Seven Major Cities Enjoy Private Summer Music Experiences Featuring Today's
Hottest Bands In the Coolest Locations!
Mariah Carey Kicks Off Concert Series With FREE Show at Los Angeles'
Hollywood & Highland Complex, To Be Broadcast LIVE on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'
Good Charlotte Concludes the Series In San Francisco With Their
Performance, Also Set To Be Broadcast on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 1 -- Samsung Telecommunications America
(Samsung Mobile) just launched the second annual Samsung AT&T Summer Krush,
an exclusive music tour with leading musical acts, intentional to provide
consumers with rare, private concerts and the opportunity to get the
music-centric Samsung BlackJack(TM) II mobile phone.
Kicking off on July 31st with chart-topping mega-platinum isaac Merrit Singer Mariah
Carey performing in Hollywood for a special FREE concert, open to the
public, at Babylon Court in the famed Hollywood & Highland complex, to air
LIVE Thursday, July 31 on ABC's late-night verbalize show "Jimmy Kimmel Live!,"
Samsung AT&T Summer Krush presents seven one-night only private music
events. Lasting through mid-September, Samsung AT&T Summer Krush gives
consumers a chance to hear some of their favorite bands performing
exclusive concerts in some of the most intimate locations, with tickets
only uncommitted via radio promotions, street teams, and online registration.
Samsung AT&T Summer Krush will close in much the same way as it
started, with a rocking concert from multi-platinum selling band, Good
Charlotte, opened to the public, in San Francisco, to air on ABC's late-night
verbalise show "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"
Samsung AT&T Summer Krush Presents:
-- Mariah Carey in Los Angeles, CA on July 31
-- Gavin Rossdale in Seattle, WA on August 7
-- LeAnn Rimes in Dallas, TX on August 13
-- Nelly in Atlanta, GA on August 19
-- Smashing Pumpkins in Orlando, FL on August 22
-- Nas in New York, NY on August 27
-- Good Charlotte in San Francisco, CA on September 16
Each Samsung AT&T Summer Krush event will feature a one hr
high-energy functioning by a chart-topping banding as comfortably as music by Los
Angeles-based DJ, Matthew Sullivan. Other highlights of the night will
include interactive earphone booths that showcase the music capabilities of
the Samsung BlackJack(TM) II, and opportunities for visitors to win a
number of prizes including the featured BlackJack II phone, which is now
available in two new colors, Romantic Pink and Ocean Blue.
"Samsung AT&T Summer Krush is a way for us to thank our customers with
an awing concert experience and return them a chance to learn more than about
the premiere music experience you can attain with the BlackJack II," said
Bill Ogle, Chief Marketing Officer, Samsung Telecommunications America.
For more than information on the Samsung AT&T Summer Krush serial publication as comfortably as
the Samsung BlackJack II, please visit hypertext transfer protocol://www.samsungsummerkrush.com.
"Jimmy Kimmel Live!" airs at 12:05 am ET/PT on ABC.
About the performers:
Mariah Carey -- Performing in Los Angeles, CA (Thursday, July 31)
International Superstar Mariah Carey's up-to-the-minute release, E=MC2 debuted at
#1 on the Billboard charts at 463,000, resulting in the biggest first hebdomad
debut of Mariah's renowned career. Mariah reached some other historic
vocation achievement when her leash single "Touch My Body" became her 18th #1
hit on the Billboard Hot 100 -- surpassing one of the to the highest degree enduring chart
records in Billboard account, Elvis Presley's 17 #1's. Now, Mariah is
positioned as the only active recording artist in the 50 long time of the Hot
100 (which began in 1958) with the potential drop to surpass the Beatles'
all-time high of 20 number one hits. Mariah has sold over 160 trillion units
worldwide, making her the top-selling female recording artist in history.
Gavin Rossdale -- Performing in Seattle, WA (Thursday, August 7)
Gavin Rossdale is a humankind of many talents, with unmistakable, typical
vocals and an unbelievable lyrical genius. Rossdale first-class honours degree stepped into the
international spotlight with his band Bush. The band's debut album, Sixteen
Stone, was released in 1994, featuring the massive singles "Everything
Zen," "Glycerine," and "Comedown" and went on to sell over 6 trillion copies
in the U.S. alone. The triple-platinum followup, Razorblade Suitcase,
debuted at #1, followed by two more albums -- 1999's The Science of Things
and 2001's Golden State -- subsequently which Bush went on an indefinite hiatus
from touring and recording. Rossdale returned to the music scene in 2005
with a new band, Institute, and their debut album, Distort Yourself. The
band toured extensively, including two stints opening for U2. In June 2008,
Gavin Rossdale released his first-ever solo album, entitled WANDERLUST,
which was produced by Bob Rock. The record first Baron Marks of Broughton a new chapter in Gavin's
musical vocation and features some of his about personal and powerful songs to
date. For more information, please visit hTTP://www.gavinrossdale.com.
