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LAS VEGAS, May 26 /PRNewswire/ — DeepRockDrive (), the world’s first interactive online concert venue, today announced Everfine/ Atlantic recording group O.A.R. will be the next major artist signed on to perform at the Pepsi free Concert Series at DeepRockDrive.
The June 16th performance will be the first opportunity for O.A.R. fans globally to interact with the band in anticipation of their July 15th release, All Sides, and the 36-date “All Sides Tour” this summer. O.A.R. will perform their single, “Shattered,” from their forthcoming album for the first time live, giving the audience an exclusive front row experience unlike any other.
O.A.R., which includes band members Marc Roberge (vocals, electric & acoustic guitar), Richard On (electric guitar & background vocals), Jerry DePizzo (saxophone), Benj Gershman (bass), and Chris Culos (drums) holds the dubious pleasure of selling out New York City’s famed Madison Square Garden - twice, captured in concert on 2007’s 2-CD set, Live From Madison Square Garden, as well as a two-disc DVD package, with the same name. All Sides is O.A.R.’s first new studio album since 2005’s popular breakthrough, Stories Of A Stranger, which included the band’s hit singles “Love and Memories,” and “Heard The World.”
“Performing at DeepRockDrive will allow us to bring new and old songs to people wherever they may be,” said Marc Roberge. “That’s the beauty of this show, communicating with an audience that is spread throughout the world. All from Vegas, how can you beat that?”
Presented by Pepsi, the global, free concert will feature interaction between fans and artists using the revolutionary service that DeepRockDrive has created.
By logging on to . O.A.R. fans around the world will experience a live, online, interactive exchange between themselves and O.A.R.. Fans can collaborate with the band by sending shout outs to the stage, voting on the next song in the set, personalizing camera angle selections and sending digital applause in the form of emot-applause(TM), which are video game-like icons, such as hearts, fists, and lips that blow a kiss. These animated icons will appear on giant screens in front of O.A.R. while they perform.
Thanks to the support of Pepsi, O.A.R.’s concert will be presented free of charge, bringing a front row seat to their fans anywhere in the world and wherever a broadband connection is available. The series reinforces DeepRockDrive’s prominence as the world’s most popular destination for online, interactive concerts.
For a complete listing of all the concerts available on DeepRockDrive, go to where music lovers can grab tickets for their favorite artists and invite all of their friends.
Live music has a new home … yours, and it’s powered by Pepsi!

About O.A.R.
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Everfine/Atlantic recording group O.A.R. is gearing up to hit the road this summer in support of their forthcoming studio album, All Sides, which will be released on July 15th. The three month, 36-date “All Sides Tour” will kick off on June 15th at the prestigious Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival. All Sides is O.A.R.’s first new studio album since 2005’s popular breakthrough, Stories of a Stranger, which included the band’s hit singles “Love and Memories,” and “Heard The World.” All Sides was recorded in Los Angeles and was produced by Matt Wallace (Maroon 5, Blues Traveler, and Chantal Kreviazuk). O.A.R., formed in 1996 and since have blazed a unique grassroots trail across America, revealing their compelling musical vision through near- constant touring. With their distinct sound and introspective, heartfelt lyricism, the band has earned a fervent following from coast to coast.
About DeepRockDrive
DeepRockDrive was founded in 2007 by music industry marketing veteran and MEGA founder Danny Socolof, and former Microsoft Xbox executive producer Jeff Henshaw. By harnessing the excitement of live performance and the interactivity of the Internet, DeepRockDrive is creating the world’s most popular online destination for interactive live performances. The Company is headquartered in Las Vegas and Seattle with 25 employees and a community comprised of over 50,000 passionate artists and fans worldwide.
