SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Experience U2's new album,
No Line on The Horizon (Interscope Records), in a most unusual way -- via a
two-day-only pop up art installation. No Line on The Horizon will debut at
the art installation on Monday, March 2nd (the day before the album's official
release), from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the Space 15 Twenty gallery, 1520 N.
Cahuenga Blvd., Los Angeles. The installation will also be open to the public
Tuesday, March 3rd, from noon to 9 p.m.
Featuring a multimedia celebration of the album and its art, centered on
Anton Corbijn's photography of the band and a screening of "Linear," his film
based on characters Bono created for No Line on The Horizon and including
songs from the album, the gallery space will reflect the cool, clean, modern
aesthetic of the album art.
No Line on The Horizon, which has been advanced by the single "Get on Your
Boots," will be played at the gallery and be available for purchase.
Accompanying the first 500 album purchases will be a free, limited edition
U2/Anton Corbijn lithograph. In addition, other exclusive, collaborative
merchandise, such as silk-screened Edun shirts, will be offered.
No Line on The Horizon, U2's 12th studio album and first since 2004's
monumental How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, is presented in five formats:
jewel case CD; double-disc vinyl; digipak CD with an expanded booklet, a
poster, and access to a downloadable "Linear"; magazine CD, with 60-page
magazine and "Linear" access; and box set, with digipak CD, "Linear" DVD, a
64-page hardcover book, and a poster. Rolling Stone has already awarded No
Line on The Horizon five stars, calling the album U2's "best, in its textural
exploration and tenacious melodic grip, since 1991's Achtung Baby."
The pop up art installation, which will include an interactive photo area,
is sponsored by Interscope Records, Amoeba Music, Gallery Space, Space 15
Twenty and Filter Magazine.
BOCA RATON, Fla., Feb. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Stand Among Friends, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting opportunities for people with disabilities, will hold its ninth annual benefit, entitled "Food, Friends & Fine Wine," tonight at the Woodfield Country Club in Boca Raton. Pompano Beach-based Cash4Gold.com, America's #1 buyer of precious metals direct from the general public, has underwritten the event as its title sponsor.
The "Food, Friends & Fine Wine" event will feature 400 wines from the 2nd Annual American Fine Wine Competition and a gourmet dinner prepared by the renowned Chef Bart Messing. There will be both a live and silent auction, and performance artist Bran Olsen will entertain guests with his "Art in Action." More than 100 guests are expected to attend.
"We are so grateful for the tremendous generosity of Cash4Gold and our other sponsors," said Stand Among Friends President and Founder Shawn Friedkin. "Without them, this event, and our ongoing effort in aiding people with disabilities, would simply not be possible."
"I've known and admired Shawn and his work for years," said Cash4Gold President Howard Mofshin. "Cash4Gold CEO Jeff Aronson and I are proud to support Shawn and his team's great work at Stand Among Friends."
Friedkin has experienced first-hand how frustrating it can be for people with disabilities to access the information and resources available to them. A few years after becoming paralyzed in an accident in 1992, Friedkin created Stand Among Friends, which has created outreach programs, an intensive practical research program, an educational television show, and informational programs for the disabled. Since its inception, the organization has raised significant dollars in support of these programs, which include topics such as Employment for People with Disabilities, Disability Sensitivity, and Injury Prevention for Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury.
About Stand Among Friends
Stand Among Friends, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, was formed to promote opportunities for people with disabilities. Stand Among Friends was formed in 1997 by Shawn Friedkin who, after being paralyzed in a car accident, was frustrated with the lack of information and resources available to people with disabilities. Stand Among Friends has collaborated with Florida Atlantic University to create the Center for the Study of Neurological Disabilities on FAU's campus and a program that promotes employment for graduating disabled students. The organization regularly airs an educational television show entitled "Life Without Limits," and has completed exercise studies for people with Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and spinal cord injuries. Please visit standamongfriends.com or call (561) 297-4400 for more information or to make a donation.
