Exclusive KISS The Farewell Tour Tickets Selling Fast Through VH1.com
Feb 18 2000 14:58PM
Entertainment Editors
NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--February 18, 2000--Rabid KISS fans have been flooding online to VH1.com to purchase tickets for the band's upcoming farewell tour before they go on sale to the general public. So far, KISS fans have bought over 46,000 seats for the tour, which kicks off in Phoenix, AZ on March 11th.
"We've done the equivalent of selling out the Garden for two nights -- in the first eight hours," said Fred Graver, SVP VH1.com. "What happened here is just the beginning of the ticket opportunities we'll be offering our users -- even the ones who don't paint their faces to go to concerts."
It all started Wednesday, February 16th at 8:00 a.m. - KISS fans could purchase tickets for The Farewell Tour directly from ticketmaster.com exclusively through www.VH1.com before they go on sale to the general public on February 19th.
Tickets for KISS The Farewell Tour, which will be presented by VH1, will still be available exclusively online through 5:00 p.m. ET February 18th. Tickets for the general public will go on sale beginning Saturday, February 19th.
In addition to being the first to sell KISS tickets, VH1.com has created a complete online KISS Tour area called "VH1.Com's Last KISS" which follows the tour from beginning to end. The area includes discography, biographies, photos, message boards, and coming on Feb 29, weekly Webisodes of the series KISS: Immortals. About The MTVi Group The MTVi Group is the world's leading Internet music content company featuring a comprehensive collection of music destinations on the Internet. The MTVi Group's 18 worldwide destinations include MTV.com, VH1.com, and SonicNet.com. The MTVi Group is a unit of MTV Networks, which is owned by Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B). Headquartered in downtown New York, The MTVi Group has satellite offices in San Francisco, CA. Liberty Digital (NYSE: LMG.A and LMG.B) holds a minority stake in The MTVi Group. For more information please visit The MTVi Group corporate Web site (www.mtvigroup.com). About ticketmaster.com ticketmaster.com is the world's leading online ticketing site and live event portal. In addition, it is one of the largest e-commerce sites on the Web, selling over $1.5 million in tickets daily. Through its exclusive agreement with Ticketmaster Corporation, ticketmaster.com provides tickets for over 90 professional sports franchises and thousands of leading arenas, stadiums, performing arts venues, and theaters. Media Metrix reported ticketmaster.com was one of the top 20 most visited e-commerce sites during the 1999 holiday season. The site also offers in-context, event-related merchandise, including CDs, apparel, and memorabilia through store.ticketmaster.com and was named the "Best Place to Buy Event Tickets" in the January 2000 issue of Yahoo! Internet Life. ticketmaster.com is part of the Ticketmaster Online-CitySearch, Inc. (Nasdaq:TMCS) family of Web sites. |
