RollingStone.com and Best Buy.com Offer ``Widespread Panic Flyaway Sweepstakes``; One Lucky Winner Will Fly to New Orleans to See Widespread Panic Live

MINNEAPOLIS--July 30, 2001--BestBuy.com, Inc., the wholly owned Internet subsidiary of Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY) and RollingStone.com, today announced the "Widespread Panic Flyaway Sweepstakes." To celebrate Widespread Panic`s latest album Don`t Tell The Band, RollingStone.com and BestBuy.com are offering fans a chance to see the band live at their Pre-Halloween show on October 27 at Lakefront Arena on the campus of the University of New Orleans. One lucky winner will receive round-trip tickets for two to New Orleans, hotel accommodations and tickets to the Widespread Panic concert, as well as an opportunity to meet the band before the show. One runner-up will win a Washbourn acoustic guitar model D-8, autographed by the members of the band. Fans can enter the sweepstakes online through www.BestBuy.com/widespreadpanic or at www.RollingStone.com. Pop Rock group, Widespread Panic, recorded their first album, "Space Wrangler" in 1988 and their second in 1991 titled, "Widespread Panic." They made many appearances through the constant touring, which helped to increase their popularity. Widespread Panic produced other great hits for their 1994 Ain`t Life Grand album such as "Little Kin" and "Airplane." In 1995 the band recorded the album Nine High a Pallet with the cooperation of Georgian Vic Chesnutt and in 1997 they released Bombs & Butterflies. An estimated 100,000 people attended Widespread Panic`s 1988 party in Athens to celebrate the release of their double live album Light Fuse Get Away. After a couple more releases, including `Til The Medicine Takes and Another Joyous Occasion which featured the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Widespread Panic released their 2001 album Don`t Tell The Band. For more information on Widespread Panic, visit their official Web site www.widespreadpanic.com. Minneapolis-based Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY) is the nation`s number one specialty retailer of consumer electronics, personal computers, entertainment software and appliances. The Company operates retail stores and commercial web sites under the names: Best Buy (BestBuy.com), Magnolia Hi-Fi (MagnoliaHiFi.com), Media Play (MediaPlay.com), On Cue (OnCue.com), Sam Goody (SamGoody.com), and Suncoast (Suncoast.com). The Company reaches consumers through more than 1,800 retail stores nationwide, in Puerto Rico and in the U.S. Virgin Islands. RollingStone.com (http://www.RollingStone.com) is the Internet`s leading authority on music news and popular culture. The site leverages Rolling Stone magazine`s unrivaled deep archives, including more than 7,000 artist profiles, an extensive collection of exclusive photos and interviews, 30+ years of magazine covers and over 1,000 on-demand videos. Acquired by the Universal Music Group in June 2001, RollingStone.com is a sister company of GetMusic LLC, the UMG-owned music media company which creates a wide spectrum of online and offline music and lifestyle programming. CONTACT: Best Buy Co., Inc., Minneapolis Donna Beadle, 952/995-5259

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