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MIAMI BEACH, Fla., April 21 /PRNewswire/ — The Celebration Of The Sea Music & Film Festival announced today that it will be teaming up with The Miami Beach Polo World Cup and The Setai on Saturday, April 26, 2008 to hold an ocean side concert featuring the Blues Brothers and other surprise celebrity guests followed by a VIP dine around. The silent auction will benefit The Buoniconti Fund To Cure Paralysis. The VIP dine around is being hosted by the world renowned The Setai after an oceanside concert on Miami Beach in the Polo World Cup arena erected between 20th and 22nd streets.Both events will include special presentations by honorary guest Judy Belushi Pisano, the widow of acclaimed Saturday Night Live Star and Blues Brothers co-creator John Belushi. Mrs. Belushi Pisano will be joined by both Blues Brothers, Jake and Elwood Blues whose recent live concert performances have been featured at NASCAR’s Daytona 500, The House of Blues, The Capital One Half Time Show, The New York Stock Exchange and Universal Studios. They will be arriving in the Blues Mobile that was featured in their Universal Pictures movie blockbuster “The Blues Brothers” to perform an exclusive live oceanside concert on Miami Beach. The special performance will feature the Blues Brothers’ greatest hits from the Atlantic Records multi-platinum album “Briefcase Full Of Blues.”"We are thrilled to be partnering up with Celebration of the Sea and being able to host one of their amazing concerts in our venue on the beach after a day of our world class polo competitions,” said Miami Beach Polo World Cup Co-Founder and President Bruce Orosz. “This brings even more excitement and celebrity star power to Miami Beach and we’re looking forward to this as a kick-off to help host one of their concerts every year during our Polo event.”"We’re so grateful to Judy Belushi for helping us bring the magic of the Blues Brothers to Miami Beach to benefit such an important cause as The Buoniconti Fund To Cure Paralysis,” said President and Founder of Celebration Of The Sea, Patxi Pastor. “We know producing the concert as an annual event with The Miami Beach Polo World Cup will create an amazing world class signature event for our city. This kick-off concert and dinner on the 26th is going to set the stage for a mega event we are already planning for 2009 with The Buoniconti Fund and Miami Beach Polo World Cup.”The last Celebration Of The Sea Music And Film Festival was featured in Rolling Stone Magazine and held in Key Largo, FL. The concert was attended by over 5,000 music fans and included special performances by the “Father of Rock And Roll” Chuck Berry, Aerosmith Front Man Steven Tyler, Jeff “Skunk” Baxter of the Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan, Barry Goudreau and Fran Sheehan, original members of Boston, rap pioneer DMC, Supermodels Sabrina Pastor, Frederique van der Wal and Carol Alt. Press Conference - The Miami Project To Cure Paralysis Thursday, April 24th, 2008 - 10:30 A.M. Jamie Romboli, (312) 805-3515 * Scott Roy, (305) 243-8939 * *A press conference for the event will be held on Thursday, April 24th, 2008 at 10:30 A.M. located in front of The Miami Project To Cure Paralysis Building at the Lois Pope LIFE Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine to announce details for the event. The press conference will be hosted by Nick and Marc Buoniconti (The Co-Founder and President of The Miami Project respectively and Founders of The Buoniconti Fund) along with Jim Ferraro, President and Founder of The Ferraro Foundation who was recently honored for giving a $1 Million donation to The Buoniconti Fund. Presentations and photo opportunities will also include Judy Belushi Pisano with Jake and Elwood Blues and the Blues Mobile in tow. Additionally, executives from The Celebration Of The Sea Music And Film Festival, Miami Beach Polo World Cup Officials and The Miami Project To Cure Paralysis research participants will also be part of the announcement.”Belushi”, Exclusive Book Signing Event With Author & Widow, Judy Belushi Friday, April 25th, 2008 - 7:00 PM To 8:00 PM Starbucks Hear Music Coffeehouse - 601 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, FL 33139-2601 Natalia Woodworth - Manager, Store (305) 534-4613A book signing by widow Judy Belushi Pisano of her book “Belushi” will be held at Starbucks Hear Music Coffeehouse located at 601 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach. She wrote the book as a telling publication about the life of her legendary husband, John Belushi, that includes rare photos and interviews with friends, family and associates portraying the life of this beloved comedian and superstar from the hit TV show Saturday Night Live. Citywide appearances of the Blues Brothers, Jake and Elwood Blues, driving the Blues Mobile will be held at surprise locations throughout Miami