Jonas Brothers Sell a Staggering 800,000 Tickets to North American Leg of Their World...

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Mon Mar 30, 2009 3:22pm EDT

Jonas Brothers Sell a Staggering 800,000 Tickets to North American Leg of
Their World Tour

SECOND SHOWS ADDED IN SEVERAL CITIES 

BAND SELLS OUT FIVE ARENA SHOWS IN NEW YORK AREA

NEW YORK, March 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Jonas Brothers' explosive growth
as a touring band was affirmed this weekend when multiple dates on the North
American leg of their upcoming world tour quickly sold out.  Fans of the
Grammy nominated band purchased over 800,000 tickets, resulting in sold-out
arena shows in major cities including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago,
Philadelphia, Washington DC, Houston, Pittsburgh, Edmonton, New Orleans and
Atlanta.  Second dates were immediately added in Los Angeles, Chicago,
Philadelphia and Vancouver.   In addition, the Jonas Brothers sold out five
arena shows in the New York area to meet the tremendous fan demand.  "The
Jonas Brothers Worlds Tour 2009" is presented by Burger King and produced by
Live Nation.

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"TheJonas Brothers World Tour 2009"  the band's most ambitious production yet
and will include a massive 140-foot plus stage centered in the arena that aims
to give a larger number of Jonas Brothers' fans a closer, more interactive
live concert than they've ever experienced before.  This weekend, the Jonas
Brothers also revealed a first look at their new stage on their YouTube
channel at www.youtube.com/user/JonasBrothersMusic.  The show will feature
cutting edge technology used in a one-of-a-kind circular water screen,
multi-color laser effects, motion automated video screens, a giant crane
levitating over the audience plus other surprises that will bring the tour to
the next level of concert entertainment.  Special guests American Idol winner
and 19 Entertainment/Jive Records' platinum-selling artist, Jordin Sparks and
rising stars, Honor Society.

"The Jonas Brothers World Tour 2009" will also take the band to three
continents where they will perform their hits along with new music from their
upcoming Hollywood Records album set for world-wide release on June 15th. 
Starting on May 17th in Monterrey, Mexico, Jonas Brothers will bring their
world tour to Latin America for six dates in countries such as Peru, Chile,
Brazil and Argentina.  Hollywood Records artist and star of the Disney Channel
original movie "Camp Rock," and the television series "Sonny With A Chance,"
Demi Lovato, will be opening all Latin American shows on "TheJonas Brothers
World Tour 2009."  After a brief visit to Europe in June including sold-out
dates in Madrid, Paris and London, the band will tour North America and then
return to Europe for a full continental tour in October and November of this
year.  

"Ticket sales for this tour have been phenomenal," said Jason Garner, Chief
Executive Officer of Global Music for Live Nation.  "The band has already sold
out arena dates in 13 major cities, including Madrid, London and Paris, and
with additional dates going on sale in Mexico and South America and Europe in
April, it's clear to us that Jonas Brothers are a true global touring
powerhouse."

For the most recent tour dates and further information, please visit
www.livenation.com or www.jonasbrothers.com. 

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.

ABOUT BURGER KING CORPORATION
The BURGER KING(R) system operates more than 11,700 restaurants in all 50
states and in 74 countries and U.S. territories worldwide. Approximately 90
percent of BURGER KING(R) restaurants are owned and operated by independent
franchisees, many of them family-owned operations that have been in business
for decades. In 2008, Fortune magazine ranked Burger King Corp. among
America's 1,000 largest corporations and Ad Week named it one of the top three
industry-changing advertisers within the last three decades. To learn more
about Burger King Corp., please visit the company's Web site at www.bk.com. 



SOURCE  Live Nation

Liz Morentin of Live Nation, +1-310-975-6860, lizmorentin@livenation.com; or
Victor Trevino, victor@m2mconstruction.com or Sonia Muckle,
sonia@m2mconstruction.com, both for The Jonas Brothers World Tour 2009; or
Lillian Matulic of Hollywood Records, lillian.matulic@disney.com; or Ticeman
Merriweather of Jive Records, Ticeman.Merriweather@sonymusic.com
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