Sleep Train Pavilion at
Concord, Fillmore San Francisco

Market: Birmingham, AL
Twitter Handle: www.twitter.com/LiveNational
Venue: Verizon Wireless Music Center Birmingham

Market: British Columbia
Twitter Handle: http://twitter.com/LiveNationwest
Venue: The Commodore

Market: Buffalo, NY
Twitter Handle: http://twitter.com/LivenNationbuff
Venue: Darien Lake Performance Arts Center

Market: Carolinas (North & South)
Twitter Handle: http://www.twitter.com/LiveNationNCSC
Venue: Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Charlotte, Walnut Creek Amphitheater,
House of Blues Myrtle Beach

Market: Chicago, IL
Twitter Handle: http://twitter.com/LiveNationIL
Venue: Charter One Pavilion, First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, House of
Blues Chicago

Market: Cincinnati, OH
Twitter Handle: http://twitter.com/LiveNationCinci
Venue: Bogart's Showcase Club, Taft Theatre

Market: Cleveland, OH
Twitter Handle: www.twitter.com/LiveNationclv
Venue: The Plain Dealer Pavilion, Time Warner Cable Amphitheatre at Tower
City, Blossom Music Center, House of Blues Cleveland

Market: Columbus, OH
Twitter Handle: www.twitter.com/LiveNationcbus
Venue: Blossom Music Center

Market: Dallas, TX
Twitter Handle: http://www.twitter.com/LiveNationDAL
Venue: SuperPages.com, House of Blues Dallas

Market: Washington DC
Twitter Handle: www.twitter.com/LiveNationdc
Venue: Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge

Market: Denver, CO
Twitter Handle: http://www.twitter.com/LiveNationCO
Venue: Fillmore Denver, Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre

Market: Detroit, MI
Twitter Handle: http://www.twitter.com/LiveNationdet
Venue: Fillmore Detroit (formerly State Theatre), St. Andrew's Hall

Market: Hartford, CT
Twitter Handle: http://www.twitter.com/LiveNationct
Venue: New England Dodge Music Center, Chevrolet Theatre

Market: Houston, TX
Twitter Handle: http://www.twitter.com/LiveNationHOU
Venue: Verizon Theatre

Market: Indianapolis, IN
Twitter Handle: http://www.twitter.com/LiveNationin
Venue: The Lawn at White River State Park, Verizon Wireless Music Center
Indianapolis, Murat Centre

Market: Las Vegas, NV
Twitter Handle: http://www.twitter.com/LiveNationvegas
Venue: House of Blues Las Vegas

Market: Los Angeles, CA
Twitter Handle: http://www.twitter.com/LiveNation_LA
Venue: San Manuel Amphitheater, The Wiltern, The Hollywood Palladium,
House of Blues Sunset Strip, Gibson Amphitheatre, House of Blues
Anaheim, Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Irvine

Market: New Orleans, LA
Twitter Handle: http://www.twitter.com/LiveNationsouth
Venue: House of Blues New Orleans

Market: New England
Twitter Handle: http://www.twitter.com/LiveNationne
Venue: Bank of America Pavilion, Comcast Center for the Performing Arts

Market: New York City, NY
Twitter Handle: http://www.twitter.com/LiveNationnyc
Venue: Nikon at Jones Beach Theater, PNC Bank Arts Center, Fillmore NY at
the Irving Plaza, NorthFork Theatre at Westbury, The Gramercy

Market: North Florida
Twitter Handle: http://twitter.com/LiveNationNFlor
Venue: Ford Amphitheatre at Florida State Fairgrounds, House of Blues
Orlando

Market: Toronto (Ontario)
Twitter Handle: http://twitter.com/LNOntario
Venue: The Molson Amphitheatre

Market: Philadelphia, PA
Twitter Handle: www.twitter.com/LiveNationphila
Venue: Susquehanna Bank Center, The Tower Theatre, TLA, Toyota Pavilion at
Montage Mountain

Market: Phoenix, AZ
Twitter Handle: http://www.twitter.com/LiveNationphx
Venue: Cricket Pavilion, Dodge Theatre

Market: Pittsburgh, PA
Twitter Handle: www.twitter.com/LiveNationpgh
Venue: Post Gazette Pavilion

Market: Sacramento, CA
Twitter Handle: http://twitter.com/LiveNationSac
Venue: Sleep Train Amphitheatre

Market: San Antonio, TX
Twitter Handle: http://www.twitter.com/LiveNationtexas
Venue: AT&T Center

Market: San Diego, CA
Twitter Handle: http://www.twitter.com/LiveNationSD
Venue: Cricket Wireless Amphitheater, House of Blues

Market: Seattle, WA
Twitter Handle: http://twitter.com/LiveNationPNW
Venue: The Gorge Amphitheatre, White River Amphitheatre

Market: South Florida
Twitter Handle: http://www.twitter.com/LiveMationsfl
Venue: Cruzan Amphitheater (formerly Sound Advice Amphitheatre),
Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater

Market: St. Louis, MO
Twitter Handle: http://twitter.com/LiveNationstl
Venue: Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre St. Louis

Market: Virginia Beach, VA
Twitter Handle: http://www.twitter.com/LiveNationVB
Venue: Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Virginia Beach

Market: Westbury, NY
Twitter Handle: http://twitter.com/TheatreWestbury
Venue: Westbury Theater

Market: Wisconsin
Twitter Handle: http://twitter.com/LiveNationWI
Venue: Alpine Valley Music Theatre

*Live Nation promoted shows at Live Nation venues in North America, subject to availability. Residents of the States of New York & Florida are limited to 100 shows during the one-year period. Void in Canada (except Ontario and British Columbia), and where prohibited by law. For participating cities & official rules see www.livenation.com/ultimateaccess.

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.

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CONTACT: Rachel Carr of Dan Klores Communications, +1-212-981-5253,
rachel_carr@dkcnews.com; or Liz Morentin of Live Nation, +1-310-975-6860,
lizmorentin@livenation.com

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

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