LEBANON, Tenn., Feb. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- She's an international star, a prolific songwriter, and a beloved philanthropist, but Dolly Parton is also just an old-fashioned Tennessee girl, and that's why Cracker Barrel Old Country Store(R) is pleased and proud to be the exclusive source of a new Collectors' Edition of Dolly's latest CD, Backwoods Barbie. The album will feature three new tracks that have never been heard before and are available only on this disc, and the CD will also feature brand new photos and artwork. This Collectors' Edition goes on sale exclusively at all Cracker Barrel locations on March 23rd.
The three new songs on this disc, "Rose of My Heart," "Hallelujah Holiday," and "Berry Pie" were selected by Dolly herself from her extensive catalog. "I wanted the songs I chose specifically for this release to reflect how I feel about Cracker Barrel and all the good things you can find there," said Dolly. "I think it's important for there to be an authentic connection to the heritage that Cracker Barrel and I share."
Dolly Parton is considered to be the most successful female country music artist, having released 42 top-10 country albums and earned 25 number-one singles. She has won seven Grammy(R) awards and received 42 Grammy(R) nominations. She has also received seven awards from the Academy of Country Music and 10 Country Music Association awards, and is one of only five female artists to win the CMA's highest honor, "Entertainer of the Year." Dolly is also an acclaimed movie and television actress, and her literacy program, Dolly Parton's "Imagination Library," is now in 566 counties in 36 states. It started in her home town in Sevier County, Tennessee, just up the road from Cracker Barrel's home town of Lebanon, Tennessee. "The woman is one of our national treasures, so let's cherish her for as long as we've got her...this is one Barbie who has always been for real," wrote Newsweek in 2008.
"Dolly Parton is an extremely popular and appealing entertainer, and our guests are in for some wonderful sounds when they listen to this Collectors' Edition of Dolly's latest CD, Backwoods Barbie," says Peter Keiser, Vice President of Marketing for Cracker Barrel. "We are especially pleased that Dolly herself selected the three new exclusive songs for this album and honored that these songs reflect her feelings about Cracker Barrel."
The Collectors' Edition of Backwoods Barbie with 15 tracks, including three new songs, goes on sale exclusively at all Cracker Barrel locations on March 23rd, at a retail price of 11.99.
The Collectors' Edition of Backwoods Barbie is the latest project in an impressive collection of exclusive music available only at Cracker Barrel. It follows a number of exclusive releases in 2008 - November's release of Bill Gaither's Homecoming Hymns, the August release of Kenny Rogers: 50 Years, the July release of Ricky Skaggs' The High Notes and the April release of Aaron Tippin's He Believed. Over the last few years, Cracker Barrel has released exclusive CDs featuring Alison Krauss & Union Station, Josh Turner, Amy Grant, Sara Evans, and Charlie Daniels.
About Cracker Barrel
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store restaurants provide a friendly home-away-from-home in their old country stores and restaurants. Guests are cared for like family while relaxing and enjoying real home-style food and shopping that's surprisingly unique, genuinely fun and reminiscent of America's country heritage...all at a fair price. The restaurant serves up delicious, home-style country food such as meatloaf and homemade chicken n' dumplins as well as its signature biscuits using an old family recipe. The authentic old country retail store is fun to shop and offers unique gifts and self-indulgences.
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBRL) was established in 1969 in Lebanon, Tenn. and operates 588 company-owned locations in 41 states. Every Cracker Barrel unit is open seven days a week with hours Sunday through Thursday, 6 a.m. - 10 p.m., and Friday and Saturday, 6 a.m. - 11 p.m. For more information, visit: crackerbarrel.com.
BEIJING, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- CBEX (China Beijing Equity Exchange)
announced today the auctioning of the fous (an ancient Chinese percussion
instrument derived from clay potteries and bronze ware) that were used in the
grand performance of fou at the opening ceremony of Beijing Olympics Games.
According to CBEX, the first auction will be held on March 8, in which
1,000 pieces of fou will be auctioned in package.
