ELTON JOHN VIRTUAL MEET & GREET SWEEPSTAKES

ELTON JOHN VIRTUAL MEET & GREET SWEEPSTAKES OFFICIAL RULES

NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.

DO NOT ENTER THIS SWEEPSTAKES IF YOU DO NOT RESIDE WITHIN THE FIFTY (50) UNITED STATES INCLUDING THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. VOID IN WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.

  1. SPONSOR: Interscope Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc. (“Sponsor” or “Interscope”) with its principal offices at 2220 Colorado Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90404, is solely responsible for all aspects of this sweepstakes.
  2. ENTRY: The Elton John Virtual Meet & Greet sweepstakes (“Sweepstakes”) begins at 12:30:00 P.M. on September 1, 2021 and ends at 11:59.59 P.M. on October 22, 2021 (“Entry Period”). For purposes of these official rules (“Rules”), all times and days are Eastern Time (“ET”). You may enter the Sweepstakes by visiting https://us-store.eltonjohn.com/collections/the-lockdown-sessions (“Website”) and following all onscreen instructions to complete the entry form. After providing your first name, last name, email address, country and clicking “Submit”, you are officially entered into the pool of eligible entries (“Entry”). Only (1) one Entry per person. At the end of the Sweepstakes period, potential winner will be chosen at random from all eligible Entries received during the Entry Period.
  3. LIMITATIONS: In event of a dispute regarding the identity of the person submitting an Entry, the Entry will be deemed to be submitted by the person in whose name the email address is registered. Entries by any method other than set forth above in Section 2 are void. Any use of automated or programmed methods of effecting Entry is prohibited. Sweepstakes is open to any person who has reached the age of 18 or older in the state where s/he resides and who at time of entry is a legal resident of the following “Territory”: the 50 United States, including the District of Columbia (each an “Entrant”). Residents of any country or territory not mentioned herein shall not be eligible to enter or win. Employees of the Sponsor, Elton John (“Artist”), and their respective parent company, subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies, and any other individual or company involved in the development or execution of the Sweepstakes (collectively the “Entities”) and their immediate family members and/or those living in the same household of each are not eligible to enter or win. Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, territorial, and local laws and regulations. Neither the Entities, nor any of their officers, directors, shareholders, employees, agents or representatives (individually and collectively, “Releasees”) are responsible for Entries from persons residing, or physically located, outside the Territory; Entries that are altered, delayed, deleted, destroyed, forged, fraudulent, improperly accessed, inaccurate, incomplete, interrupted, irregular in any way, late, lost, misdirected, multiple, non-delivered, stolen, tampered with, unauthorized, unintelligible or otherwise not in compliance with these Rules; or for lost, interrupted or unavailable satellite, network, server, Internet Service Provider, Website or other connections; telephone or cell phone availability or accessibility; miscommunications; failed computer, satellite, telephone or cable transmissions, lines or technical failure; jumbled, corrupted, scrambled, delayed or misdirected transmissions; computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures, technical errors or difficulties; unauthorized human intervention; traffic congestion; undeliverable emails resulting from any form of active or passive email filtering; or other errors of any kind, whether due to electronic, mechanical or human error or other causes; even if caused by the negligence of any of the Releasees. Each of such potential Entries will be disqualified and any attempt by a person to use multiple email or Service Provider accounts to register more than once may result in disqualification at Sponsor’s sole discretion.
  4. PRIZE: One (1) prize (“Prize”) will be awarded. Prize winner will receive one (1) five (5) minute virtual meet & greet with Elton John. Exact date, time, duration and video format of virtual meet & greet to be determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion, but not later than one (1) year following winner notification and/or winner verification. Prize has no retail value. If access to the video call is disconnected or interrupted due to the acts or omissions of a winner and through no fault of the Sponsor or Artist, the prize will not be replaced or rescheduled. No additional compensation will be awarded. Prize is not redeemable for cash or transferable. No substitution allowed except, at Sponsor’s sole discretion, a prize of equal or greater value may be awarded. Limit one (1) prize per person/per household. All fees, federal, state, local or other expenses relating to the use, acceptance and possession of any Prize are the sole responsibility of winner. Taxes, if any, are the responsibility of winner. Arrangements for the fulfillment of Prize will be made by Sponsor and/or its designated agent.
  5. ODDS: Odds of winning depend on the total number of eligible Entries received during the Entry Period.
