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MySpace.Com Celebrates Two Years of Rocking With a Sold-out Concert and Party to Benefit Hurricane Relief Efforts
LOS ANGELES --(Business Wire)-- Oct. 25, 2005 -- MySpace.com:
-- Los Angeles Celebration Features Performances by Dashboard Confessional, The All-American Rejects, Jimmy Eat World's Jim Adkins, Fort Minor featuring Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park and Criss Angel Mindfreak
MySpace.com, the leading lifestyle portal with more than 35 million members, is celebrating two years of success with the MySpace Two Year Anniversary Concert on Saturday, October 29, 2005. The sold-out event, hosted by company President Tom Anderson, will be held at 5:00 p.m. at Dodger Stadium and will feature musical performances by popular MySpace artists including Interscope's Dashboard Confessional, The All-American Rejects, as well as Warner Music acts Jimmy Eat World's Jim Adkins and Fort Minor featuring Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park. Up and coming MySpace favorites Hollywood Undead will debut a video at the event and New Years Day will perform. MySpace users were invited to purchase tickets to the now sold-out event at Vans(TM) retail stores in Southern California. All proceeds from the event are being donated to the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund.
"This event celebrates the MySpace generation and its culture. MySpace has become more than just a website -- it's become a lifestyle for our users," said Chris DeWolfe, CEO of MySpace. "We're providing a venue for our loyal members to enjoy a great evening of music and fun with other MySpace friends."
In celebration of Halloween weekend, magician and illusionist Criss Angel (www.myspace.com/crissangel), star of A&E's hit television series "Mindfreak," will take the stage for one of his extraordinary performances. Also adding to the festivities, The Freak Show -- a circus troop featuring old-school sword swallowing, contortionists and fire-eaters -- will dazzle the crowd with a round-up of bizarre and dazzling freaky talents. The night will close with MySpace's Tom Anderson hosting an event-wide costume contest.
"This event is not just a celebration for MySpace and its users, it's about helping the community," said Tom Anderson, president of MySpace. "It's so awesome that artists as big as Jimmy Eat World, Dashboard Confessional and The All-American Rejects are playing for free to help raise money for Katrina Relief. Everyone wins here."
Joining the MySpace party is leading youth lifestyle brand, Vans(TM) which will be on-site as the title sponsor. Vans will provide Custom Building Stations, allowing attendees to design their own Vans sneakers, host autograph sessions with the Vans BMX and skate team members, and feature live art installations and Vans giveaways throughout the event.
Throughout the event FUEL TV, the destination for action sports television, will be on-site shooting an exclusive MySpace anniversary special, including behind the scenes footage and interviews that will air on Sunday, November 6 at 8:00 p.m. For more information, visit www.fuel.tv.
More Reason to Celebrate
MySpace recently surpassed AOL, Hotmail and Google to become the fourth ranked web domain in terms of page views(a), and has also passed the 35 million member mark, to become the premier place where people put their lives online in order to connect and communicate around common interests. With more than 500,000 bands using the site to interact with fans, upload music and lyrics, list tour dates and post blogs, MySpace has become the premier online destination for bands to create community and showcase their music.
Event Sponsors
Vans, Fuse TV, LA Weekly, OC Weekly, Phoenix News Times, Las Vegas Weekly and Indie 103.1 among others.
Media
For media inquiries, credentials or information on the MySpace Two Year Anniversary Concert event please contact Dani Dudeck at (323) 202-1890 or dani.dudeck@edelman.com.
About MySpace.com
MySpace.com is the premier lifestyle portal for networking online. By integrating web profiles, blogs, instant messaging, e-mail, streaming music, photo galleries, classified listings, events, groups, chatrooms, college communities and user forums, MySpace has created a connected community where users put their lives online. As the number fourth ranked web domain in terms of page views(a), MySpace.com is the most widely-used and highly regarded site of its kind with more than 35 million members. MySpace.com is committed to providing the highest quality user experience and will continue to innovate with new features that allow its users to express their creativity and share their lives, both online and off, with their friends.
(a) Among the top 2000 domains. comScore Media Metrix, August 2005. For more information on comScore Networks, please go to http://www.comscore.com/.
About Vans
Vans, Inc., a subsidiary of VF Corporation (NYSE: VFC), is a leading lifestyle brand for the youth market. Vans(R)collections, which include active and performance footwear, apparel and accessories, snowboard boots and bindings and the Pro-tec(R)line of protective gear, are sold in the United States through 150 company owned stores and factory outlets as well as independent retailers. Internationally, Vans sells its goods in approximately 50 countries through a network of distributors, sales agents and foreign offices. Vans supports and promotes the action sports lifestyle through such events as the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing(TM), the Vans Warped Tour(TM), and the Vans Cup at Tahoe(TM). For more information on Vans, please visit www.vans.com.
About FUEL TV
In a word, FUEL TV is action sports television. OK that was six words, but you get the point. It's your connection to what's happening in skateboarding, snowboarding, surfing, BMX, freestyle motocross and wakeboarding. FUEL TV brings you the exclusive stories, unique personalities and the epic moments of action sports. You'll hear new music, get inside riders' heads, catch breaking news first, watch people fall down, get back up and do it again. Maybe you live it. Maybe you don't. What is the world coming to? Tune in and see. For more information, visit www.fuel.tv.
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