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. 7 -- Samsung Telecommunications America
(Samsung Mobile) just launched the second yearbook Samsung AT&T Summer Krush,
an exclusive music tour with leading melodic acts, intentional to render
consumers with rare, private concerts and the opportunity to experience the
music-centric Samsung BlackJack(TM) II mobile phone.
Kicking off on July thirty-first with chart-topping mega-platinum isaac Merrit Singer Mariah
Carey performing in Hollywood for a special FREE concert, unfastened to the
public, at Babylon Court in the famed Hollywood & Highland complex, to air
LIVE Thursday, July 31 on ABC's late-night talk 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
undivided concerts in some of the most intimate locations, with tickets
only available via wireless promotions, street teams, and online enrollment.
Samsung AT&T Summer Krush will conclude in a great deal the same way as it
started, with a rocking concert from multi-platinum selling band, Good
Charlotte, open to the public, in San Francisco, to air on ABC's late-night
spill 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 execution by a chart-topping band as considerably as music by Los
Angeles-based DJ, Matthew Sullivan. Other highlights of the night will
include interactive phone 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 astonishing concert experience and give way them a chance to learn more about
the premiere music experience you can achieve with the BlackJack II," said
Bill Ogle, Chief Marketing Officer, Samsung Telecommunications America.
For more information on the Samsung AT&T Summer Krush series as well as
the Samsung BlackJack II, please visit hTTP://www.samsungsummerkrush.com.
"Jimmy Kimmel Live!" pose 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 a la mode release, E=MC2 debuted at
#1 on the Billboard charts at 463,000, resulting in the biggest first workweek
debut of Mariah's illustrious career. Mariah reached some other historic
career achievement when her pb single "Touch My Body" became her 18th #1
hit on the Billboard Hot century -- surpassing one of the most 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 voltage to stand out the Beatles'
all-time high of 20 number one hits. Mariah has sold over 160 million units
world-wide, making her the top-selling female recording artist in history.
Gavin Rossdale -- Performing in Seattle, WA (Thursday, August 7)
Gavin Rossdale is a man of many talents, with unmistakable, classifiable
vocals and an incredible lyrical brilliance. Rossdale low gear 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 billion 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 -- afterward 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 simon Marks a new chapter in Gavin's
musical career and features some of his most personal and powerful songs to
date. For more than information, please visit hypertext transfer protocol://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, leash Academy of Country Music Awards and 12 Billboard Music
Awards. Rimes is the youngest GRAMMY Award-winner ever so and was the first
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 jumper cable single from Family, the GRAMMY nominated
"Nothin' Better to Do," Rimes became the first artist to experience a song on
Billboard's Country, Adult Contemporary and Dance charts simultaneously.
Nominated this class 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 song from the Evan
Almighty flick soundtrack. Rimes has scored numerous come to 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 one C chart at 69 weeks. An accomplished
author, LeAnn has penned two children's books, acted in celluloid and television system
and long-supported a salmagundi of charity organizations including The
Children's Miracle Network and supporting America's recently wounded and
disabled war veterans. LeAnn is currently preparing to launch her poignant
new unmarried, "What I Cannot Change," and is touring passim the summer
with Kenny Chesney. For more information, please visit
http://www.leannrimesworld.com.
Nelly -- Performing in Atlanta, GA (Tuesday, August 19)
Cornell "Nelly" Haynes burst onto the music scene in 2000 when the
unknown rapper from a sleepy Midwestern metropolis stunned the recording
diligence, selling o'er a quarter of a million copies of his debut album,
Country Grammar, during its low week of release. Nelly quickly proven his
star potential with follow-up singles "E.I." and "Ride Wit Me" on an album
that would go on to sell 9 one thousand thousand copies. Two years later, his sophomore
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 rap artist to deliver deuce
best merchandising platinum albums (Suit and Sweat) at the same time, which
at last elevated him to four number one hits -- the most by a male
artist in the Top 40 charts. A three-time GRAMMY winner world Health Organization has too
received critical-acclaim as an actor with his office in "The Longest Yard,"
Nelly's fifth studio apartment album highborn "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 most successful alternative bands of the early
90's, the Smashing Pumpkins' music is distinguished from most other grunge
stone in its amalgam of progressive rock candy, heavy metal, goth rock,
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 release of their
first album, Gish, in 1991, which was followed by more than platinum and
multi-platinum albums including the nine-time pt 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 alternate music geological era and cover to come across 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 not bad and influential rock band. Representing a powerful
rebirth and reassertion of the Smashing Pumpkins by deuce of its key
members, main singer-songwriter and guitar player Billy Corgan and drummer
Jimmy Chamberlin, Zeitgeist is a heartfelt, challenging and deeply felt piece
of make that signifies the sec coming of the band.
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 unitary of hip-hop's greatest MC's,
Nas was raised in the notorious Queensbridge projects in New York City, the
largest public housing project 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 origin of rap music music. His 1994 debut album,
Illmatic, established Nas as one of hip-hop's most profound lyricists and
introduced the reality to his signature rhymed poetic style. His sixth
studio album, God's Son was named best hip-hop album of the year by Time
Magazine, with the single "I Can" becoming his biggest hit to date. His
2006 album, Hip Hop Is Dead became Nas's one-third number one album (along with
It Was Written and I Am). Nas's newest Untitled record album dropped on July 15,
premiering in the #1 spot on the charts!
Good Charlotte -- Performing in San Francisco, CA (Tuesday, September
16)
Recently reversive from a highly successful international tour of duty 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) stay on to make the globe by force. Hailing from
Waldorf, Maryland, Good Charlotte topped charts world-wide with the group's
2002 break-out record album, the enormously 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 record album and
features the reach singles "The River" and "(I Don't Wanna Be In Love) Dance
Floor Anthem" -- which the Associated Press called "An forthwith infectious
toe-tapper." In 2008, Good Charlotte, yet once more, finds themselves at a
creative pinnacle, asserting their place as serious graph contenders.
About the Samsung BlackJack II
The Samsung BlackJack II is a slim, compact smart device with an array
of features, including a good QWERTY keyboard, large 2.4" colouring LCD covert
and easy-to-use features intentional to deliver effortless communication. The
phone operates on AT&T's high speed 3G network 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
mobile experience. The handset besides features constitutional GPS and multiple
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