Cricket Announces its August Muve Headliner and Muve First Artists

Cricket Announces its August Muve Headliner and Muve First Artists

~ Exclusive Music from Muve Music's® Monthly Artist Programs

~~ Featuring Muve Headliner Artist Rob Zombie and Muve First Artist Elle Varner

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cricket Communications, a leading provider of innovative and value-driven wireless plans and services, today announced Muve Music's Muve Headliner featured artist Rob Zombie and Muve First featured artist Elle Varner for the month of August. With Muve Music's unlimited nationwide talk, text, and data plus mobile music plan, subscribers have exclusive access to artist commentary, music and video through Muve Music's monthly artist programs.

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Muve Headliner Artist Rob Zombie and Universal Music Enterprises have worked directly with Muve Music to include the exclusive bonus track "Foxy Foxy (Tobias Enhus Remix feat. Rooftop Longhorns)" with each download of Rob Zombie's new remix album, MONDO SEX HEAD which was released on August 7, 2012. The full bonus track is exclusive to Muve Music and can be previewed online by any user at CricketNation. For more information about Rob Zombie or his new album MONDO SEX HEAD, go to his website at www.robzombie.com.

"Muve Music has a great relationship with Universal Music and is thrilled to work with the Universal team for the launch of Rob Zombie's latest album," said John Bolton, Sr. Director of Product for Muve Music. "Rob Zombie's legendary style will intrigue fans of music and film from multiple genres."

"As the listening habits of music fans continue to change, it's exciting to see Muve Music's mobile music service impact artists' ability to distribute new music and special content directly to today's music fans," said Nate Herr, Senior Vice President of Marketing for Universal Music Enterprises. "We're delighted to work with Cricket and the Muve team as a way to promote Rob Zombie's new remix album, MONDO SEX HEAD."

Muve First Artist Elle Varner and MBK Entertainment/RCA Records have given Muve Music a limited track titled "Do You Want To" from her debut album PERFECTLY IMPERFECT. Varner's new track will be exclusively available to Muve Music customers during the month of August, starting August 14. For more information about Elle Varner or her debut album PERFECTLY IMPERFECT, available everywhere August 7, go to her website at www.ellevarner.com.

Follow Rob Zombie and Elle Varner and their exclusives on Muve Music through a series of social media blasts at www.twitter.com/cricketnation and at www.facebook.com/cricketwireless for updates and the latest information about mobile wireless news. For more information about Cricket's cell phone plans and dynamic mobile device lineup, please visit mycricket.com.

How to get Muve Music
Muve Music's mobile music service is available on the Huawei Mercury, named the best prepaid smartphone in America by PC Magazine, January 3, 2012, as well as on the Huawei Ascend Q, Huawei Ascend II, Samsung Vitality, ZTE Score and the ZTE Chorus at Cricket company-owned stores, online at www.mycricket.com and through select partner retail outlets. Additional accessories are available for purchase, including premium headphones, an audio jack and Bluetooth adapter to connect to home and car stereos, either wired or wirelessly.

With the ever-growing Muve Music song catalog, customers can choose from millions of songs featuring the hottest artists from thousands of record labels, which are distributed through Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, EMI Music and global rights agency Merlin, as well as independents CD Baby, IODA, INgrooves, The Orchard and TuneCore.

About Cricket
Cricket is the pioneer and leader in delivering innovative value-rich prepaid wireless services with no long-term contracts serving approximately 6 million customers. Cricket offers nationwide wireless voice and mobile data services over high-quality, all-digital wireless networks. Cricket's innovative products and services, including the award-winning Muve Music(®) - the first music service designed for a wireless phone, are available nationwide at Cricket branded retail stores, dealers, national retailers and at www.mycricket.com. For more information about Cricket, please visit www.mycricket.com.

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CONTACT: Jennifer Briscoe, Media Relations, Cricket Communications, Inc., +1-858-882-9238, jbriscoe@cricketcommunications.com

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