Beach all day Friday and will culminate on Lincoln Road at Starbucks for this exclusive event. Photo opportunities with Judy and the Blues Brothers will also be provided with proceeds from the sales of the books and photos to benefit The Buoniconti Fund To Cure Paralysis.VIP Dine Around At The Setai & Blues Brothers Oceanside Concert With Judy BelushiSaturday, April 26th, 2008 - 7:30 P.M.A “VIP Cocktail Reception” will be held In The Miami Beach Polo World Cup VIP Tent On The Beach beginning at 7:30 P.M. followed by a beachside Fashion Show at 8:30. The fashion show will be hosted by Victoria’s Secret and Sports Illustrated Swim Suit Edition Supermodel Sabrina Pastor who has recently launched her own women’s high fashion clothing line called “Feelalicious”. The line includes Sabrina’s unique artistic designs featuring positive affirmations. The fashion show will feature Sabrina’s Feelalicious designs in addition to Nicole de Carle, La Martina Polo Wear and Celebration of the Sea Clothing Lines. At 9:00 PM a presentation will be made by Judy Belushi Pisano to kick off The Blues Brothers public ocean side concert which will feature a special guest performance by Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame inductee and Bob Seger’s Silver Bullet Co-founder sax man Alto Reed. The concert will be followed by a VIP dine around at The Setai. Additionally a mini-auction will be held to benefit the Buoniconti Fund during the VIP Tent Reception on the beach which will feature official Blues Brother’s and Belushi Estate memorabilia donated by Judy Belushi Pisano as well as items from Tiffany’s and others. A “Celebration Of The Sea Beach Party” will simultaneously be held on the beach following the concert with a DJ in the Miami Beach Polo World Cup VIP Tent until Midnight. For ticket information for the Blues Brothers concert, VIP Cocktail Reception or “Celebration Of The Sea Beach Party” please call TicketWeb Toll Free at (866) 468-3399 or visit . For further information, images, interviews and uplinks, please contact: Celebration Of The Sea Music & Film Festival Jamie Romboli Director of Communications Phone (312) 805-3515 * E-Mail: Celebration Of The Sea

SYRACUSE, N.Y., April 7, 2008 /PRNewswire/ — Through the magic of the Internet, that’s how. Mark Cloutier, a very talented Semi professional Guitarist From Upstate New York, and Rob Grant, a Heating engineer from Maryland, logged onto the SoundClick Musicians board last year they did not know they would end up playing on a classic English concept album.For a limited time the album is being streamed from this press release site NEW ENGLISH BLUES had its worldwide iTunes release on April 1, 2008 and is already picking up amazing reviews round the globe.”In the Tradition of the Who’s “Tommy” and Floyds seminal “Dark Side of the Moon,” this magnificent album explores the melancholy and outrage that is at the heart of the English Psyche” London Music review.This is how it happened, JC Carroll, a London (England) based composer musician and songwriter, was looking for people to play on his New Rock Opera when he heard Mark’s guitar playing. “I was blown away as soon as I heard him I wanted him on the album, even though I already had two really brilliant guitarists. I wanted to bring Mark’s unique feel for guitar into the mix.” Rob Grant, who coincidently had also worked with Cloutier, had a piece of unfinished music that he thought might appeal to JC. That piece of music went on to become “Caveman TV” one of the most outstanding tracks on the album.Legendary post punk songwriter and performer JC Carroll last had a hit in the US with a song called “Working Girl” (with The Members) in the early eighties. JC may only be known for “Working Girl” in the States but in the UK, JC’s Sound of the Suburbs is a modern classic as is The Members first album “At the Chelsea Nightclub” JC has over the years worked with many US and UK legends from Johnny Thunders (New York Dolls) Dee Dee Ramone, Glen Matlock (Sex Pistols) has recently specialized in writing for film and TV.NEW ENGLISH BLUES (which has a stunning 12,143 plays in one month and topped the charts in 5 separate genres on the influential SoundClick music Board) is a return to his English rock roots.If you are the type of person that mourns the death of the Classic ROCK album this piece of work is for you, tracks seamlessly melt into each other as the concept emerges. The way musicians from round the globe have been working together over the Internet is called collabbing, people with a regular PC can suddenly find their musicianship is in demand on the other side of the world. It’s thanks to sites like Soundclick.com and yousendit.com that this revolution in music is taking place.NEW ENGLISH BLUES mixes Prog/Punk and Classic Rock styles to concoct a heady brew that is absolutely irresistible.For more information contact Robert Johnson at Stoppress PR on or call 447730832977 Stoppress PR

