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Submit Photos and Videos in the Official Family Values “Circle Pit” meebo Room for a Chance to Win 2 Free Concert Tickets and Backstage Passes Every Day of the Tour
July 30, 2007
- Mountain View, CA
meebo, a website for instant messaging (IM), today announced that it’s “going metal” – partnering with Live Nation and The Firm to promote Family Values, this summer’s biggest tour. Fans visiting meebo.com, the Family Values Tour and featured band websites have a chance to win 2 free concert tickets and backstage access every day of the tour.
Fans may win by chatting in the official Family Values “Circle Pit” meebo room and sharing their home videos and photos about their Family Values tour experiences. The best photos and videos will be syndicated across the Web inside the “Circle Pit” for fans to discuss and view live. The best of the best will receive free tickets to a tour stop of their choice. meebo is also debuting the Onyx skin for meebo.com, available today to the over one million people that log into meebo daily.
This summer, the unmatched energy of the Family Values community moves to the Web as one connected, living and breathing force. Metal fans can chat live with other fans inside the “Circle Pit” and enter for their chance to win 2 free concert tickets and backstage access every day to a show of their choice. With a line-up including Korn, Evanescence, Atreyu, Flyleaf, HELLYEAH, Trivium, Neurosonic, and Droid, the tour is poised to be the biggest and best Family Values Tour in history.
“HELLYEAH can’t wait to rock across America this year at Family Values with bands like Korn and Evanescence,” Chad Gray, Grammy-nominated lead singer for HELLYEAH. “To all you metal heads, we’ll see you there if you can show us how you throw down IN THE CIRCLE PIT!”
How the contest works
* The custom-skinned official Family Values “Circle Pit” meebo room will be embedded at the Family Values Tour and featured band websites, as well as meebo.com/room/FamilyValuesTour, starting today at 12pmPT, for one hour a day until the tour ends.
* Visit any of these sites to begin chatting with other fans live. Fans can also get the code for the chatroom and embed it on their own sites and profiles.
* To enter the contest, submit a photo or short video clip that shows your enthusiasm for Family Values or pays homage to your past experiences at the tour. Air guitar is encouraged, if not obligatory.
* To submit, email the photo or video URL for your entry to familyvalues@gmail.com. Please include your contact information in the submission.
* Each day until September 2(nd), the best submissions will be loaded into the Family Values meebo room and will be viewable and syndicated to any site where the room is embedded.
* The creators of the best photos and videos, as judged by a team from meebo, Live Nation and The Firm, will be contacted directly to receive 2 free tickets and backstage access to a show of their choice.
Korn, along with management company The Firm, created The Family Values Tour in 1998 with a bill headlined by KORN and performances from Rammstein, Ice Cube, Limp Bizkit, and Orgy. The 2007 Family Values Tour, co-headlined by Korn and Evanescence, started up on July 20(th) in St. Louis and will closeout the summer on September 2(nd) in sunny California. Tickets can be purchased at www.livenation.com .
About Live Nation
Live Nation is the world's largest live music company. Our mission is to inspire passion for live music around the world. We are the largest promoter of live concerts in the world, the second-largest entertainment venue management company and have a rapidly growing online presence. We create superior experiences for artists and fans, regularly producing tours for the biggest superstars in the business, including The Rolling Stones, Barbra Streisand, Madonna, U2 and Coldplay. Globally, we own, operate, have booking rights for and/or have an equity interest in more than 160 venues, including House of Blues(R) music venues and prestigious locations such as The Fillmore in San Francisco, Nikon at Jones Beach in New York and London's Wembley Arena. Our websites collectively are the second most popular entertainment/event websites in the United States, according to Nielsen//NetRatings. In addition, we also produce, promote or host theatrical, specialized motor sports and other live entertainment events. In 2006, we connected nearly60 million fans with their favorite performers at approximately 26,000 events in 18 countries around the world. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Live Nation is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, trading under the symbol "LYV." For more information regarding Live Nation and its businesses or concerts near you, please visit our website at www.livenation.com .
About meebo
meebo is a website for instant messaging. Founded in September 2005, meebo continues to catch on with IMers across the globe. After announcing 500,000 user-accounts in October 2006, meebo has more than quintupled its registered users to 2.5 million in just nine months with more than six million unique people logging in monthly. More than 1 million meebo sessions are initiated daily with average sessions of 70minutes. meebo’s investors include Sequoia Capital and Draper Fisher Jurvetson. Visit www.meebo.com today to connect with people live on the Web.
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