The Sweetest Thing: TicketsNow.com Helps U2 Fans

The Sweetest Thing: TicketsNow.com Helps U2 Fans Web Site Offers $40 Discount on Tickets to U2.com Members CHICAGO, Jan. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Around the world, members of U2's fan club were thwarted in their efforts Tuesday to buy Vertigo tour concert tickets -- despite paying a $40 subscription fee to http://www.u2.com/ to have access to pre-sale tickets. In response, TicketsNow.com, the world's largest and most secure online marketplace for premium event seating, is offering U2.com members a $40 discount on any U2 ticket order placed through http://www.ticketsnow.com/ . "Our goal has always been to provide loyal fans with ultimate concert experiences," said Mike Domek, president of TicketsNow. "That's why we are helping U2 fan club members by discounting their ticket order by $40 -- essentially enabling them to recoup the amount they've already paid to U2.com for tickets they didn't get." To redeem this offer, U2.com members simply go to the TicketsNow.com home page and click on the area that reads: "Fan Club Members" The offer is good until Feb. 13, 2005. Offering a comprehensive and completely secure database of secondary event tickets to fans closed out of box office sales, TicketsNow cautions against buying U2 tickets from unknown private parties and even some Internet sites. Unlike other online ticket marketplaces, every seat sold on TicketsNow.com is legitimate and guaranteed for delivery. Only TicketsNow prescreens every seller before they are allowed to list tickets on the site to certify that all tickets are authentic. About TicketsNow.com Established in 1999, TicketsNow.com is the world's largest and most secure marketplace for premium event seating and tickets. More than 90% of all professional ticket agencies that list, buy, and sell secondary event tickets online license and utilize software developed by TicketsNow-creating the most comprehensive database of secondary event tickets in the world. Named to the Inc. 500 index of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the U.S., TicketsNow is the Official Premium Ticket Partner of USA TODAY, a member of the Better Business Bureau, and a founding member of the NATB, which was organized to promote the highest level of ethics in the secondary ticketing marketplace. For more information, visit http://www.ticketsnow.com/ . Contact: Kate Fettig Zeno Group for TicketsNow.com 312.396.9724 kate.fettig@zenogroup.com Jennifer Swanson TicketsNow.com 815.444.4923 jswanson@TicketsNow.com Source: TicketsNow.com CONTACT: Kate Fettig of Zeno Group for TicketsNow.com, +1-312-396-9724, kate.fettig@zenogroup.com , or Jennifer Swanson of TicketsNow.com, +1-815-444-4923, jswanson@TicketsNow.com Web site: http://www.ticketsnow.com/ http://www.u2.com/ ------- Profile: International Entertainment