REDMOND, Wash. — June 4, 2007
Who
As the exclusive online media partner for Live Earth, MSN.com is giving people a chance to win tickets to the U.S. Live Earth concert at Giants Stadium. Live Earth, a monumental music event, will bring together more than 2 billion people to combat the climate crisis. MSN is the exclusive online destination for Live Earth information and live on-demand concerts, photo galleries, interactive tools and more.
What
Through four promotional opportunities beginning today, visitors to the LiveEarth.MSN.com site can win tickets to a Live Earth concert taking place on July 7 (7/7/07). Live Earth is a 24-hour, seven-continent concert series that will bring together more than 100 of the world’s top music acts to deliver a call to action to an audience of over 2 billion people to combat global warming.
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MSN Live Earth Sweepstakes. Participants will watch video clues to answer three trivia questions about climate crisis and green information on LiveEarth.MSN.com. MSN® will give away five pairs of Live Earth concert tickets, along with hotel and airfare.
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MSN and TreeHugger.com Present Green Theater: A Live Earth Video Contest. Entrants will submit one- to two-minute videos using Soapbox on MSN Video to answer the question “What are you doing in your own backyard to help fight climate change?” Judges, including actors and environmentalists, will choose five winners who will each win a pair of tickets to the Live Earth concert, including hotel and airfare.
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Windows Live Spaces Eco Trip. Roadsters will travel cross-country by train and on bike from Redmond, Wash., to get to the Live Earth concert at Giants Stadium, while chronicling their travels on Windows Live™ Spaces. To enter to win, contestants add themselves as a “friend” to http://spacesecotrip.spaces.live.com. Two “friends” will be chosen at random to win a pair of tickets, including hotel and airfare.
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Green Game. Live Search will offer an online game designed to educate people about climate change. Players can choose to enter a sweepstakes to be chosen at random to win a pair of tickets to the Live Earth concert, including hotel and airfare. Five winners will be chosen.
When
Live Earth concert ticket promotions on MSN begin June 4, 2007.
Where
Official rules and details are available online at http://liveearth.msn.com
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