Live Nation Announces Country Summer Concert Schedule and the Return of Megaticket Multi-Show Ticket Offers

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Live Nation, the world's premier live entertainment company, announced today their Country music summer concert schedule featuring some of the biggest names in Country music and the return of the Country Megaticket season ticket offer.

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"With Megaticket fans can buy a country music season ticket enabling them to secure the same seat to every show along with great access or amenities, and an incredible line up of country music artists at the start of the summer concert season," said Brian O'Connell, President of Live Nation Nashville. "We have offered the Megaticket for nearly ten years now and it continues to be a huge success with live country music fans."

This summer's line up of country greats includes:

• Brad Paisley with Darius Rucker
• Brooks & Dunn with Jason Aldean (April 23 thru June 13th but not including 5/4-5/6) & Gary Allan (5/4-5/6 and after June 13th).  
• Rascal Flatts with Kellie Pickler and Chris Young
• Sugarland with special guests
• Tim McGraw with Lady Antebellum and The Lost Trailers (2/11-4/10) and Love and Theft (4/11-8/15)
• Toby Keith with special guests
• COUNTRY THROWDOWN 2010 features the best in new country artists with:   Montgomery Gentry, Jamey Johnson, Little Big Town, Jack Ingram, Eric Church, Eli Young Band, The Lost Trailers, Heidi Newfield, Ryan  Bingham, Jonathan Singleton & The Grove, Emily West.  Bluebird Cafe Artists:  Ashley Ray, Brad Tursi, Cory Branan, Dave Pahanish, Jedd Hughes, Sarah Buxton, Troy Olsen, Walker Hayes

The Country Megaticket is a multi-show season ticket offer featuring multiple country artists at Live Nation venues. Fans pick their city's venue and choose from a variety of ticket packages featuring multiple artists, seating options and amenities.  To see a map of cities and venues with a complete list of venue packages and availability, visit Megaticket.com or LiveNation.com/megaticket.  Packages vary in each city and are available for limited time only.

For additional ticket and tour information visit LiveNation.com

About Live Nation

Live Nation Entertainment is the world's premier live entertainment company, consisting of Live Nation, Ticketmaster and Front Line Management Group.  As the world's first artist-to-fan vertically integrated live entertainment platform, the company is improving the fan experience and driving major innovations in ticketing technology, marketing and service.  Live Nation is the largest producer of live concerts in the world, annually producing more than 22,000 concerts on behalf of 1,500 artists in 57 countries.  In 2008, over 50 million fans attended Live Nation concerts, and the company drove more than 70 million unique visitors to LiveNation.com and other online properties.  Ticketmaster serves more than 10,000 clients worldwide in multiple event categories and sold more than 141 million tickets valued at over $8.9 billion on behalf of its clients in 2008. Live Nation 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

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