According to Liang Yu, spokesperson and executive vice president of CBEX,
following CBEX's official disposal of Olympic assets since August 2008, the
fous used at the Olympic Games have been the focus of attention. Over the past
six months, CBEX has received thousands of telephone inquiries, and a lot of
people have expressed their intention to bid for the fous.
Before the auction, Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX
Olympiad (BOCOG) has, in the form of power of attorney, guaranteed to CBEX
that the objects to be auctioned are the exact fous used at the opening
ceremony, each having a unique special code used in the "Fou Array" at the
opening ceremony. BOCOG said that from the perspective of protection of
intellectual property rights, the fou will no longer be made or mimicked in
the future, and the molds used for manufacturing the fous have been destroyed.
It is noteworthy that different from the previous disposal of
Olympic-related assets, besides onsite package auction of some pieces of fou,
the rest will be auctioned through online bidding. According to Liang Yu,
given a big number of intended buyers, CBEX will use Jinmajia online bidding
system, tailored for the disposal of Olympics-related assets, with a view to
ensuring wider, more convenient, and more effective public participation.
Intended buyers around China may, after registration and payment of deposit,
log onto the website of Jinmajia for online bidding. Online bidding is free
from the restrictions of regional and number of intended buyers of traditional
auctions, which demonstrates the Olympic spirit of full participation and fair
competition.
On Jun 25, 2008, BOCOG and CBEX signed Contract for the Disposition of
Asserts of BOCOG, and published the information of the first batch of assets
on the website of CBEX, marking the entry into formal disposal procedures of
the assets of BOCOG. Since the first Olympic asset auction on Aug 5, 2008,
CBEX has conducted 9 auctions so far, which included furniture and household
appliances at Media Village, air conditioning units, computers, servers, and
BOCOG official cars, with the disposal covering more than 500,000 pieces of
Olympic assets with total price of nearly 30 million yuan, with a value-added
rate of more than 30%.
For more information, please contact:
Coral Shuai
China Beijing Equity Exchange
Tel: +86-10-6629-5692
Fax: +86-6629-5588 x5692
Email: xsshuai@cbex.com.cn
Hurley announces 'Microphone for Youth' global t-shirt design competition at the dynamic fashion runway showdown
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Sports Illustrated 2009 Swimsuit Issue cover model Bar Refaeli joined Benji and Joel Madden of Good Charlotte, Taboo of the Black Eyed Peas, Robert Buckley of Lipstick Jungle and Frankie Delgado of MTV's Bromance and The Hills at House of Blues Anaheim last night to judge Walk the Walk, a fashion design competition developed by Hurley to inspire creativity and confidence among future generations.
To view the Multimedia News Release, go to: http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/hurley/37251/
Refaeli and the star-studded panel of judges that also included Hurley founder Bob Hurley and Rosemary Brantley of OTIS College of Art and Design watched a parade of Hurley collections that had been redesigned by area high school students. The theatrical shows, which at times looked more like dance-offs, were modeled, produced and promoted entirely by student teams.
Of four competing schools, Fountain Valley High School took home top honors and a $5000 donation to its art & music program. Gahr High School won a special design challenge and could see their two original head-to-toe designs featured in a future Hurley collection.
The evening also served to launch the Hurley Microphone for Youth t-shirt design competition, a platform for young people to express themselves creatively and win exciting prizes. Now through March 30, aspiring designers and artists can upload their artwork to www.Hurley.com and the public can visit the site to vote for their favorite. The designer of the winning t-shirt will be announced on April 1, 2009 on Hurley.com and will receive $5,000 and see their design sold through Hurley's online store.
Refaeli, a face, voice and spirit of Hurley, will choose her favorite design and that winner will receive an all-expenses paid trip to Los Angeles in June to meet Bar and Hurley team athletes, and attend Hurley Walk the Walk Grand Championship.
About Hurley: Founded in 1999, Hurley is a leading youth brand rooted in surf, skate, art, music and beach cultures. Driven by creativity and freedom of expression, Hurley develops world-class products for guys, girls and kids, including sportswear, footwear, eyewear, accessories, swimwear and wetsuits. A wholly owned, independently run subsidiary of Nike, Inc., Hurley's corporate headquarters are located in Costa Mesa, CA, with international offices in Tokyo, Sydney, Barcelona and Bali.
