Download 2008 Powered by Seagate; Cities and Lineup Announced Today

Download 2008 Powered by Seagate; Cities and Lineup Announced Today

LOS ANGELES, May 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Live Nation, the world's largest live music company, announced today that this year's Download 2008 powered by Seagate will be held in San Francisco (Shoreline Amphitheatre, July 19th), Los Angeles (Gibson Amphitheatre, July 20th) and Philadelphia (Susquehanna Bank Center, August 2nd). In its fourth year, each Download event continues its tradition of marrying cutting edge bands with a uniquely interactive fan experience.

   (Logo:  http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070220/LATU096LOGO)    The lineup and cities are as follows:    San Francisco:             Los Angeles:                Philadelphia:   Brand New                  Brand New                   The Killers   Atmosphere &               Atmosphere &                Iggy Pop & The    Brother Ali                Brother Ali                 Stooges   Mute Math                  Ghostland Observatory       Mute Math   Yeasayer                   Mute Math                   Ghostland   M83                        Yeasayer                     Observatory   Mates Of State             M83                         Mates Of State   RJD2                       Mates Of State              The Whigs   The Whigs                  RJD2                        Man Man   Tapes 'n Tapes             Tapes 'n Tapes              Louis XIV   Cut Copy                   Caribou                     The Duke Spirit   Datarock                   Datarock                    The Airborne Toxic   The Duke Spirit            The Duke Spirit              Event   Blitzen Trapper            Blitzen Trapper             The Enemy   Louis XIV                  De Novo Dahl                William Fitzsimmons   The Airborne Toxic         Parlor Mob                  Parlor Mob    Event                     William Fitzsimmons         The Stills   De Novo Dahl               Kaki King                   Eli Reed   Parlor Mob                 The Night Marchers          Colour Revolt   William Fitzsimmons        Flosstradamus   Flosstradamus              Vedera   Vedera    

Tickets for all three shows go on sale Saturday, May 31st at http://www.livenation.com/.

For additional information on the individual shows in each city, fans can go to http://www.downloadfestival.com/, where Download 2008 powered by Seagate offers access to streaming music, podcasts, exclusive artist content, special contests, ticket sweepstakes, meet and greet opportunities and a community of like-minded music fans. Seagate will provide still and video cameras to some of the artists enabling them to document their "Download Memories" which will be featured on the site. DownloadFestival.com will continually feature new elements about the festival to keep fans as up to date as possible with the schedules, opportunities, news and activities in each market.

Spin Magazine will host a contest giving one lucky fan the opportunity to become a reporter for a day covering one of the events which will be featured in the magazine and http://www.spin.com/.

Volkswagen will construct VW Garage in San Francisco and Philadelphia filled with guitars, bass guitars and drums for fans to hang out and jam with friends and other fans. NowWhat.com will be on site with an interactive booth where fans can stop by to get their free online photos accessible at http://www.nowwhat.com/ and enter to win special contests and prizes. Fans will also have the opportunity to meet some of their favorite artists at the artist signing tents at each venue.

Seagate made the following comment: "Seagate is proud to be the title sponsor for the Download Music Fest this year, because we are at the core of your digital lifestyle...where you download, upload, store, share, create, mash-up and save all of your music, video, film, photos and digital stuff. Our storage solutions and hard drives are the essential connection between you and your content. From the home to the office, to the hand to the car -- we put the gigabytes and terabytes into all of your favorite devices."

"Music has always resonated for Volkswagen's youthful target customer. Our partnership with Download turns up the volume," says Laura Stove, Marketing Manager, Volkswagen North America, Inc.

                      DOWNLOAD 2008 POWERED BY SEAGATE    DATE                     CITY                    VENUE   Saturday, July 19        San Francisco, CA       Shoreline Amphitheatre   Sunday, July 20          Los Angeles, CA         Gibson Amphitheatre   Saturday, August 2       Philadelphia, PA        Susquehanna Bank Center     ABOUT LIVE NATION:  

Live Nation is the future of the music business. With the most live concerts, music venues and festivals in the world and the most comprehensive concert search engine on the web, Live Nation is revolutionizing the music industry: onstage and online. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Live Nation is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, trading under the symbol "LYV". Additional information about the company can be found at http://www.livenation.com/ under the "About Us" section.

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Source: Live Nation

CONTACT: Liz Morentin of Live Nation, +1-310-975-6860,
lizmorentin@livenation.com

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

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