  6. WINNER SELECTION & WINNER NOTIFICATION PROCESS : Prize winner will be selected at random by Sponsor. Random Drawing will be conducted on or about October 26, 2021. An email prize notification will be sent to each potential winner by October 29, 2021 based on the information provided by Entrant upon Entry. Winners will be required to execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility / Liability / Publicity Release (“Affidavit/Release”) as determined by the Sponsor or Sponsor’s agent (unless prohibited by law) within twenty-four (24) hours of date/time specified on the prize notification or he/she/they will be disqualified, and an alternate winner may be selected. If any winner fails to respond to the prize notification sent to them by email within twenty-four (24) hours of transmission, or if prize notification email is returned as undeliverable; or if a potential winner has failed to execute and return the Affidavit/Release, or fails to return any other required document within the specified time period; or if a potential winner is otherwise found to be ineligible; or if a potential winner cannot accept or receive the prize for any reason; or if any prize is returned undeliverable, the potential winner will forfeit all rights to prize and an alternate winner may or may not be selected (in Sponsor’s sole discretion) from all non- winning eligible Entries. The Sponsor reserves the right to modify the notification procedures in connection with the selection of an alternate winner, if any. Should any winner be found to have made any false statement(s) in the Affidavit/Release or any other required document, that winner will be disqualified, and no prize shall be awarded to that Entrant. Except where prohibited by law in any other eligible state or territory stated in these Rules, entry and acceptance of prize constitutes permission for Sponsor and/or any third party associated with the Sweepstakes to use each winners’ first name, last name initial and country for fulling any winner list requirements as required by U.S. promotion law.
  7. PRIVACY POLICY/DATA COLLECTION: Information provided by you for this Sweepstakes is subject to Sponsor’s privacy policy located at: http://privacypolicy.umusic.com/ (“Privacy Policy”).
  8. CONDITIONS: By entering this Sweepstakes, you agree represent and warrant that: [1] you will be bound by the Rules and the Sponsor’s decisions, which shall be final in all respects; [2] you release and hold harmless the Releasees from any and all liability for claims, injuries, losses or damages of any kind, including without limitation, death and bodily injury, resulting, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from the awarding, delivery, acceptance, use, misuse, possession, loss or misdirection of any Prize; participation in the Sweepstakes or any Sweepstakes-related activity or from any interaction with, or downloading of, computer Sweepstakes information; [3] each winner’s acceptance of Prize constitutes the grant to Sponsor and assigns of an unconditional right to use winner's name, address (city and state only), voice, likeness, photograph, biographical and Prize information and/or statements about the promotion for any programming, publicity, advertising and promotional purposes without additional compensation, except where prohibited by law; [4] in the event viruses, bugs, unauthorized human intervention, Acts of God, pandemic, acts or regulations of any governmental or supra-national authority, war, national emergency, accident, fire, riot, strikes, lock-outs, industrial disputes, acts of terrorism or other matters beyond the Sponsor’s reasonable control, corrupt, prevent or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play of the Sweepstakes, so that it cannot be conducted as originally planned, Sponsor has the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, modify, terminate or suspend the Sweepstakes; and in such event, to select winner by such method as Sponsor in its sole discretion shall consider equitable; [5] the Releasees are not responsible for typographical or other errors in the offer or administration of this Sweepstakes, including but not limited to: errors in the advertising, Rules, selection and announcement of the winner and distribution of the Prizes; [6] the Releasees are not responsible for any inability of a winner to accept or use any Prize (or any portion thereof) for any reason; [7] the Sponsor has the right, at any time and at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it suspects to be doing any of the following: (a) tampering or attempting to tamper with the entry process or the operation of the Sweepstakes; (b) violating the Rules; (c) violating the Website terms of service, Privacy Policy or other terms, conditions of use and/or general rules or guidelines of any Sweepstakes property or service or (d) acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person; or for any other good cause as determined solely by the Sponsor; [8] all disputes, claims and causes of action at law or in equity (individually, “Claim”) arising out of or relating to this Sweepstakes, the meaning or interpretation of the Rules or any Prize awarded shall be resolved by applying the laws of the state of California, without regard to conflict of laws provisions therein, and shall be solely and exclusively brought in the state or federal courts within that state; [9] Sponsor has the right to modify Prize award procedures at its sole discretion and [10] you are solely responsible for all fees incurred through your wireless phone service for text messages associated with participation in this Sweepstakes, if any.

By participating in this Sweepstakes, each Entrant from the United States waives and relinquishes all rights and benefits afforded by California Civil Code 1542 and does so understanding and acknowledging the significance of this waiver. Section 1542 states as follows: “A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS THAT THE CREDITOR OR RELEASING PARTY DID NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS OR HER FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE AND THAT, IF KNOWN, BY HIM OR HER, WOULD HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS OR HER SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR OR THE RELEASED PARTIES.”

  1. RULES & WINNER LIST: For the name of winner (after November 5, 2021) and/or Rules (before October 22, 2021), send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Elton John Virtual Meet & Greet Sweepstakes (indicating which) c/o Interscope, 2220 Colorado Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90404. Washington and Vermont residents may omit return postage when requesting a winner list.