pearl jam, neil young & over 60 other artists join global citizen ticket

THE GLOBAL CITIZEN TICKETS INITIATIVE

INCENTIVIZES SOCIAL ACTIVISM WITH CONCERT TICKETS

PEARL JAM,?BEYONC?, BRUNO MARS, JAY Z, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN,

ONE DIRECTION, KANYE WEST, NEIL YOUNG, RIHANNA, FOO FIGHTERS, JOHN MAYER, TIM MCGRAW, BLACK SABBATH, KINGS OF LEON, NO DOUBT,

DEPECHE MODE, DIERKS BENTLEY, TONY BENNETT, KE$HA, MY MORNING JACKET, GRIZZLY BEAR,
GRACE POTTER AND THE NOCTURNALS, OZOMATLI, SASQUATCH! MUSIC FESTIVAL, AUSTIN CITY LIMITS MUSIC FESTIVAL, LOLLAPALOOZA, OUTSIDE LANDS,

VOODOO MUSIC + ARTS EXPERIENCE, COACHELLA, STAGECOACH,BONNAROO?MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL, AND MORE
COMMIT TWO TICKETS TO THEIR SHOWS TO INCENTIVIZE GLOBAL SOCIAL ACTION

REGISTER AT GLOBALCITIZEN.ORG TODAY

Take Action. Earn Points. See Impact.?

New York, May 2, 2013 ? The Global Poverty Project (GPP), today announced the Global Citizen Tickets Initiative, a new program designed to incentivize social activism with concert tickets. Music fans can take a variety of social actions ranging from signing petitions to calling their representatives, to earn points they can use to win free tickets to concerts. Supported by an incredible, genre-breaking group of artists and a renowned committee of music industry luminaries, the avant-garde effort will engage thousands to take actions and amplify the issues related to extreme poverty, including: polio, malaria, women?s empowerment, education, and more. (http://bit.ly/2YFj1).

Global Citizen is an innovative online platform and mobile application. To participate, music fans and activists alike can register at globalcitizen.org/tickets today, where they can earn points for each action they take, from sharing a video on Facebook to signing a petition, which they can use to win free concert tickets.

The Global Citizen Tickets Initiative was the brainchild of Pearl Jam Manager, Kelly Curtis and The Global Poverty Project CEO, Hugh Evans.? Kelly Curtis commented, ?I?ve always been intrigued by smart ideas that can be scaled in a big way to make it simple and rewarding for people to do good work in the world. The Global Citizen Tickets Initiative is exactly that.?

?Pearl Jam is very grateful to be part of such an innovative and generous group of artists and music business leaders participating in this project. We are particularly thankful to our manager Kelly Curtis for spearheading this thoughtful strategy. It reflects the DNA of our band and business, and expands it to respond to some of the greatest inequities and challenges facing humanity,? said Stone Gossard, of Pearl Jam.

The Global Citizen Tickets Initiative builds on the success and momentum of The Global Poverty Project?s highly acclaimed Global Citizen Festival in New York?s Central Park in 2012,? featuring Neil Young with Crazy Horse, Foo Fighters, The Black Keys, Band of Horses and K?Naan. 60,000 people earned tickets to that show by participating in specific activism such as signing petitions and sharing information using the same digital platform and technology that will be employed for this new Initiative.

Hugh Evans, CEO of The GPP, said, ?We know that musicians excite and motivate people to take action. We feel incredibly fortunate to collaborate with the world?s best musicians to support our vision of a world without extreme poverty, which is the through line of the eight biggest global challenges as defined by the United Nations in 2001 (http://bit.ly/2YFj1).?

A historic committee of music industry leaders ? including managers, agents, promoters, and artists ? came together to make the Global Citizen Tickets Initiative a reality. Their goal was to help create a system that leveled the playing field for access to tickets to live entertainment, making it possible to earn points by doing good works for a chance to win tickets as an alternative to purchasing them.

The Global Citizen Tickets Initiative Committee members include: Kelly Curtis, Pearl Jam Manager; Michele Anthony, Chairwoman of the Global Citizen Tickets Initiative, 7H Entertainment; Mark Campana, Live Nation; Judy McGrath; Elliot Groffman, Carroll, Guido & Groffman, LLP; Sara Newkirk, WME Entertainment; Jane Rosenthal, Tribeca Film Festival; Marsha Vlasic, ICM Partners; Michele Bernstein, WME Entertainment; Marc Geiger, WME Entertainment; Rob Light, CAA Entertainment; Brian Murphy, Goldenvoice; Aaron D. Rosenberg ; John Silva, Sam Music; Nicole Vandenberg, Vandenberg Communications; Danny Rogers, Lunatic Entertainment; Hugh Evans, and Jane Atkinson from Global Poverty Project; Ryan Gall, The Riot House and co-founder of Global Citizen.

