Ticketmaster Signs Multi-Year Ticketing Deal With UK Athletics

LONDON - Ticketmaster UK Ltd, a Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc.
(NASDAQ:TKTM) company, today announced that it has secured an exclusive
contract to provide ticketing services to the 2009 UK Athletics events.

Ticketmaster will provide exclusive ticket retail services, marketing and
event day services to UK Athletics via their agency Fast Track Events for
events in Glasgow, Birmingham, Sheffield, Gateshead and London. This new
contract adds to Ticketmaster’s existing and wide-ranging portfolio of sports
clients which includes Scottish Rugby, Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships
and the NFL. Ticketmaster has also provided the ticketing services for many
large scale sports tournaments including most recently the 2007 IRB Rugby
World Cup in France, the 2008 Beijing Olympics in China and the Euro 2008
UEFA Championships in Switzerland and Austria.

Chris Edmonds, Managing Director, Ticketmaster UK, said: “We are
delighted to be working with Fast Track and UK Athletics on such high profile
and exciting events. I am confident that Ticketmaster’s commitment to sports
events will provide Fast Track with the perfect partner to deliver the best
in retail, marketing and technology to UK Athletics fans”.

Gregg Turner, Events Director, Fast Track said: “UK Athletics
has appointed Ticketmaster to exclusively provide our ticketing services
because of their strong pedigree in sports ticketing and their highly
developed and effective marketing reach means we can drive our ticket sales
and give a great consumer experience.”

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About Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc.

Ticketmaster Entertainment consists of Ticketmaster and Front Line
Management Group. As the world’s leading live entertainment ticketing and
marketing company, Ticketmaster connects the world to live entertainment.
Ticketmaster operates in 20 global markets, providing ticket sales, ticket
resale services, marketing and distribution through www.ticketmaster.com, one
of the largest e-commerce sites on the Internet; approximately 7,100 retail
outlets; and 17 worldwide call centres. Established in 1976, Ticketmaster
serves more than 10,000 clients worldwide across multiple event categories,
providing exclusive ticketing services for leading arenas, stadiums,
professional sports franchises and leagues, college sports teams, performing
arts venues, museums, and theaters. In 2008, the Company sold more than 141
million tickets valued at over $8.9 billion on behalf of its clients.
Ticketmaster Entertainment acquired a controlling interest in Front Line
Management Group in October 2008. Founded by Irving Azoff and Howard Kaufman
in 2004, Front Line Management Group is the world’s leading artist management
company. Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc. is headquartered in West Hollywood,
California (NASDAQ:TKTM).

Source: Ticketmaster UK Ltd

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