AT&T Delivers Live Nation Concert Series Exclusive Webcasts
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AT&T blue room Offers Fans a Virtual Front-Row Seat to Some of Today's Hottest
Concerts Featuring Performances by John Mayer, The Black Crowes, Seether and
More
SAN ANTONIO, June 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- To build on the company's
reputation as a leader in webcasting exclusive music performances from today's
top artists and music festivals, AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) announced today that the
AT&T blue room (http://www.attblueroom.com) will once again be home to the
Live Nation Weekly Concert Series, June 5 - Nov. 28, 2008.
Beginning June 6, blue room will webcast the Live Nation Weekly Concert
Series across a variety of musical genres. The performance footage from each
webcast will be archived on the site for 30 days, with a new performance added
weekly through late November. Artists scheduled to appear in June include:
-- June 6: John Mayer
-- June 13: Coheed & Cambria
-- June 20: Seether
-- June 27: The Black Crowes
Additional artists will be added to the series lineup throughout the next
several months. Stop by http://www.attblueroom.com/music frequently to check
the updated schedule.
"We are proud to consistently bring music fans the opportunity to
experience their favorite music where and when they want it," said Dan York,
head of Content and Programming, AT&T. "Through our continued relationship
with Live Nation, AT&T is able to take music fans front row to some of the
best concerts in the country's hottest venues without ever having to leave the
comforts of home."
Michael Abrams, President of Live Nation Studios, added: "Connecting fans
to their favorite artists in exciting new ways is integral to our mission at
Live Nation. By delivering our Live Nation Weekly Concert Series to AT&T's
millions of customers, Live Nation Studios extends the excitement of the live
concert experience way beyond the two hours of the actual show and helps
artists build their fan bases along the way."
Live Nation offers the most live concerts, music venues and festivals in
the world and the most comprehensive concert search engine on the Web. This is
the second consecutive year AT&T has webcast the Live Nation Weekly Concert
Series via the AT&T blue room.
The blue room is an online music and sports destination that has helped
fuel the sales of the company's core offerings -- high speed Internet,
wireless, voice and video -- while building an affinity for the AT&T brand in
the entertainment space. For the complete array of AT&T offerings, visit
http://www.att.com.
About AT&T
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is a premier communications holding company. Its
subsidiaries and affiliates, AT&T operating companies, are the providers of
AT&T services in the United States and around the world. Among their offerings
are the world's most advanced IP-based business communications services and
the nation's leading wireless, high speed Internet access and voice services.
In domestic markets, AT&T is known for the directory publishing and
advertising sales leadership of its Yellow Pages and YELLOWPAGES.COM
organizations, and the AT&T brand is licensed to innovators in such fields as
communications equipment. As part of its three-screen integration strategy,
AT&T is expanding its TV entertainment offerings. In 2008, AT&T again ranked
No. 1 on Fortune magazine's World's Most Admired Telecommunications Company
list and No. 1 on America's Most Admired Telecommunications Company list.
Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided
by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at http://www.att.com.
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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.
SOURCE AT&T Inc.
Sean Lashley, AT&T Corporate Communications, +1-314-982-1746, cell,
+1-618-444-0707, slashley@attnews.us; or John Vlautin of Live Nation,
+1-310-867-7127, johnvlautin@livenation.com
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