Live Nation Donates $50,000 to Urge Voters to Vote No on Prop 8

Thursday October 30, 6:11 pm ET


SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Live Nation, the world's largest live music company, donated $50,000 to the NO on Prop. 8 campaign today. The company opposes Prop. 8 because the measure takes away individual rights.

"Live Nation has always offered equal rights and benefits to our employees' same-sex partners," said John Vlautin, Senior Vice President of Communications for Live Nation. "It is in this spirit that we have made the decision to donate $50,000 to the No on Prop. 8 campaign."

"We are thrilled that Live Nation has joined companies like Apple and the founders of Google along with other businesses throughout the country who oppose Prop 8," said Geoff Kors, NO on Prop 8 Executive Committee Member.

For a complete list of NO on 8 endorsements, visit http://www.noonprop8.com.

Live Nation is the largest producer of live music concerts in the world, annually producing over 16,000 concerts for 1,500 artists in 57 countries. The company sells over 45 million concert tickets a year and expects to drive over 60 million unique visitors to livenation.com in 2008. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Live Nation is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Additional Information about the company can be found at http://www.livenation.com/investors.




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