?Music is such a powerful platform for bringing people together and creating change. Our committee has and will continue to connect with managers and artists to support this Initiative which builds on the impressive work that started at last year?s Global Citizen Festival,? said Chairwoman of the Global Citizen Tickets Campaign, Michele Anthony.

To date, participating artists and festivals, include: Artists: Alabama Shakes, Angelique Kidjo, Animal Collective, Beirut, Beyonc?, Black Sabbath, Brandi Carlile, Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers, Bruce Springsteen, Bruno Mars, CANT, Chvrches, Crystal Castles, Depeche Mode, Dierks Bentley, Dixie Chicks, Drive by Truckers, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Fareoh, Fleet Foxes, Foo Fighters, Gotye, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Grizzly Bear, Heart, JAY Z, JBM, Jim James (My Morning Jacket), Joe Satriani, John Mayer, Kaiser Chiefs, Kanye West, Ke$ha, Kings Of Leon, Linkin? Park, Los Lobos, Menomena, Michael Franti and Spearhead, My Morning Jacket, Neil Young, No Doubt, One Direction, Ozomatli, Ozzy Osbourne, Pearl Jam, Portugal. The Man, Rihanna, Slightly Stoopid, Sondre Lerche, Soundgarden, Taj Mahal, The Temper Trap, The Disco Biscuits, The Joy Formidable, The Last Bison, The String Cheese Incident, The Vaccines, The War on Drugs, Tim McGraw, Tony Bennett, Usher Raymond IV, Vusi Mahlasela; Festivals: Austin City Limits Music Festival, Bonnaroo?Music and Arts Festival,?Coachella, Lollapalooza, Outside Lands, Sasquatch! Music Festival, Stagecoach, and the Voodoo Music + Arts Experience.A full list of participating artists and festivals can be found at globalcitizen.org/tickets.

For more information about which artists are currently on tour, the bands, participating festivals, and the Global Citizen Tickets Initiative, please visit globalcitizen.org/tickets.

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THE GLOBAL POVERTY PROJECT:

Best known for the 2012 Global Citizen Festival in Central Park, NYC on September 29, The Global Poverty Project is an international education and advocacy organization working to catalyze the movement to end extreme poverty. An Australian grown project, The Global Poverty Project creates campaigns with the purpose to increase the number and effectiveness of people taking action to end extreme poverty, with the vision of a world without extreme poverty, within a generation. For more information, visit our website atwww.globalpovertyproject.com

THE GLOBAL CITIZEN PLATFORM:

Launched successfully with the Global Citizen Festival on September 29, 2012, in New York City?s Central Park, Global Citizen is an innovative online platform and mobile application that tracks and rewards activist action through a point-scoring system. Accumulated points are used as a currency to bid on live entertainment experiences like tickets to great concerts and a host of other entertainment events. More than 60,000 people attended the first Global Citizen Festival featuring Neil Young, Foo Fighters, The Black Keys, and more. This festival was the first live entertainment event that could be accessed solely through points earned by activist work on behalf of Global Citizen partner charities. Join the conversation: ?Like? us on?Facebook?and follow us on?Twitter?and?Instagram?at @GLBLCTZN.

THE GLOBAL CITIZEN TICKETS INITIATIVE:

A new program designed to incentivize social activism with concert tickets. Music fans can take a variety of social actions ranging from signing petitions to calling their representatives to earn points they can use to win free tickets to concerts. Supported by a renowned committee of music industry luminaries, the effort aims to engage a new generation of people to take actions geared toward raising awareness and participation in addressing extreme poverty related global challenges as defined by the United Nations (http://bit.ly/2YFj1). Musicians participating in the Global Citizen Initiative have agreed to donate two tickets to their shows to be included in the Global Citizen Tickets Initiative pool. To participate, music fans and activists alike can register at globalcitizen.org/ticketstoday.

THE GLOBAL CITIZEN PARTNERS:
UNICEF US Fund, World Food Program USA, Women Deliver, Half the Sky Movement, The Earth Institute, Malaria No More, charity:water, The Enough Project, World Vision, Restless Development, The Cotton On Foundation, Global Partnership for Education, Pencils of Promise, Rainforest Foundation US, Living on One, The ISIS Foundation, and Kidnected World.

GLOBAL CITIZEN TICKETS VIDEO:http://bit.ly/182ypiW

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