Dixie Chicks 'Top Of The World Tour' a Great Success; Dixie Chicks Ticket Sales Skyrocket Past 850,000

Business Wire, March 7, 2003

Entertainment Editors/News Editors

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 7, 2003

Since the Grammy winning Dixie Chicks, announced plans for their upcoming "Top Of The World Tour", interest in the tour across the country has been intense. The first concert dates went on sale this past weekend and the demand was overwhelming. The majority of shows immediately sold out. After just one weekend of on-sales, over an astonishing 850,000 tickets have been sold.

Clear Channel Entertainment will be promoting 26 of the Dixie Chicks upcoming concerts. Of those 26 performances the vast majority of them sold-out in minutes! The June 19th performance at the FleetCenter in Boston, MA sold out in less then 13 minutes and the July 17th performance at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, CA sold out in a mere thirty-five minutes!!

"This is beyond spectacular!" Clear Channel Entertainment's Bruce Kapp, vice-president of CCE Touring, exclaimed. "Clear Channel is very excited to be working with the Dixie Chicks, their manager Simon Renshaw, The Firm and Rob Light of CAA. These women cross musical and geographical boundaries."

The "Top Of The World Tour" will kick off on May 1st in Greenville, SC and will wrap in Nashville, TN in August. The tour will be their first tour in three years and comes in support of their latest critically acclaimed and multi-platinum selling album, Home. Considered as one of their most personal albums yet, it has remained on the charts for roughly 27 weeks and has earned numerous nominations and awards recently including Grammy's for Best Country Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocals, Best Country Instrumental Performance, Best Country Album, and Best Recording Package.

For ticket information, check out www.cc.com.

About Clear Channel Entertainment

Clear Channel Entertainment, a leading producer and marketer of live entertainment events, is a subsidiary of Clear Channel Worldwide (NYSE: CCU), a global leader in the out-of-home advertising industry. Clear Channel Entertainment currently owns, operates and/or exclusively books approximately 135 live entertainment venues, including more than 100 in North America and 30 in Europe. In 2001, more than 66 million people attended approximately 26,000 events promoted and/or produced by the company, including: Live music events; Broadway, West End and touring theatrical shows; family entertainment shows; and specialized sports and motor sports events. The company, which operates throughout North America, Europe, South America and Australia, also owns independently operated athlete representation businesses, which provide management, marketing and financial consulting services to many of the world's top professional athletes. More information may be found by visiting www.cc.com and www.clearchannel.com.