PassAlong.com to Offer Digital Downloads of 'Live' Music From Mark Knopfler U.S. Concert Tour

PassAlong.com to Offer Digital Downloads of 'Live' Music From Mark Knopfler U.S. Concert Tour

Innovative Online Music Store to Make Exclusive Recordings Available Day after Concert

FRANKLIN, Tenn., July 13 /PRNewswire/ -- PassAlong.com, the only online music store with the innovative Passing-and-Points(TM) program, announced today that it will offer digital downloads from the Mark Knopfler's Shangri-La Tour beginning with the performance at the legendary Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on July 13th. The exclusive recordings will be available for download from PassAlong.com the next day at www.PassAlong.com and at www.Mark-Knopfler.com.

Mark Knopfler, the acclaimed solo artist and former front man of rock group Dire Straits, will perform his classic hits, as well as songs from his new album "One Take Radio Sessions (Live from Shangri-La)," which was released on June 28th.

PassAlong Networks is partnering with Crowfly Digital Entertainment in unveiling Crowfly LIVE, the "Ultimate Encore," as the company's initial service featuring digital downloads of entire concert tours. Crowfly's offering was designed specifically to enable artists to electronically distribute music, videos, and other content in a manner beneficial to all entities, including record labels, music publishers, retail stores, and especially fans, by providing this unique, artist-branded experience.

"I have never objected to fans recording performances for themselves," said Mark Knopfler. "However, with this new technology we are in a position to give our audiences something of the highest quality they can keep as a lasting souvenir of the night."

"This is an excellent opportunity for PassAlong users to gain access to a music legend on a personal level, and demonstrate the immediacy that digital music has to offer," said Dave Jaworski, CEO of PassAlong Networks. "By partnering with Crowfly, we will be able to continue to offer exclusive concert tour downloads, providing users with a unique opportunity to experience a performance that they might not usually have access to."

"Being first and foremost music fans, we are naturally enthusiastic about our opportunity to partner with PassAlong to enable artists to develop deeper relationships with their fan base, grow that base and monetize it by providing value around exclusive content," commented Crowfly founder Eric Geadelmann, a technology entrepreneur and independent film and music producer.

In addition to select future concerts from Mark Knopfler's Shangri-La tour being available on PassAlong.com, several performances from the first leg of Mark's US/European tour will also be available on the website.

About PassAlong Networks

PassAlong Networks is a media commerce platform that enables online communities to promote and exchange digital entertainment. With the industry's first Passing-and-Points(TM) program, users earn points that can be used toward future purchases by passing songs to friends via instant messenger, email, SMS, WiFi, and device-to-device transfer. The PassAlong platform can be licensed, branded and customized by clients to leverage the viral nature of the Passing-and-Points program to expand reach, build community, promote products and services, and generate revenues, while establishing a novel way for consumers to obtain points toward purchasing music and exclusive content. PassAlong is Windows Media Plays-for-Sure(TM) compliant and has an extensive library of over one million licensed songs. The service is currently the largest store on eBay (http://pulse.ebay.com/). Based in Nashville, Tenn., PassAlong was founded in 2002 and is a privately held entity of the Tennessee Pacific Group L.L.C. For more information visit http://www.passalongnetworks.com/

Crowfly Digital Entertainment (www.crowflymusic.com) is an interactive services and digital media company that provides comprehensive "artist-driven" web-based applications and interactive solutions to the music industry including digital distribution. A subsidiary of Nashville-based holding company, 821 Entertainment Group, Crowfly was created in 2005 by select artists, producers, technologists and music and motion picture executives.

821 Entertainment Group, Inc. (www.821entertainment.com) is a privately held media, entertainment and technology holding company that is developing and acquiring assets in the motion picture, music and digital technology industries. 821 was founded in mid 2003 by technology entrepreneur - turned independent film and music producer - Eric Geadelmann and music executive Anastasia Brown joined the company in 2004 as a partner.

Mark Knopfler

Songwriter and guitarist, Mark Knopfler is one of the most enduring, respected and original figures in modern music. Well known as frontman for the eternally popular Dire Straits, Knopfler made his first impact with hits such as "Sultans Of Swing" and "Money For Nothing," the song that helped immortalize the phrase "I Want My MTV." Among his landmark albums are Brothers In Arms, On Every Street and Sailing to Philadelphia. An accomplished and respected producer and performer, he has worked with the likes of Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Randy Newman, Chet Atkins, Emmylou Harris and scores of others. Knopfler's contribution to soundtracks includes Local Hero, Cal, The Princess Bride, Last Exit To Brooklyn and Wag The Dog. As a performer, his concerts attract sellout crowds worldwide.

Source: PassAlong.com

CONTACT: PR Contact for PassAlong: Tori Pugliese of Connors Communications, +1-212-798-1436, or Tori@Connors.com; or PR Contact for Mark Knopfler: Ronnie Lippin of The Lippin Group, +1-323-965-1990, ext.327, or Ronnie@LippinGroup.com

Web site: http://www.passalong.com/ http://www.crowflymusic.com/ http://www.821entertainment.com/

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