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<p class="MsoPlainText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">MAROON 5’s NEW ALBUM
<i>OVEREXPOSED</i> AVAILABLE AS FREE PRELOAD FOR FANS WHO PURCHASE THE SONY XPERIA<sup>TM</sup> ION
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<p class="MsoPlainText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">EXCLUSIVELY AT BEST BUY NATIONWIDE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Promotional partnership kicks off with an in-store appearance in New York City TODAY with a chance for fans to meet the band<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify">GRAMMY Award winning artist <b>
Maroon 5</b> will make a special in-store appearance <b>TODAY</b> <u>Wednesday, June 27th at 7:00 P.M</u>. at the Union Square Best Buy store in New York City to celebrate both the release of their new album
<i>Overexposed </i>and the launch of the Xperia ion by Sony. A deluxe version of <i>
Overexposed</i> is loaded into Xperia ions purchased exclusively at Best Buy for just $99 with a new two-year AT&T activation.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify">As an added bonus for fans in New York City, the first 50 people to purchase the Sony Xperia ion at the Union Square Best Buy store with a two-year activation will receive a wristband granting VIP access to
the autograph signing as well as a free copy of Maroon 5’s new <i>Overexposed</i> deluxe edition CD. Fans can get in on the action beginning at 12:01 am on June 26th. In addition, the first 300 people to purchase Maroon 5’s new
<i>Overexposed </i>deluxe edition CD and to check out Best Buy’s Upgrade Checker will receive a wristband giving them the opportunity to attend the in-store event at the Union Square Best Buy store.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify">Maroon 5 is excited to partner with Sony and Best Buy for this in-store appearance and the exclusive preload of their deluxe album on the Xperia ion, which includes music videos, album art and behind the scenes
footage, so fans can take the album with them wherever they go. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify">The Xperia ion is Sony’s first 4G LTE smartphone with HD everywhere for creating and showcasing high quality HD content. This exclusive promotion for Best Buy customers showcases Sony’s brand promise that their
smartphones are made of imagination, designed to unlock people’s imagination and inspire them.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify">Best Buy offers a wide variety of smartphones with all of the plans and lots of unbiased advice at all of the Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile stores. In addition, it offers an array of services aimed at improving
customers' experience, including Walk Out Working, Upgrade Checker, Happy 24 and a full array of accessories for customers to protect and personalize their new mobile devices.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">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,
<u>Songs About Jane</u> and their double platinum album, <u>It Won't Be Soon Before Long</u>, which included hits like "Makes Me Wonder" and "If I Never See Your Face Again."In September 2010, the band released their third studio album,
<u>Hands All Over, </u>which also recently went platinum. The collection featured two hit singles including the Hot AC smash “Misery” and the anthemic “Moves Like Jagger,” which climbed to the #1 spot on the Top 40 and Hot AC charts and also claimed the #1
spot on the Billboard Hot 100. Both singles received GRAMMY Award nominations in the category of "Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals," marking the group’s eighth GRAMMY nomination overall and 5th in that category.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">In addition to his work with Maroon 5, band frontman Adam Levine joined the #1 NBC hit series
<u>The Voice</u> as a coach in 2011. Debuting after Super Bowl XLVI, the second season of The Voice kicked off with a bang, scoring a total of 37.6 million viewers, making it the highest ratings for a non-sports related show on any network in 6 years. The Voice
will return for a third season in September 2012.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">For more information, please go to
<a href="http://www.maroon5.com">www.maroon5.com</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#595959">----->For downloadable photos, press kits, releases, bios & tour dates go to our website
(all info in the "current roster" section): <br>
<a href="http://www.pressherepublicity.com"><span style="color:#595959">http://www.pressherepublicity.com</span></a>
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<a href="http://www.twitter.com/presshere"><span style="color:#595959">http://www.twitter.com/presshere</span></a>
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