NEW YORK, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Forty-five years after The Beatles and
The Rolling Stones first came to America, an extraordinary collection of
"lost" photos of the young bands has just been discovered. The 3500
photographs -- extraordinary, intimate and unpublished -- were taken by Bob
Bonis, their U.S. Tour manager, during their first U.S. tours (1964, 1965 and
1966) and document perhaps the most critical point in their careers: coming to
America.
The Bob Bonis Archive of photographs is now exclusively represented by the
Not Fade Away Gallery, which has announced its first show, "The British Are
Coming: The Beatles and The Rolling Stones 1964-66," to inaugurate the
Gallery, March 4-April 14. The Not Fade Away Gallery is located in New York
City at 901 Broadway, 2nd floor, at the corner of 20th Street.
The Gallery's first exhibition will feature 50+ images of The Beatles and
The Rolling Stones that establish the unparalleled access and close friendship
Bob Bonis (1932-1991) had with the young men who became the most significant
rock musicians of the 20th century. Revealing a private, behind-the-scenes
glimpse into the early days of rock 'n' roll, the photos show the boys in
candid, intimate shots on stage, in rehearsal, in concert, backstage (tuning
up, waiting to go on stage and clowning around), dressing and relaxing, on
vacations or en route to shows or cities, getting haircuts, bowling, recording
in the studio, at press events and just hanging around being themselves.
"The discovery of so many never-before-seen photographs of the two most
influential bands in rock history, captured at the most pivotal time in their
careers, is a once-in-a-lifetime event," says Larry Marion, founder/director
of Not Fade Away Gallery (http://www.NotFadeAwayGallery.com) and an
acknowledged expert in the field of music memorabilia. "In more than twenty
years as a rock 'archeologist,' I've never come upon a discovery of this
magnitude -- thousands of extraordinary unpublished photographs of The Beatles
and The Rolling Stones -- young, innocent and unguarded. This is likely the
largest single trove of such important unknown photographs ever uncovered."
For over forty years, the negatives and slides were safely stored away
unbeknownst to anyone but Bob Bonis' family. Bob's son Alex recently
unearthed them and brought them -- along with his father's collection of
memorabilia from his Tour Manager days -- to Larry Marion for appraisal. In
fact, the photos were at the bottom of a duffel bag of memorabilia -- brought
out almost as an afterthought. Now, Alex Bonis is one of the partners in Not
Fade Away Gallery, which will begin to make these images available for
exhibition and for sale as museum-quality fine art photographic prints (both
black-and-white and color), in extremely limited editions, printed on
era-appropriate paper, utilizing traditional photographic printing methods.
A private man, Bob Bonis never sought publicity and wasn't interested in
pursuing attention based on his past exploits. He started out as a New York
City talent agent in the late 1950s and through a series of unremarkable
circumstances, he came to hold an extraordinary position at a pivotal time in
rock history -- U.S. Tour Manager for both The Beatles and The Rolling Stones
during their first U.S. tours in 1964 and continuing through 1966. Since his
personal passion was photography, he took his camera along wherever he could
and took photos of everyone he worked with -- capturing incredibly intimate
photos that the world is about to see for the very first time.
In addition to more than 3,500 photos he took of The Beatles and The
Stones, Bob photographed Simon & Garfunkel, The Hollies, Cream, The Lovin'
Spoonful, Buddy Rich, Frank Sinatra and many of the jazz greats he worked
with. Not Fade Away Gallery has upcoming shows of these photographs scheduled
for the coming year.
The extraordinary private moments Bob Bonis captured are now available for
all fans and collectors of music and fine art photography to see and
experience at Not Fade Away Gallery, honoring the life and work of Bob Bonis.
