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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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