NEW YORK, March 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — SIRIUS Satellite Radio announced today that R.E.M. (Warner Bros. Records) will take over its Spectrum channel for an entire week. Radio R.E.M. will launch in conjunction with the release of the band’s 14th studio album Accelerate and feature music from band’s expansive repertoire. The channel will premiere on Monday, March 31 at 7 am ET.(Logo: )Radio R.E.M., hosted exclusively by band members Michael Stipe, Peter Buck and Mike Mills, will include insights from the band on the inspiration for each song on Accelerate, as well as conversations with R.E.M. covering a variety of topics ranging from the state of the band to their personal worldviews.During the take over, listeners will hear songs from R.E.M.’s nearly three-decade career as well as hand selected music from some of their favorite artists.”R.E.M.’s creative contributions to music are unparalleled and for three decade these rock pioneers have defined what it means to be ‘alternative’,” said Scott Greenstein, SIRIUS President, Entertainment and Sports. “SIRIUS is the only place R.E.M. fans will be able to listen to music from the band’s entire catalog, every song from its new release, and hear exclusive interviews from the band’s prolific members.”Accelerate, in stores April 1st, is R.E.M.’s 14th studio album. The album was recorded in Vancouver, Canada; Dublin, Ireland; and R.E.M.’s hometown of Athens, Ga. with Grammy(R) Award winning producer Jacknife Lee, who is noted for his work with U2 (How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb), as well as Snow Patrol, Bloc Party and Kasabian. One of rock’s best-selling and most critically acclaimed bands, the multiple award-winning trio, along with original drummer Bill Berry, were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March 2007. R.E.M. will kick off their world tour May 23rd in Vancouver, British Columbia.Radio R.E.M. continues SIRIUS’ tradition of creating exclusive limited run artist branded channels dedicated to iconic figures at the top of their game. Recent limited run exclusive channels launched on SIRIUS include Rolling Stones Radio, E Street Radio, JAY-Z Nation, Duran Duran’s Red Carpet Radio and Garth Brooks Radio, among many others.To learn more about Radio R.E.M. please visit or .About SIRIUSSIRIUS, “The Best Radio on Radio,” delivers more than 130 channels of the best programming in all of radio. SIRIUS is the original and only home of 100% commercial free music channels in satellite radio, offering 69 music channels. SIRIUS also delivers 65 channels of sports, news, talk, entertainment, traffic, weather and data. SIRIUS is the Official Satellite Radio Partner of the NFL, NASCAR, NBA, and broadcasts live play-by-play games of the NFL, NBA, as well as live NASCAR races. All SIRIUS programming is available for a monthly subscription fee of only $12.95.SIRIUS Internet Radio (SIR) is an Internet-only version of the SIRIUS radio service, without the use of a radio, for the monthly subscription fee of $12.95. SIR delivers more than 80 channels of talk, entertainment, sports, and 100% commercial free music.SIRIUS Backseat TV (TM) is the first ever live in-vehicle rear seat entertainment featuring three channels of children’s programming, including Nickelodeon, Disney Channel and Cartoon Network, for the subscription fee of $6.99 plus applicable audio subscription fee.SIRIUS products for the car, truck, home, RV and boat are available at shop.sirius.com and in more than 20,000 retail locations, including Best Buy, Circuit City, Crutchfield, Target, Wal-Mart, Sam’s Club and RadioShack.As of December 31, 2007, SIRIUS radios were available as a factory and dealer-installed option in 116 vehicle models and as a dealer only-installed option in 37 vehicle models.SIRIUS has agreements with Aston Martin, Audi, Bentley, BMW, Chrysler, Dodge, Ford, Jaguar, Jeep, Kia, Land Rover, Lincoln, Maybach, Mazda, Mercedes- Benz, Mercury, MINI, Mitsubishi, Rolls-Royce, Volvo, and Volkswagen to offer SIRIUS radios as factory or dealer-installed equipment in their vehicles. SIRIUS has relationships with Toyota and Scion to offer SIRIUS radios as dealer-installed equipment, and a relationship with Subaru to offer SIRIUS radios as factory or dealer-installed equipment. SIRIUS radios are also offered to renters of Hertz vehicles at airport locations nationwide.Click on to listen to SIRIUS live, or to purchase a SIRIUS radio and subscription.Any statements that express, or involve discussions as to, expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions, future events or performance with respect to SIRIUS Satellite Radio Inc. are not historical facts and may be forward-looking and, accordingly, such statements involve estimates, assumptions and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. 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