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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http://www.att.com/newsroom.
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.
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