KISS and Spark of Blue Software Team Up to Create New iPhone Application Category: Virtual Concert Lighters™ Deal Brokered by Signatures Network

KISS, the juggernaut of licensing and merchandising, has teamed up with Spark of Blue Software, a new company specializing in bite-size entertainment for smartphones and other Internet-connected devices to bring Virtual Concert Lighters to the iPhone and iPod touch. The KISS Virtual Concert Lighter is available now to coincide with the band's recently launched 35th Anniversary world tour. Through a deal brokered by Signatures Network, the KISS Virtual Concert Lighter will be the first of several licensed tour lighters available at the App Store this summer. Other bands/artists soon to have their own Virtual Concert Lighters include The Who, Poison, Motley Crue, Kings of Leon, Lil Wayne and others TBA.

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) June 22, 2009

KISS, the juggernaut of licensing and merchandising, has teamed up with Spark of Blue Software (sparkofblue.com), a new company specializing in bite-size entertainment for smartphones and other Internet-connected devices to bring Virtual Concert Lighters to the iPhone and iPod touch. The KISS Virtual Concert Lighter is available now to coincide with the band's recently launched 35th Anniversary world tour. Through a deal brokered by Signatures Network, the KISS Virtual Concert Lighter will be the first of several licensed tour lighters available at the App Store this summer. Other bands/artists soon to have their own Virtual Concert Lighters include The Who, Poison, Motley Crue, Kings of Leon, Lil Wayne and others TBA.

Features of the KISS Virtual Concert Lighter include:

• Free upgrades for life - new features will constantly be created for the Virtual Concert Lighters
• Fully customizable with a choice of 24 full-color official KISS lighter cases.
• Unique scrolling text marquee
• Realistic flame sways and moves as you move your hand
• Dynamic sound effects and musical riffs

About KISS
KISS is celebrating their 35th anniversary. They have sold over 80 million albums, broken every concert box office record worldwide. KISS is the music industry's all time merchandising and licensing leader with over half a billion dollars in sales and 2,500 licensed products worldwide. KISS has released over 30 albums, 5 DVDs and 8 books. KISS has just embarked on another world tour playing major stadium dates in South America and Canada.

About Signatures Network (A Live Nation Company)
Signatures Network is the merchandising division of Live Nation. Live Nation's mission is to maximize the live concert experience. Our core business is producing, marketing and selling live concerts for artists via our global concert pipe. Live Nation is the largest producer of live concerts in the world, annually producing over 22,000 concerts for 1,600 artists in 33 countries. During 2008, the company sold over 50 million concert tickets and drove over 70 million unique visitors to its web site.

Live Nation is transforming the concert business by expanding its concert platform into ticketing and building the industry's first artist-to-fan vertically integrated concert platform. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, California and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, trading under the symbol LYV. For additional information about the company, please visit livenation.com.

About Spark of Blue Software, LLC
Spark of Blue specializes in creating bite-size games and entertainment for smartphones and other internet-connected devices. Its first products will be available for the Apple iPhone and iPod touch via its relationships with record companies, recording artists, motion picture studios and other intellectual property holders. Spark of Blue partners with world-class video game/entertainment software developers with whom we have long standing relationships, to bring you the best in snackable, on-the-go entertainment and fun.

For more information, please visit the Spark of Blue web site at sparkofblue.com

iPod and iPhone are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.

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