Live Nation Gives Away the Ultimate Concert Access Pass on Twitter - Winner Gets Access to Every Single Concert in Every Live Nation Venue for One Year

Live Nation Gives Away the Ultimate Concert Access Pass on Twitter - Winner Gets Access to Every Single Concert in Every Live Nation Venue for One Year

ALSO 38 ULTIMATE LOCAL VENUE PASSES TO BE GIVEN AWAY, GUARANTEEING ACCESS TO EVERY SHOW AT A LIVE NATION VENUE OF WINNER'S CHOICE

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Live Nation announced today that for the rest of August it's giving concert fans a chance to win a golden ticket - Live Nation's Ultimate Concert Access Pass - which allows the winner and a guest to attend any and every show at any and every Live Nation owned and operated venue across North America for 1 year, beginning January 1, 2010.* Additionally, Live Nation's also giving away 38 Ultimate Local Venue Passes will be given away in 38 cities across North America, giving winning fans and a guest access to every concert at one Live Nation owned and operated venue of their choosing for an entire year.*

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The Twitter sweepstakes will be held on Live Nation's national and local Twitter pages beginning on August 4th and running through August 31st. Fans can enter Live Nation's Ultimate Concert Access Pass sweepstakes, and each market's Ultimate Local Venue Pass sweepstakes, once a day every day to increase their chances of winning.

In addition to the Ultimate Access Passes, fans can win a variety of daily prizes including concert tickets, artist merchandise, parking upgrades and concessions discounts which will be awarded every weekday in August. Instructions to win daily prizes will be announced on Live Nation's national and local Twitter pages each weekday.

   To enter the Ultimate Concert Access Pass Sweepstakes:   1)   Follow @LiveNation on twitter   2)   Send a tweet to @LiveNation and include the hashtag        #LiveNationUltimateAccess        Example tweet:        Please @LiveNation!  I want #LiveNationUltimateAccess!    To enter the Ultimate Local Venue Pass Sweepstakes:   1)   Follow your local Live Nation twitter page (visit        www.livenation.com/ultimateaccess for a map of participating cities)        Example:   @LiveNationNYC                   @LiveNationChicago   2)   Send a tweet to your local Live Nation twitter page and include the        hashtag #LiveNationUltimateAccess        Example tweet:        Please @LiveNationNYC!  I want #LiveNationUltimateAccess   

Please visit www.livenation.com/ultimateaccess to find and follow the local Live Nation Twitter page nearest you.

Participating cities and venues for the Ultimate Local Venue Pass Sweepstakes include:

