Little Big Town to Take Fans Inside GRAMMY Weekend

MasterCard is partnering with GRAMMY -nominated artist Little Big Town in support of its sponsorship of the 55th GRAMMY Awards on February 10, 2013. The band will serve as "on-the-scene" correspondents throughout the GRAMMY celebrations, giving fans an inside look into what it's like to be a part of Music's Biggest Night.

The initiative promotes the MasterCard Priceless Los Angeles program, which offers MasterCard cardholders privileged access to a variety of unique experiences in the city - from dining, sports, and shopping to arts, entertainment, and travel. During GRAMMY weekend, cardholders were provided opportunities to attend the awards show including private pre- and post- show parties, as well as access to prime celeb viewing from the MasterCard Priceless seating area on the official GRAMMY red carpet.

"Los Angeles is a distinctive city, one where A-list events, experiences and locations abound," said Cheryl Guerin, senior vice president, U.S. Marketing, MasterCard. "Priceless Cities was developed purposefully as a means to deliver unique experiences and offers for MasterCard cardholders that help them celebrate all the great experiences cities like L.A. have to offer while also bringing a little more priceless into their daily lives. The GRAMMY Awards provide a perfect opportunity to offer visitors and residents a chance to experience their city the way they want to, and having Little Big Town act as the 'eyes and ears' of the Ceremony and backstage activity is just another great addition to the experience."

As MasterCard Priceless L.A. correspondents, Little Big Town will update fans throughout GRAMMY weekend on Facebook and Twitter, sharing their experience socially and providing fans a unique view into what it's like to be a GRAMMY nominated artist.

"GRAMMY weekend in L.A. is like nothing else - amazing music, over the top fashion and incredible parties," said Karen Fairchild of Little Big Town. "We're thankful to MasterCard for helping us share our GRAMMY experience with the fans. It's such an exciting time for us as a band. Between kicking off our tour and going to the GRAMMY's, I'm not sure how we will top these couple of weeks. The opportunity to have our fans be a part of it all makes it even better."

#LoveThis City Sweepstakes

For music fans who want to be a part of next year's GRAMMY Awards show, MasterCard has launchedthe Priceless Cities #LoveThisCity national sweepstakes. Featured at priceless.com/citysweeps, this promotion runs from now through December 31, 2013 and provides consumers a chance to win a grand prize trip for two (winner + guest) to the 56th GRAMMY Awards in Los Angeles in 2014. Entrants also have an opportunity to win 1 of 20 $100 MasterCard Prepaid cards given away monthly. Consumers who are socially active can increase their chances of winning with one additional entry for sharing on Facebook and one additional entry for sharing on Twitter.

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