"The British Are Coming: The Beatles and The Rolling Stones 1964-66"
Not Fade Away Gallery, 901 Broadway (at 20th Street)
March 4th-April 14th
All photographs by Bob Bonis, copyright 2009 by 2269 Productions, Inc.
This press release was issued through 24-7PressRelease.com. For further
information, visit http://www.24-7pressrelease.com.
Multi-platinum performer's first tour in four years to feature four singing proteges and spectacular imagery
BURBANK, Calif., Feb. 25 /PRNewswire/ --
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Multi-platinum recording artist Yanni is gearing up for his first U.S. tour in 4 years. Long known for his engaging and spectacular live performances, Yanni brings a new and exciting dimension to the show with the addition of four young, extraordinary vocal talents - Nathan Pacheco, Chloe, Ender Thomas and Leslie Mills - discovered and mentored by Yanni and all featured on his upcoming new CD releases YANNI VOICES and YANNI VOCES, the latter featuring Yanni and his four "voices" along with Latin music superstars. Both albums are due out March 24, 2009 on Disney Pearl Series.
The YANNI VOICES tour will feature Yanni's most popular fan favorites accompanied by an explosion of dynamic visuals, dazzling choreography and show-stopping vocal performances by the four "Voices" who bring to life Yanni's most masterful musical compositions, new and old. The tour will also feature Yanni's acclaimed orchestra comprised of musicians from around the globe.
Throughout his extraordinary career, Yanni has staged multiple world tours performing in such world-renown locales including the Acropolis, the Taj Mahal and Beijing's Forbidden City thrilling millions of fans worldwide. His U.S. tours in 1995, 1998 and 2003-2005 each finished in the Top 10 concert tours of the year, as ranked by Performance Magazine and Pollstar.
The dates for the first leg of the tour are below.
DATE CITY VENUE
4/10/09 Ft. Lauderdale Bank Atlantic Center
4/11/09 Tampa St. Pete Times Forum
4/13/09 Gainesville O'Connell Center
4/14/09 Orlando Amway Arena
4/15/09 Estero Germain Arena
4/17/09 Jacksonville Jacksonville Memorial Arena
4/18/09 Duluth (Atlanta) Gwinnett Center
4/19/09 N. Charleston N. Charleston Arena
4/21/09 Greenville Bi-Lo Center
4/22/09 Nashville Sommet Center Arena
4/24/09 Raleigh RBC Center
4/25/09 Baltimore 1st Mariner Arena
4/26/09 Reading Sovereign Center
4/28/09 Wilkes-Barre Wachovia Arena
4/30/09 New York Radio City Music Hall
5/1/09 New York Radio City Music Hall
5/3/09 Boston Agganis Arena
5/5/09 Bridgeport Arena at Harbor Yard
5/6/09 Manchester Verizon Wireless Arena
5/8/09 Quebec City Colisee Pepsi Arena
5/9/09 Montreal Bell Centre
5/10/09 Toronto Air Canada Centre
5/12/09 Pittsburgh Mellon Arena
5/13/09 Rochester Blue Cross Arena
5/15/09 Albany Times Union Forum
5/16/09 Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall
5/17/09 Mashantucket MGM Coliseum at Foxwoods
5/28/09 Minneapolis Target Center
5/29/09 Chicago Sears Center Arena
5/30/09 St. Louis Scottrade Center
5/31/09 Green Bay Resch Center
6/2/09 Grand Rapids Van Andel Arena
6/3/09 Cleveland Quicken Loans Arena
6/5/09 Detroit Palace at Auburn Hills
6/6/09 Cincinnati US Bank Arena
6/7/09 Columbus Nationwide Arena
6/9/09 Kansas City Sprint Center
6/10/09 Witchita Hartman Arena
6/13/09 Houston Toyota Center
6/14/09 Dallas Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie
6/16/09 Denver Pepsi Center
6/17/09 Salt Lake City Energysolutions Arena
6/26/09 Sacramento ARCO Arena
6/27/09 Oakland Oracle Arena
6/28/09 Anaheim Honda Center
6/30/09 Los Angeles Nokia Theatre
