Darren Criss & More Attend CITI's First Annual Billboard After Party

Celebrating the year's achievements in music the first annual Billboard After Party presented by Citi was held on the rooftop of The London Hotel in West Hollywood, CA tonight with DJ Cassidy providing the musical entertainment.

Celebrity attendees included Prince, Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka, Darren Criss, The Lumineers, Karmin, Diane Warren, Sia, Bonnie McKee, Noelle Scaggs of Fitz and The Tantrums, Joshua Radin, Lisa Loeb, Megan and Liz, Greg Kurstin, and industry executives Ross Levinsohn (Prometheus Global Media), Dana Miller (Prometheus Global Media), Bill Werde (Billboard), Tommy Page (Billboard), Jennifer Breithaupht (CITI), David Kovach (CITI), Kathy Willard (Live Nation), Bozoma Saint John (Pepsi), Erika Priestley (Beats By Dre), Lori Feldman (Warner Bros. Records), Charlie Feldman (BMI), Scott McCune (Coca-Cola), Peter Strickland (Warner Bros. Records), Dion Singer (Warner Music International), Liana Huth (Fuse), Michele Bernstein (William Morris Endeavor), Virginia Davis (Azoff Music), Chris Hicky (music video director), and more.

Guests were treated to dinner and drinks from Gordon Ramsay at The London. Décor for the event was designed and installed by New York's Allow Me Events.

The Billboard After Party featured a pop-up photo studio where attendees could stop to get their picture taken. Those photos were shared on Billboard's Facebook Page in a special photo album created exclusively for the event. Photos from the party can be found HERE.

Citi Private Pass is available to all Citi consumer credit and debit cardmembers and offers access to events where they can experience the best in sports, dining, music and family entertainment. In 2012 alone, Citi Private Pass offered cardmembers access to over 10,000 events of which 4,000-featured music from chart-topping artists ranging from R&B to country.

A limited number of complimentary tickets to the Billboard After Party were made available for Citi credit and debit cardmembers through www.citiprivatepass.com. For this exclusive event, tickets were limited to 2 per Citi cardmember and were available on a first-come, first-serve basis.

The Billboard After Party is produced by New York-based agency MAC Presents.

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