LeAnn Rimes -- Performing in Dallas, TX (Wednesday, August 13)
LeAnn Rimes has sold more than 37 million albums, won deuce GRAMMY
Awards, trey Academy of Country Music Awards and 12 Billboard Music
Awards. Rimes is the youngest GRAMMY Award-winner of all time and was the low
country recording artist to win the GRAMMY's "Best New Artist" category.
Her stream album, Family, is her most personal yet and was alone
co-written by Rimes. With the pencil lead single from Family, the GRAMMY nominated
"Nothin' Better to Do," Rimes became the first creative person to have a song on
Billboard's Country, Adult Contemporary and Dance charts simultaneously.
Nominated this year for two Academy of Country Music Awards, LeAnn recently
won the CMT Award for "Collaborative Video of the Year" with Bon Jovi and
the Gospel Music Association's Dove Award for her birdcall from the Evan
Almighty motion-picture show soundtrack. Rimes has scored numerous shoot singles in her
career, including "Can't Fight The Moonlight," which went #1 in 11
countries and "How Do I Live," which holds the record for the longest
charting song on the Billboard Hot hundred chart at 69 weeks. An complete
author, LeAnn has penned two children's books, acted in film and tv set
and long-supported a change of brotherly love organizations including The
Children's Miracle Network and supporting America's recently maimed and
handicapped war veterans. LeAnn is currently preparing to launch her poignant
new single, "What I Cannot Change," and is touring passim the summertime
with Kenny Chesney. For more information, please chat
http://www.leannrimesworld.com.
Nelly -- Performing in Atlanta, GA (Tuesday, August 19)
Cornell "Nelly" Haynes burst onto the music scene in 2000 when the
strange rapper from a sleepy Midwestern city stunned the recording
industry, selling over a quarter of a million copies of his debut album,
Country Grammar, during its low week of release. Nelly quickly proved his
star topology potential with follow-up singles "E.I." and "Ride Wit Me" on an album
that would go on to trade 9 1000000 copies. Two years after, his soph
album Nellyville established his widespread appeal, selling 6 million
albums and earning him deuce Grammies for the singles "Hot in Herre" and
"Dilemma." One of the industry's top recording artists, Nelly made music
history in 2004 by becoming the first solo and whack artist to deliver two
best selling platinum albums (Suit and Sweat) at the same time, which
in the end elevated him to four number i hits -- the almost by a male
creative person in the Top 40 charts. A three-time GRAMMY winner world Health Organization has likewise
received critical-acclaim as an actor with his role in "The Longest Yard,"
Nelly's fifth studio album titled "Brass Knuckles" drops on September 16
including the hot single, "Party People," featuring Fergie.
Smashing Pumpkins -- Performing in Orlando, FL (Friday, August 22)
The longest-lasting and virtually successful alternative bands of the early
90's, the Smashing Pumpkins' music is distinguished from most other grunge
rock in its amalgam of progressive stone, heavy metal, goth rock music,
psychedelia and dream pop, creating a layered, powerful sound driven by
swirling, distorted guitars. Formed in Chicago in 1988, The Smashing
Pumpkins were met with instant success with the platinum loss of their
first album, Gish, in 1991, which was followed by more platinum and
multi-platinum albums including the nine-time atomic number 78 Mellon Collie And
The Infinite Sadness and the four-time platinum Siamese Dream. The pivotal
group's many hits include "Disarm," "Today," "Cherub Rock," "1979,"
"Tonight, Tonight" and "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" -- songs that defined
the alternative music earned run average and persist in to resonate on modern rock wireless,
influencing a whole new generation of fans. The release of Zeitgeist, the
sixth Smashing Pumpkins album and the first album since 2000, recaptures
the spirit of this great and influential rock striation. Representing a powerful
rebirth and reassertion of the Smashing Pumpkins by iI of its key
members, main singer-songwriter and guitarist Billy Corgan and drummer
Jimmy Chamberlin, Zeitgeist is a heartfelt, ambitious and deep felt musical composition
of ferment that signifies the second coming of the banding.