   Market: Albany / Saratoga, NY   Twitter Handle: http://twitter.com/LiveNationtoga   Venue: Saratoga Performing Arts Center    Market: Albuquerque, NM   Twitter Handle: http://www.twitter.com/journalpavilion   Venue: Journal Pavilion    Market: Atlanta, GA   Twitter Handle: www.twitter.com/LiveNationatl   Venue: The Tabernacle, Lakewood Amphitheatre    Market: Bay Area (San Francisco), CA   Twitter Handle: www.twitter.com/LiveMusicSF   Venue: Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain Winery, Sleep Train Pavilion at          Concord, Fillmore San Francisco    Market: Birmingham, AL   Twitter Handle: www.twitter.com/LiveNational   Venue: Verizon Wireless Music Center Birmingham    Market: British Columbia   Twitter Handle: http://twitter.com/LiveNationwest   Venue: The Commodore    Market: Buffalo, NY   Twitter Handle: http://twitter.com/LivenNationbuff   Venue: Darien Lake Performance Arts Center    Market: Carolinas (North & South)   Twitter Handle: http://www.twitter.com/LiveNationNCSC   Venue: Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Charlotte, Walnut Creek Amphitheater,          House of Blues Myrtle Beach    Market: Chicago, IL   Twitter Handle: http://twitter.com/LiveNationIL   Venue: Charter One Pavilion, First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, House of          Blues Chicago    Market: Cincinnati, OH   Twitter Handle: http://twitter.com/LiveNationCinci   Venue: Bogart's Showcase Club, Taft Theatre    Market: Cleveland, OH   Twitter Handle: www.twitter.com/LiveNationclv   Venue: The Plain Dealer Pavilion, Time Warner Cable Amphitheatre at Tower          City, Blossom Music Center, House of Blues Cleveland    Market: Columbus, OH   Twitter Handle: www.twitter.com/LiveNationcbus   Venue: Blossom Music Center    Market: Dallas, TX   Twitter Handle: http://www.twitter.com/LiveNationDAL   Venue: SuperPages.com, House of Blues Dallas    Market: Washington DC   Twitter Handle: www.twitter.com/LiveNationdc   Venue: Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge    Market: Denver, CO   Twitter Handle: http://www.twitter.com/LiveNationCO   Venue: Fillmore Denver, Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre    Market: Detroit, MI   Twitter Handle: http://www.twitter.com/LiveNationdet   Venue: Fillmore Detroit (formerly State Theatre), St. Andrew's Hall    Market: Hartford, CT   Twitter Handle: http://www.twitter.com/LiveNationct   Venue: New England Dodge Music Center, Chevrolet Theatre    Market: Houston, TX   Twitter Handle: http://www.twitter.com/LiveNationHOU   Venue: Verizon Theatre    Market: Indianapolis, IN   Twitter Handle: http://www.twitter.com/LiveNationin   Venue: The Lawn at White River State Park, Verizon Wireless Music Center          Indianapolis, Murat Centre    Market: Las Vegas, NV   Twitter Handle: http://www.twitter.com/LiveNationvegas   Venue: House of Blues Las Vegas    Market: Los Angeles, CA   Twitter Handle: http://www.twitter.com/LiveNation_LA   Venue: San Manuel Amphitheater, The Wiltern, The Hollywood Palladium,          House of Blues Sunset Strip, Gibson Amphitheatre, House of Blues          Anaheim, Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Irvine    Market: New Orleans, LA   Twitter Handle: http://www.twitter.com/LiveNationsouth   Venue: House of Blues New Orleans    Market: New England   Twitter Handle: http://www.twitter.com/LiveNationne   Venue: Bank of America Pavilion, Comcast Center for the Performing Arts    Market: New York City, NY   Twitter Handle: http://www.twitter.com/LiveNationnyc   Venue: Nikon at Jones Beach Theater, PNC Bank Arts Center, Fillmore NY at          the Irving Plaza, NorthFork Theatre at Westbury, The Gramercy    Market: North Florida   Twitter Handle: http://twitter.com/LiveNationNFlor   Venue: Ford Amphitheatre at Florida State Fairgrounds, House of Blues          Orlando    Market: Toronto (Ontario)   Twitter Handle: http://twitter.com/LNOntario   Venue: The Molson Amphitheatre    Market: Philadelphia, PA   Twitter Handle: www.twitter.com/LiveNationphila   Venue: Susquehanna Bank Center, The Tower Theatre, TLA, Toyota Pavilion at          Montage Mountain    Market: Phoenix, AZ   Twitter Handle: http://www.twitter.com/LiveNationphx   Venue: Cricket Pavilion, Dodge Theatre    Market: Pittsburgh, PA   Twitter Handle: www.twitter.com/LiveNationpgh   Venue: Post Gazette Pavilion    Market: Sacramento, CA   Twitter Handle: http://twitter.com/LiveNationSac   Venue: Sleep Train Amphitheatre    Market: San Antonio, TX   Twitter Handle: http://www.twitter.com/LiveNationtexas   Venue: AT&T Center    Market: San Diego, CA   Twitter Handle: http://www.twitter.com/LiveNationSD   Venue: Cricket Wireless Amphitheater, House of Blues    Market: Seattle, WA   Twitter Handle: http://twitter.com/LiveNationPNW   Venue: The Gorge Amphitheatre, White River Amphitheatre    Market: South Florida   Twitter Handle: http://www.twitter.com/LiveMationsfl   Venue: Cruzan Amphitheater (formerly Sound Advice Amphitheatre),          Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater    Market: St. Louis, MO   Twitter Handle: http://twitter.com/LiveNationstl   Venue: Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre St. Louis    Market: Virginia Beach, VA   Twitter Handle: http://www.twitter.com/LiveNationVB   Venue: Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Virginia Beach    Market: Westbury, NY   Twitter Handle: http://twitter.com/TheatreWestbury   Venue: Westbury Theater    Market: Wisconsin   Twitter Handle: http://twitter.com/LiveNationWI   Venue: Alpine Valley Music Theatre   

*Live Nation promoted shows at Live Nation venues in North America, subject to availability. Residents of the States of New York & Florida are limited to 100 shows during the one-year period. Void in Canada (except Ontario and British Columbia), and where prohibited by law. For participating cities & official rules see www.livenation.com/ultimateaccess.

ABOUT LIVE NATION

Live Nation's mission is to maximize the live concert experience. Our core business is producing, marketing and selling live concerts for artists via our global concert pipe. Live Nation is the largest producer of live concerts in the world, annually producing over 22,000 concerts for 1,600 artists in 33 countries. During 2008, the company sold over 50 million concert tickets and drove over 70 million unique visitors to LiveNation.com. Live Nation is transforming the concert business by expanding its concert platform into ticketing and building the industry's first artist-to-fan vertically integrated concert platform. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, California and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, trading under the symbol LYV. For additional information about the company, please visit www.livenation.com/investors.

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

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