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Wednesday, June 11, 2008

JOURNEY's 'REVELATION' Sells More Than 104,000 Units in Debut Week

JOURNEY's 'REVELATION' Sells More Than 104,000 Units in Debut Week

Three-Disc CD/DVD Package Exclusively Available at Wal-Mart Stores

BENTONVILLE, Ark., June 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- JOURNEY's new three-disc CD/DVD package REVELATION has sold more than 104,000 copies in its debut week according to Wal-Mart Stores, marking the band's biggest first week's sales since 1996's TRIAL BY FIRE. Released June 3, REVELATION is being sold exclusively at Wal-Mart and Sam's Club in North America, Walmart.com and Samsclub.com, and Journey's official website, Journeymusic.com. REVELATION's first week's sales marks a 1400% increase over the band's 2005 first week's sales of GENERATIONS.

"We are thrilled with the early success of Journey's 'Revelation' music project, and clearly our customer is excited about it too," said Jeff Maas, Divisional Merchandise Manager, Entertainment, Wal-Mart, U.S. "We believe that if we continue to find innovative products, priced to showcase their value, our customers will show their excitement by purchasing the product. Journey has been great to work with and clearly this reflects a win for them and for our customer."

The first disc consists of 11 new songs, the second is filled with 11 re-recorded classics, and the third is a live, in-concert DVD. All of the music on REVELATION was produced by Kevin Shirley (who previously worked with JOURNEY on their Platinum-certified TRIAL BY FIRE album).

REVELATION marks a new chapter in the legendary career of multi-Platinum rockers JOURNEY, thanks to two singles at Rock and AC radio ("Never Walk Away" and "After All These Years") and rave reviews, including the New York Times who hailed: "...the band seems to have taken rock vitamins: it feels alive."

JOURNEY -- Neal Schon (guitar), Jonathan Cain (keyboards), Ross Valory (bass), Deen Castronovo (drums) and Arnel Pineda (vocals) -- is currently on a European tour through June 28. They'll start a massive summer U.S. tour with special guests Heart and Cheap Trick on July 9 in Denver, CO.

   For more information on Journey, visit http://www.journeymusic.com/.    About Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT)      

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. operates Wal-Mart discount stores, Supercenters, Neighborhood Markets and Sam's Club locations in the United States. The company operates in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Japan, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. Wal-Mart serves more than 176 million customers weekly in 14 markets. The company's securities are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol WMT. For more information: http://www.walmartfacts.com/.

First Call Analyst:
FCMN Contact: mike.beckstead@wal-mart.com

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Source: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

CONTACT: Melissa O'Brien, 1-800-331-0085, or Amanda Cagan,
+1-818-990-6876, both of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Web site: http://www.walmartstores.com/
http://www.journeymusic.com/


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