Live Nation Will Donate a Portion of Each Ticket Sold in U.S. to LIFEbeat to Fight HIV/AIDS Tomorrow, December 1st, World AIDS D
November 30 2009 - 12:16PM
PR Newswire (US)
NEW YORK, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- On World AIDS Day, tomorrow,
December 1, Live Nation will donate a portion of every ticket sold
to its concerts in the United States to fight HIV/AIDS. All
proceeds will benefit LIFEbeat, the music industry's HIV/AIDS
prevention charity in America. "We are proud to stand alongside
LIFEbeat on World AIDS Day to help educate music fans about
prevention of this deadly disease," said Michael Rapino, President
and Chief Executive Officer of Live Nation. "Although great strides
have been made in HIV/AIDS prevention and education, the fact
remains that every nine-and-a-half minutes someone in the United
States is infected with HIV," said John Cannelli, Executive
Director of LIFEbeat. "We applaud Live Nation who are bringing
their considerable resources to bear to increase awareness of
HIV/AIDS prevention and to raise funds to enable us to continue in
this important work." Concert Fans are encouraged to visit
LiveNation.com to purchase concert tickets to Live Nation events
beginning at 12:01 a.m. tomorrow, December 1st, World AIDS Day,
when a portion of every ticket sold to a Live Nation-ticketed event
will benefit LIFEbeat. 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 http://www.livenation.com/investors. ABOUT LIFEBEAT
LIFEbeat- The Music Industry Fights AIDS, is a national non-profit
organization dedicated to reaching America's youth with the message
of HIV/AIDS prevention. LIFEbeat mobilizes the talents and
resources of the music industry to raise awareness and to provide
support to the AIDS community. For more information visit:
http://www.lifebeat.org/ DATASOURCE: LIFEbeat CONTACT: Roberta
Magrini of LIFEbeat, +1-718-623-6460, +1-917-864-3395, ; or John
Vlautin of Live Nation, +1-310-867-7127, Web Site:
http://www.livenation.com/ htttp://www.lifebeat.org
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