View Single Post
  #85  
Old 01-06-2003, 05:31 PM
cbspock's Avatar
cbspock cbspock is offline
Board Administrator
 
Join Date: May 2001
Location: at the edge of the final frontier...
Posts: 49,423
It was replaced .......

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030106/lam100_1.html

Shania Twain to Perform Live During AT&T Wireless Super Bowl XXXVII Halftime Show
Monday January 6, 4:41 pm ET


NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Musical superstar SHANIA TWAIN will perform live at the Super Bowl in San Diego during the AT&T WIRELESS SUPER BOWL XXXVII HALFTIME SHOW, the NFL announced today.

Slated this year for Sunday, Jan. 26 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, the Super Bowl is annually the nation's highest-rated TV program and the most-watched single-day sporting event. This year's game will be televised live on ABC to an expected 130 million viewers in the United States and 800 million viewers worldwide.

"The AT&T Wireless Super Bowl Halftime Show is an important part of the Super Bowl and one of the most widely viewed entertainment events of the year," said NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue. "We are pleased that the spectacular talent of Shania Twain will become part of our Super Bowl halftime tradition."

"I can't imagine anyone getting up to go to the refrigerator with Shania Twain performing on the 50-yard line," said Michael Sievert, Chief Marketing Officer, AT&T Wireless. "Everything about this year's AT&T Wireless Super Bowl XXXVII Halftime Show promises to be nothing short of spectacular."

The AT&T WIRELESS SUPER BOWL XXXVII HALFTIME SHOW will be executive produced by music and entertainment industry icons JIMMY IOVINE, chairman of Interscope Geffen A&M Records, and JOEL GALLEN, director-producer of Tenth Planet Productions.

Twain is on her way to becoming the first artist ever with three 10 million-selling albums, after her latest release, "Up!" The record setting new album sold a staggering 874,000 its debut week and has held the charts at number 1 for five consecutive weeks. This album followed the success of "Come On Over", which was the most successful female solo artist album of all-time with world-wide sales of over 34 million and the release of "The Woman in Me", another 10 million plus seller.

Twain has been accorded endless awards and honors since breaking into the country music scene in 1995. She has won five Grammy Awards, named Entertainer of the Year in 1999 and 2000 by the Academy of Country Music and Country Music Association; and captured 22 BMI songwriting awards. The five Grammy Awards included: 1999 for Best Female Vocal Country Performance for "Man I Feel Like A Woman"; 1999 for Best Country Song "Come on Over"; 1998 for Best Female Country Performance for "You're Still The One"; 1998 for Best Country Song, "You're Still The One" and 1995 for Best Country Album, "The Woman In Me".

About AT&T WIRELESS

AT&T Wireless (NYSE: AWE - News) is the largest independently traded wireless carrier in the United States, following our split from AT&T on July 9, 2001. AT&T Wireless now operates the largest GSM/GPRS network in the Western Hemisphere. With 20.2 million subscribers, and full-year 2001 revenues exceeding $13.6 billion, AT&T Wireless will continue delivering advanced high-quality mobile wireless communications services, voice or data, to businesses and consumers, in the U.S. and internationally. For more information, please visit us at www.attwireless.com .
Source: Mercury Nashville; NFL
__________________
Shania's Place
Shania: often imitated, never duplicated!!

"...Living, Loving, Laughing and Dreaming....."-Shania Twain
Reply With Quote