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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES NEW PRODUCTION AS TRACK ENTERTAINMENT

SIGNS ON AS UMF 7 CO PRODUCERS!

(New York, New York) December 2, 2004: America’s premiere and largest dance music festival organization announces Track Entertainment/Clubplanet as co-producers of the 7th annual Ultra Music Festival. The 2005 edition of the world famous Ultra Music Festival will take place on Saturday March 26, 2005 at Bayfront Park in Downtown Miami, Fl. As part of a multi-year alliance / promotional partnership with the Winter Music Conference, UMF will be the official closing event / ceremonies of the 20th annual WMC.

Track has an established and distinguished history of producing first class events. For 4 years, Track has produced the Rolling Rock Town Fair, one of the largest rock music festivals in the country, which has featured acts such as Velvet Revolver, Staind, Hoobastank, N.E.R.D., The Crystal Method, Stone Temple Pilots and Incubus to name a few. In addition to large rock festivals, Track also served as Executive Producer of the Bermuda Jazz Festival for 4 years and in 2004, Pepsi called on Track to produce their first ever consumer concerts which included acts like Green Day, Good Charlotte, Jet, Destiny’s Child and Kanye West.

“Track Entertainment is another step in Ultra’s growth towards our commitment to excellence. It is no secret that the show has had a history of being plagued by production problems. We are very excited to be working with a company that shares in our vision and undoubtedly has the ability to produce a flawless, organized production,” says Ultra co founder Russell Faibisch.

In addition to production, Track Entertainment is applying many of their other event business services / companies to UMF 7, including internet marketing / advertising (clubplanet.com), exclusive on-line ticketing (wanttickets.com) and corporate sponsorships. Lee Heiman, President of Track Entertainment, agrees “We are also excited to be a partner in such an incredible/phenomenal event and to be involved in such a fast growing and truly global genre of music. Track Entertainment is able to offer not only the best in production capabilities but can also enhance the reach and scope of the festival through our online marketing and ticketing solutions.”

Over the past six years, Ultra Music Festival has grown to become undoubtedly the most publicized, recognized, popular and respected electronic / dance music event in the United States. Consistently churning out by far the best artist line-ups ever witnessed at one event in the western hemisphere. With names including The Chemical Brothers, Underworld, Paul Oakenfold, Paul Van Dyk, Tiesto, The Crystal Method, Pete Tong, Carl Cox, Sasha, John Digweed, The Streets, The Rapture, Boy George, 2many djs, Richie Hawtin, Hernan Cattaneo, Sander Kleinenberg Erick Morillo, DJ Dan, Junkie XL, Sandra Collins, Perry Farrell, Adam Freeland, Miss Kittin, Deep Dish and the list goes on, and on.

UMF has accomplished massive achievements in recent years:

-Noted in Billboard Magazine for three years in a row as “One of the top three highest grossing concerts in the US”.

-Nominated 3 years in a row for "Best Event" by Dancestar Awards USA.

-Leading magazines such as URB and numerous others have voted Ultra Music Festival as the “Best Event” of the Year and finest electronic music festival the states has to offer.

-UMF 6 was captured live on March 6th 2004, filmed in Hi-Definition (9 camera HD shoot) and the groundbreaking concert film The UMF Experience 2004 was produced.

-The UMF Experience 2004 makes music and television history, delivering dance music culture, at its highest level, to the masses by being the first ever festival to be filmed in HD and broadcast to more than 55 MILLION homes across America for 45 days on cable and satellite pay per view systems.

-UMF continues pioneering and venturing where no other dance music entity ha gone before as The UMF Experience 2004 continues to be aired nationally on HD, VOD and regular cable and satellite networks across North America and the world as well as on airlines, cell phones and movie theatres.

-National and International DVD release of The UMF Experience 2004

-National UMF CD releases

Ultra Music Festival 6 highlights included:

45,000 Party people

32 Acres

14 Hours Nonstop

12 Stages – Amphitheatre, Massive Concert Stage and 10 Music Arenas

Performances by The Chemical Brothers, Paul Oakenfold, Tiesto, Paul van Dyk, The Rapture, Sasha, John Digweed, Way Out West, LCD Soundsystem, Miss Kittin, Erick Morillo and hundreds more…

BBC Radio One live Broadcast to millions across the UK and Europe

COMLETE ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL 7 INFORMATION COMING SOON!

www.ultramusicfestival.us

www.track.net

For more information:

Ultra Music Fest Press Contact:

SiouxZ

Magnum PR

Office: 212.532.4650

SiouxZ@Magnumpr.net

Track Entertainment:

Brad Taylor

Big Machine Media

0ffice: 212.452.3294

brad@bigmachinemedia.com

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totally agree- van burren is right up there and should be included - he's got the stuff right now - same with Ferry...

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Guest corpraider
I saw a flyer and Armin is spinning at Ultra this year

so is Pvd and Nu-Nrg (live)

Awesome - that seals it for me - Miami here I come baby!

Could you post the flyer??

Corp-

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