-Live Nation Entertainment and Microsoft Offer Outlook.com Customers Music Perks with Ticket Purchase-
LOS ANGELES, April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE: LYV) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) join together to offer 200 lucky Outlook.com email customers and their guest, once in a lifetime music experiences with bands including: All Time Low, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Capital Cities, Marina & The Diamonds, The Joy Formidable and Toro y Moi.
“We’re excited to partner with Live Nation to bring exclusive concert enhancements to people who use Outlook.com,” said
Dharmesh Mehta
, senior director of product management for Outlook.com and SkyDrive. “It’s just one more way that Outlook.com helps get people going.”
The first ten fans with Outlook.com email addresses attached to their ticket orders – for twenty select shows – will have a chance to meet the band, attend a pre-show sound check with the band, be on stage with the band for the concert or attend an after party with a guest.
“Live Nation and Microsoft are providing 400 fans an opportunity to have a richer concert experience just by using their Outlook.com email address when they purchase their tickets,” said
Russell Wallach
, president of Live Nation Network.
Upcoming events include:
| ARTIST | DATE | VENUE | EXPERIENCE |
| Capital Cities | 28-Apr | House of Blues Bronze Peacock in Houston | Meet & Greet |
| Capital Cities | 30-Apr | Parish @ House of Blues in New Orleans | Meet & Greet |
| All Time Low | 1-May | The Fillmore in Detroit | Meet & Greet |
| Capital Cities | 3-May | The Fillmore Charlotte | Meet & Greet |
| Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | 3-May | House of Blues in Boston | Pre-Show Soundcheck |
| Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | 5-May | Theatre of Living Arts in Philadelphia | Pre-Show Soundcheck |
| All Time Low | 9-May | Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles | Meet & Greet |
| Capital Cities | 9-May | Irving Plaza in New York | Meet & Greet |
| Capital Cities | 10-May | Theatre of Living Arts in Philadelphia | Meet & Greet |
| Marina & The Diamonds | 10-May | House of Bluesin San Diego | Meet & Greet |
| Capital Cities | 14-May | The Cambridge Room @ The House of Bluesin Cleveland | Meet & Greet |
| Marina & The Diamonds | 22-May | St. Andrew’s Hall in Detroit | Meet & Greet |
| Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | 25-May | Sasquatch / The Gorge in Seattle | Meet & Greet |
| Capital Cities | 26-May | Sasquatch / The Gorge in Seattle | Meet & Greet |
| Toro y Moi | 27-May | Sasquatch / The Gorge in Seattle | Meet & Greet |
| Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | 1-Jun | The Wiltern in Los Angeles | Meet & Greet |
| The Joy Formidable | 20-June | House of Blues in Boston | Pre Show Soundcheck |
Forty fans and their guests already enjoyed their enhanced concert experiences at the following events:
| ARTIST | DATE | VENUE | EXPERIENCE |
| All Time Low | 18-Apr | The Tabernacle in Atlanta | Meet & Greet |
| Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | 22-Apr | The Fillmore in San Francisco | Meet & Greet |
| Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | 23-Apr | House of Blues in San Diego | Meet & Greet |
About Live Nation Entertainment :
Live Nation Entertainment is the world’s leading live entertainment comprised of four market leaders: Ticketmaster.com, Live Nation Concerts, Artist Nation Management and Live Nation Media/Sponsorship. For additional information, visit www.livenation.com/investors.
About Outlook.com
Outlook.com is personal email from Microsoft . First introduced in July 2012, Outlook.com is a modern email service with a fresh and intuitive design that connects to popular social networks, works seamlessly with Office and SkyDrive, and organizes your inbox automatically with powerful tools like Sweep.
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SOURCE Live Nation Entertainment
Investor Contact: Maili Bergman, (310) 867-7000, [email protected], Media Contact: Jacqueline Peterson, (310) 360-3051, [email protected]