Cost Plus World Market Plans To ‘Rock Your Summer’ With The Go-Go’s Getaway Sweepstakes

A Winner and 10 Friends Have a Chance to
Win a Free VIP Trip to L.A. to see The Go-Go’s in Concert

OAKLAND, Calif. (June 27, 2011)—This summer Cost Plus World Market (www.worldmarket.com) is celebrating great nostalgic summertime experiences like backyard BBQs, beach gatherings, block parties and fun music with its “Rock Your Summer” promotion from June 26 through July 23, 2011. As the premier sponsor of The Go-Go’s concert at The Greek Theatre on Wednesday, August 17, World Market is giving one winner and 10 of his or her lucky friends the chance to see The Go-Go’s live in concert in Los Angeles, with a VIP party and an opportunity to meet the band. The winner also receives a $2,000 World Market gift card. Customers can enter for a chance to win World Market’s “The Go-Go’s Getaway Sweepstakes” at www.worldmarket.com.

Also, World Market customers who shop the Los Angeles and Orange County-area stores and spend $40 or more in mid-July, will have a chance to receive two free tickets to The Go-Go’s concert at The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles on Wednesday, August 17, 2011. A limited number of tickets will be available; for more information, go to www.worldmarket.com/go-gos for full complete details beginning July 11.

In addition, World Market will donate $1 for each new Facebook fan (up to $20,000) it receives from July 5 through July 23, 2011 to Little Kids Rock (http://littlekidsrock.org), a national non-profit agency dedicated to restoring and revitalizing music education in U.S. public schools.

Looking to celebrate the nostalgia of summers past or anticipating the warm months ahead? From colorful outdoor plates, accessories and outdoor furniture, to shave ice machines and ice cream makers, to s’mores kits and barbecue tools, to refreshing Italian sodas, beer and wine, World Market has everything you need to start creating your own cherished summer memories.

For information about World Market’s current promotions and events, please go to www.worldmarket.com. Keep up with World Market by following us on www.facebook.com/worldmarket and www.twitter.com/worldmarket.

About The Go-Go’s
This year, The Go-Go’s embark on their ‘Ladies Gone Wild’ summer tour to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of their double-platinum debut album, Beauty and the Beat. In 1981, the Go-Go’s delivered Beauty and the Beat hot on the heels of their debut U.S. single “Our Lips Are Sealed.” The album hit Number One, and was the first to top the Billboard charts by an all female band that wrote and performed their own songs. 1982’s Vacation and 1984’s Talk Show continued their chart and radio success and cemented The Go-Go’s as one of the most iconic and beloved groups of the decade. The Go-Go’s released a much-celebrated anthology, Return to the Valley of The Go-Go’s in 1994, and 2001 marked the last studio album of new material, God Bless The Go-Go’s. In May of this year, Capitol/I.R.S. released a 30th Anniversary Edition of Beauty and the Beat, which is available on pink vinyl and an expanded two disc CD package. For more information visit www.gogos.com or follow The Go-Go’s on Twitter @officialgogos.

About Little Kids Rock
Little Kids Rock is a 501 © (3) nonprofit organization that transforms children’s lives by restoring and revitalizing music education in public schools. Little Kids Rock was founded in San Francisco in 2002 by David Wish, an elementary school teacher who had grown frustrated with the lack of music education funding at his school. Today, Little Kids Rock is one of the leading nonprofit providers of free lessons and instruments to underprivileged children in US public schools, and has served more than 160,000 students at over 1,200 schools in 25 cities nationwide. Little Kids Rock Honorary Board Members include Bonnie Raitt, Slash, Paul Simon, B.B. King, Slash, Ziggy Marley and other famous friends in the music industry. More information can be found at: www.littlekidsrock.org.

About Cost Plus World Market
Cost Plus World Market operates 259 in 30 states under the names “World Market” and “Cost Plus World Market.” The store features an ever-changing selection of casual home décor and furnishings, housewares, gifts, jewelry, decorative accessories, over 500 international wines, gourmet foods and beverages offered at affordable prices and imported from more than 50 countries. Many items are unique and exclusive to World Market and are regularly supplied by an international network of individual and regional artisans developed over the Company’s more than 50 years in the import business.

Media Contact
Jill Osaka
Cost Plus World Market
510.808.9319
jill.osaka@cpwm.com