Bank One, Sony Card Offer Consumers Experience 'Like No Other' John Mayer, Dido, Five for Fighting, Butch Walker, and Ari Hest Perform at Sony Card Entertainment and Technology Experience Like No Other WILMINGTON, Del., June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- WHO: Musical artists John Mayer, Dido, Five for Fighting, Butch Walker, and Ari Hest (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030116/NYTH053LOGO ) WHAT: The Sony Card Entertainment and Technology Experience Like No Other, presented by Bank One and the Sony Card, will begin in Union Square Wednesday, June 16, 2004, with the "Live Better, Go Digital" interactive tour sponsored by Sony Electronics and Intel and featuring VAIO(R) PCs and the Sony TechPit -- a multimedia exhibit filled with WEGA(R) TVs and DVD Dream(R) Systems. The Experience continues Thursday, June 17 and includes a free lunchtime concert in New York's Union Square featuring gold-selling artist Five For Fighting and singer-songwriter Butch Walker. The Experience will culminate when Grammy-winning artist John Mayer and platinum-selling artist Dido perform a free concert in Bryant Park with Ari Hest opening the set. The live concert at Bryant Park will kick-off with a performance by QRIO, Sony's corporate ambassador. A Small Biped Entertainment Robot developed by Sony Corporation, QRIO embodies Sony's most advanced technologies in recognition, motion control, communications, IT and AI. WHEN & WHERE: Wednesday, June 16 from 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. Sony Card Entertainment and Technology Experience Like No Other E. 17th Street, Union Square, New York City Thursday, June 17 from 8:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Sony Card Entertainment and Technology Experience Like No Other E. 17th Street, Union Square, New York City Thursday, June 17 from 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Five for Fighting and Butch Walker E. 17th Street, Union Square, New York City Thursday, June 17 from 5:15 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. (Gates open at 4:30 p.m.) John Mayer, Dido and Ari Hest 40th Street and 6th Avenue, Bryant Park, New York City Performance Times: * Ari Hest 5:15 - 5:45 p.m. * Dido 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. * John Mayer 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. MORE: Consumers who apply for the Sony Card by visiting http://www.sonycardexperience.com/ by June 17 or by applying in person at the Union Square event will receive access to a premiere seating section for the June 17 concert in Bryant Park. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030116/NYTH053LOGODATASOURCE: Bank One CONTACT: David Chamberlin of Bank One, +1-302-282-5547; or Nick Ragone, +1-646-935-3976, or cell, +1-201-388-0898, or Emilie Nicks, +1-646-935-4046, or cell, +1-213-716-0537, both of Ketchum; or Kelly Mullens of Sony Corporation of America, +1-212-833-6975 Web site: http://www.bankone.com/

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