Gibson and Epiphone Partner with Virgin Mobile for the 2008 Virgin Festival, Calgary, Alberta June 21-22, 2008 Canada

Toronto, Canada, June 10, 2008 — Gibson Guitar, along with Epiphone Guitar announced a partnership with Virgin Mobile for this year’s Virgin Festival in Calgary, Alberta Canada, June 21-22, 2008. Both Gibson Guitar and Epiphone Guitar will serve as the official musical instrument sponsors of the Virgin Unite kiosks at the festival and support the performing artists. This year’s festival will include performances by Stone Temple Pilots, The Tragically Hip, The Flaming Lips, City and Colour, Stars, Corb Lund and The Constantines. Gibson and Epiphone have long established themselves as the guitar of choice for many Canadian artists and music lovers.

The Virgin Festival in Calgary has established itself as one of the top rock festivals in the world. Since the first-ever Canadian Virgin Festival launched in Toronto in September 2006, around 100,000 music lovers have attended the popular festival. This year the Virgin Festival will rock two Canadian cities with Calgary being the first and then followed by Toronto on September 6 - 7, 2008 at the Toronto Island. The exclusive Gibson Tour Bus will be built into the overall stage and serve as an official artist jam area. Epiphone will provide the official auction guitars, signed by performers and captured by press. The guitars will later be auctioned via Virgin Unite which supports charities worldwide.