StubHub, the world’s largest ticket marketplace, today announced that it is has forged a multi-year agreement to become the Official Fan to Fan Ticket Marketplace of the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, a four-day, multi-stage event taking place June 12-15 in Manchester, Tennessee. StubHub will also serve as the singular destination to purchase Charity VIP Experience Packages that offer fans the best seats at the festival. Proceeds from these packages will benefit the Manchester Arts Center, Rock the Earth, Head Count and Common Ground Relief in 2008.
In addition, StubHub will also create an oasis for fans at Bonnaroo by hosting the “Karaoke Bar,” where visitors can enjoy an air conditioned tent complete with a full service bar, lounge seating and many other amenities, all providing a lavish place to carry the day’s festivities into the night. Completing the experience, wannabe rock stars can entertain the crowds and emulate their favorite Bonnaroo performers themselves with hosted, nightly, live karaoke.
“The pairing of Bonnaroo and StubHub has presented itself as a winning proposition for fans,” said Richard Goodstone, co-founder of Superfly Productions. “In addition to helping us fulfill our philanthropic endeavors by selling VIP Packages on their site, StubHub has proven to understand our community by powering the Karaoke Bar on site to enhance the fan experience. Previous collaborations with Superfly for the Vegoose Music and Arts Festival and SuperFly during Jazz Fest Concert Series have been very successful and made adding StubHub to our Bonnaroo Festival partners a comfortable fit.”
Exclusive Charity VIP Experience Packages Include:
Two VIP tickets to Bonnaroo 2008
Opportunity to view a backstage radio performance
Invitation to view artist backstage press conferences
Invitation to watch a performance from special side stage viewing platforms
All regular VIP ticket amenities, including access to VIP hospitality area with a catered buffet, beer and soft drinks
Private restroom facilities
Preferred camping area access
Commemorative Bonnaroo 2008 merchandise package
Proceeds benefit the Manchester Arts Center, Rock the Earth, Head Count and Common Ground Relief
“We couldn’t be more pleased to partner with one of the most revered music festivals in the world,” said Chuck La Vallee, Head of Music Development for StubHub. “StubHub prides itself on accommodating fans from the moment they purchase tickets to the moment they sit in their seats. We’ll be taking it one step further at Bonnaroo by providing fans a location to show off their own talents while waiting for the next band or finishing off their evening.”
This June, Bonnaroo will launch itself into the stratosphere with a lineup of epic proportions with legendary rock acts Pearl Jam and Metallica coupled with contemporary pop acts Jack Johnson and Kanye West. Chris Rock is the featured comedy act while Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Willie Nelson, Death Cab for Cutie and B.B. King round out just the headliners. Over 100 more acts will take the stage throughout the four-day event. Fans can join the Bonnaroo community and find perks at www.Bonnaroo.com. The official website features Bonnaroo’s streaming radio station, e-newsletter subscription, community blog, ride finder and lots more.
This kind of exclusive StubHub concert experience doesn’t stop at Bonnaroo; festival attendees can enter to win tickets at the “Karaoke Bar powered by StubHub” for the first ever Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on August 22-24. Headliners to Outside Lands Fest include Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Jack Johnson and Radiohead.
About StubHubStubHub is the world’s largest ticket marketplace, enabling fans to buy and sell tickets to a vast selection of nearly 30,000 sports, concert, theater and other live entertainment events. StubHub reinvented the ticket resale market in 2000 and continues to lead through innovation. The company's unique online marketplace, dedicated solely to tickets, provides all fans the choice to buy or sell their tickets in a safe, convenient, and highly reliable environment. All transactions are processed and delivered via StubHub's patent-pending FanNetworkSM ticket delivery service, supported by seven-day toll free customer service at 1-866-STUBHUB, and backed by an industry-first FanProtect™ Guarantee. Company partners include 29 Major League Baseball clubs and over 30 teams in the NFL, NBA, NHL and NCAA along with numerous media companies.
StubHub is an eBay company (NASDAQ: EBAY). For more information on StubHub, visit www.stubhub.com
About Bonnaroo
The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival is a four-day, multi-stage camping festival held on a beautiful 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee every June. Bonnaroo brings together some of the best performers in rock and roll, along with dozens of artists in complementary styles such as jazz, Americana, hip-hop, electronica, and just about any contemporary music you can think of. In addition to dozens of epic performances, the festival's 100-acre entertainment village buzzes around the clock with attractions and activities including a classic arcade, on-site cinema, silent disco, comedy club, theater performers, a beer festival, and a music technology village. For its peaceful vibe, near-flawless logistics, and unrivaled entertainment options, Rolling Stone magazine named this revolutionary entertainment experience one of the 50 moments that changed the history of rock and roll.
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