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MAROON 5 TO PLAY AT KFC YUM! CENTER ON MARCH 14, 2015

Tickets on sale Saturday, September 13, 2014

Contact: Sandra Kendall Deanna Southerling Marketing Director Marketing /Social Media Specialist (502) 991-1546 (502) 690-9014

Louisville, KY (September 2, 2014) – Multi platinum-selling and Grammy Award®-winning rock band, , revealed details today for THE MAROON 5 WORLD TOUR 2015 in support of the band's fifth studio album, V. Produced by Live Nation, THE MAROON 5 WORLD TOUR 2015 will kick off at American Airlines Center in Dallas on Feb. 16, 2015 and will take the band to 27 cities throughout North America including a stop in Louisville, KY at KFC Yum! Center on Saturday, March 14. Maroon 5 will then bring their highly anticipated tour to Europe for dates in the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain and Portugal. MAGIC! will join the tour as special guests. Rozzi Crane will open the tour in the US while Nick Gardner will serve as the opener in Europe. Tickets for the general public go on sale at 10am on Saturday, September 13 at www.livenation.com, www.Ticketmaster.com and the KFC Yum! Center box office.

Their new album, V, featuring the Billboard Top 10 smash hit, "Maps," and their brand new single, "Animals," is out today on /Interscope Records. “Maps,” which Rolling Stone declares “a stomping, funk-soul- gospel breakdown,” quickly reinforced the group’s status as a powerhouse in popular music, setting a record for the highest debut by a group on Top 40 radio charts in 18 years. Fans who purchase a ticket to THE MAROON 5 WORLD TOUR 2015 online at www.livenation.com will also receive a digital download of the album. Following yesterday's performance on TODAY for the "Toyota Summer Concert Series," Maroon 5 will appear on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon (tonight, Sept. 2), America's Got Talent (Sept. 3), and The Ellen DeGeneres Show (Sept. 8). will also be making an appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on Sept. 4.

Beginning Monday, Sept. 8, American Express® Card Members fans will have early access to presale tickets available at 10:00 a.m. local time. A fan club presale will begin Saturday, Sept. 6 at 10:00 a.m. local time. Live Nation mobile app users will have access to presale tickets beginning Thursday, Sept. 11 at 10:00 a.m. local time.

About Maroon 5 Capturing their first of three Grammy Awards as “Best New Artist” of 2005 and going on to sell more than 17 million albums worldwide, Maroon 5’s releases have gone gold and platinum in over 35 countries. The band won over fans and critics alike with the hybrid rock/R&B sound they introduced on their debut album, and their double platinum album, It Won't be Soon Before Long, which included hits like "" and "If I Never See your Face Again." In 2010, the band released their third studio album, Hands All Over, which featured the group's anthemic chart-topping smash single “.” The song has since gone on to become one of the best-selling singles of all time. Maroon 5’s most recent album Overexposed quickly reinforced the group’s status as a powerhouse in popular music with all of its singles rising to the top of the charts and setting an all time record for the most #1s (six in total) by a group in the Top 40 chart’s 20-year history. In conjunction with the album, Maroon 5 wrapped one of the highest grossing tours of 2013 with over 50 million dollars in ticket sales.

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About the KFC Yum! Center

The KFC Yum! Center is Louisville’s newest multi-purpose arena that boasts a total of 721,762 square feet while offering an arena bowl exceeding 22,000 seats and four meeting rooms spanning approximately 34,000 square feet all within walking distance of more than 4,200 hotel rooms in downtown Louisville. It is home to the University of Louisville men’s and women’s basketball programs and is ideal for concerts, conventions, corporate events, family shows, ice shows, wrestling and more. The KFC Yum! Center is a state of the art facility with advance technology capabilities that is owned by the Louisville Arena Authority and managed by AEG Worldwide. For more information, visit www.kfcyumcenter.com.

About AEG Facilities

AEG, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Anschutz Company, is the leading sports, entertainment and venue operator in the world. AEG Facilities, a stand- alone affiliate of AEG, owns, operates or consults with more than 100 of the industry’s preeminent venues worldwide, across five continents, providing complete venue management, as well as specialized programs in operations, guest services, ticketing, booking, sales and marketing. AEG Facilities also provides resources and access to other AEG-affiliated entities, including live event producer, AEG Live, AEG Global Partnerships, AEG Development, AEG 1Earth, AEG Encore and AEG Creative to support the success of AEG venues across the globe. The Los Angeles-based organization owns, operates or provides services to the world’s most elite venues, including KFC Yum! Center (Louisville, Ky.), STAPLES Center (Los Angeles, Calif.), StubHub Center (Carson, Calif.), Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE (Los Angeles, Calif.), Sprint Center (Kansas City, Mo.), AmericanAirlines Arena (Miami, Fla.), Prudential Center (Newark, N.J.), Target Center (Minneapolis, Minn.), BBVA Compass Stadium (Houston, Texas), Oracle Arena and O.co Coliseum (Oakland, Calif.), CONSOL Energy Center (, Penn.), Rabobank Arena (Bakersfield, Calif.), Mercedes-Benz Arena (Shanghai, China), MasterCard Center (Beijing, China), The O2 Arena (London, England), O2 World (Berlin, Germany), O2 World Hamburg (Hamburg, Germany), Ahoy Arena (Rotterdam, Netherlands), Itaipava Arena Pernambuco (Recife, Brazil), Allianz Parque (Sao Paulo, Brazil), Allphones Arena (Sydney, Australia), Ülker Sports Arena (Istanbul, Turkey), Ericsson Globe Arena (Stockholm, Sweden) and the Oman Convention and Exhibition Center (Muscat, Oman). For more information, please visit aegworldwide.com.