Virgin Megastores Announce Exclusive Retail Sponsorship and Tent Signings for Coachella Music Festival

Virgin Megastores Announce Exclusive Retail Sponsorship and Tent Signings for Coachella Music Festival

LOS ANGELES, April 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Virgin Entertainment Group, North America, the official music retail sponsor of the 2005 Coachella Music Festival announces schedule of artist signings at the Virgin MegaTent located on the festival grounds.

Virgin Megastores is joining forces with Golden Voice and will be the official onsite retail sponsor for Coachella 2005, a 2-day outdoor concert venue, which kicks off April 30 in Indio, California, with live performances by hundreds of musicians including ColdPlay, Weezer, Nine Inch Nails, New Order and Keane, to name a few.

Virgin Megastores, the largest entertainment retailer in the world for music, movies, games and literature will be promoting the sponsorship on-site by allowing fans to purchase product of their favorite artists at the Virgin Megastore tents. Virgin will also provide customers with a meet and greet for many of the performing artists at the Virgin Megastore tent, located on the festival grounds.

Check out this year's lineup of CD signings at the Virgin MegaTent on the festival grounds:

Saturday, April 30

2:30pm - Sage Francis 3:00pm - Secret Machines 3:30pm - Mercury Rev 4:00pm - Amp Fiddler 4:00pm - Jamie Cullum 5:00pm - Zap Mama 5:30pm - M83 6:00pm - Bloc Party

Sunday, May 1

2:30pm - Z-Trip 2:30pm - DJ Krush 3:00pm - Stereophonics 3:30pm - Futureheads 4:30pm - British Sea Power 5:30pm - Dresden Dolls 6:30pm - Sloan

Virgin is promoting the festival through extensive advertising, in-store signage, and online promotion.

For more information on Virgin's participation in Coachella 2005 or to check out the location of the nearest Virgin retail go to www.VirginMegaMagazine.com

About Virgin Entertainment Group

Virgin Entertainment Group is the world's leading multi-channel music and entertainment retailer, providing customers with a range of superior entertainment experiences through a family of integrated Virgin-branded businesses. The "category killer" Virgin Megastores and Virgin Megastore Online at www.virginmega.com are integral parts of a strategy to provide entertainment customers with what they want, how they want it, and when they want it. For more information, or to check out the location of the nearest Virgin retail, go to www.virginmegamagazine.com

Source: Virgin Entertainment Group

CONTACT: Krysty O'Quinn of SJ Communications, +1-818-881-3889, Krysty@sjcommunications.com, for Virgin Entertainment Group

Web site: http://www.virginmegamagazine.com/

Web site: http://www.virginmega.com/

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