Nas -- Performing in New York, NY (Wednesday, August 27)
A multi-platinum hip-hop creative person, Nas is the firstborn son of Jazz musician
Olu Dara and Fannie Ann Jones. Regarded as matchless of hip-hop's greatest MC's,
Nas was raised in the notorious Queensbridge projects in New York City, the
largest populace housing stick out in the United States. After dropping out of
school in the eighth grade, Nas educated himself about African culture and
civilization as well as the descent of rap music music. His 1994 debut album,
Illmatic, naturalized Nas as one of hip-hop's most profound lyricists and
introduced the world to his signature rhyming poetic style. His sixth
studio album, God's Son was named best hip-hop album of the twelvemonth by Time
Magazine, with the single "I Can" seemly his biggest hit to date. His
2006 album, Hip Hop Is Dead became Nas's third number 1 album (along with
It Was Written and I Am). Nas's newest Untitled album dropped on July 15,
premiering in the #1 spot on the charts!
Good Charlotte -- Performing in San Francisco, CA (Tuesday, September
16)
Recently returning from a highly successful international term of enlistment Good
Charlotte, made up of twin brothers Joel Madden (vocals) and Benji Madden
(guitars/vocals), Billy Martin (guitars), Paul Thomas (bass) and Dean
Butterworth (drums) go on to take the world by storm. Hailing from
Waldorf, Maryland, Good Charlotte topped charts worldwide with the group's
2002 break-out album, the staggeringly successful The Young and the Hopeless,
which included the hit singles "Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous" and "Girls
and Boys." The album went on to become multi-platinum, landing the band
unbelievable publicity, including the cover of Rolling Stone. In 2004, Good
Charlotte released another hit album called The Chronicles of Life and
Death. Good Charlotte's latest release, Good Morning Revival
(Epic/Daylight), is the best-selling group's fourth full-length album and
features the rack up singles "The River" and "(I Don't Wanna Be In Love) Dance
Floor Anthem" -- which the Associated Press called "An in a flash infectious
toe-tapper." In 2008, Good Charlotte, yet once again, finds themselves at a
creative pinnacle, asserting their place as serious chart contenders.
About the Samsung BlackJack II
The Samsung BlackJack II is a slim, contract smart device with an array
of features, including a broad QWERTY keyboard, large 2.4" color LCD projection screen
and easy-to-use features designed to deliver effortless communication. The
phone operates on AT&T's high focal ratio 3G mesh and offers AT&T Video Share
and a 2 megapixel camera with video recording. The BlackJack II provides
access to corporate and personal electronic mail, while the speakerphone and
Bluetooth(R) 2.0 wireless connectivity allow for a convenient hands-free
nomadic experience. The handset also features inbuilt GPS and multiple
electronic messaging capabilities. On July 21, in accession to the currently usable
red wine and sinister color options, the BlackJack II testament be available in deuce
new colors, Romantic Pink and Ocean Blue.
About AT&T
AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) is a chancellor communications holding company. Its
subsidiaries and affiliates, AT&T operating companies, are the providers of
AT&T services in the United States and about the humans. Among their
offerings are the world's most advanced IP-based business concern communications
services and the nation's leading wireless, high speed Internet access and
voice services. In domesticated markets, AT&T is known for the directory
publication and advertising sales leadership of its Yellow Pages and
YELLOWPAGES.COM organizations, and the AT&T brand is commissioned to innovators
in such fields as communications equipment. As voice of its three-screen
integration strategy, AT&T is expanding its TV entertainment offerings.
Additional information around AT&T Inc. and the products and services
provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at
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About Samsung Telecommunications America
Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC, a Dallas-based subsidiary of
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., researches, develops and markets radio
handsets and telecommunications products throughout North America. For more
information, please confab http://www.samsungwireless.com.
About Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a globular leader in semiconductor,
telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies with
2007 consolidated gross sales of US$103.4 billion. Employing approximately
one hundred fifty,000 people in 134 offices in 62 countries, the troupe consists of five
master business units: Digital Media Business, LCD Business, Semiconductor
Business, Telecommunication Business and Digital Appliance Business.
Recognized as one of the fastest growing global brands, Samsung Electronics
is a ahead producer of digital TVs, memory chips, mobile phones and
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About "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"
Packed with hilarious comedy bits and a fantastic house band, "Jimmy
Kimmel Live!" features a diverse lineup of guests that includes
celebrities, etes, musicians, comedians and humorous human interest
subjects. Each night, Jimmy strives to do what no other late-night talk
show can do -- deliver up-to-the minute news on the latest topics ...
though sometimes enhanced for the sake of comedy.
Jimmy Kimmel and Jill Leiderman serve as executive producers of "Jimmy
Kimmel Live!" Jason Schrift and Douglas DeLuca serve as co-executive
producers. "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" is shot live in front of a studio audience
and produced by Jackhole Industries in association with ABC Studios.
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