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August 19, 2005
INFINITY BROADCASTING'S STREET DATE PRESENTED BY SBC BLUE ROOM"
TEAMS UP WITH THE ROLLING STONES TO SHOWCASE THEIR
LATEST ALBUM, A BIGGER BANG
Legendary Rock Band Participates In Multi-Platform Campaign
To Include Exclusive Interviews And Listener Promotions;
In-Depth Documentary, "The Naked Truth," To Debut Weekend Of Sept. 3
Infinity Broadcasting will showcase A Bigger Bang,
the Rolling
Stones first studio album since 1997, with the comprehensive "Street
Date Presented By SBC Blue Room" campaign beginning the weekend of Sept. 3 with "The
Rolling Stones: The Naked Truth," an hour-long documentary.
Dozens of Infinity
stations in major markets around the country will preview excerpts of the
documentary, which includes never before heard music from the band's new album,
to be released on Tuesday, Sept. 6, and goes beyond the traditional
celebrity interview to offer listeners a rare glimpse inside the lives of the
musical legends.
Listeners from each station will also have the opportunity to
participate in exclusive listener promotions and ticket giveaways.
Additionally, bonus back
stage "Fly on the Wall" video interviews with the band will be streamed on
Infinity station websites and in the SBC blue room at blueroom.sbc.com.
The Rolling Stones: The Naked
Truth is hosted by Rob Barnett, President of Programming,
Infinity.
Highlights From The Rolling Stones: The Naked Truth
-- Mick Jagger on
freedom of speech: "I think it's very
important to remember that in the United States ... people (who) speak
out against other people aren't necessarily unpatriotic or against their
country, they just have their opinions."
-- Keith Richards
on Charlie Watts' illness:
"Mick (Jagger) and I had
just got together at (his) house in France,
and the news came through about Charlie (Watts)....Should
we wait until Charlie's thing is resolved? I looked and I said, 'No, you're on
drums and I'll double on bass.' And Charlie, it would be the worst thing (for
him) to know that we had sort of stopped things because of that."
-- Richards on getting
back on the road: "Real rock shows are very few and far between and it
depends on what a purist you are, and luckily I did see some...the thing about
rock 'n' roll is a feeling, in its real sense, and you know it when you hear it,
otherwise its just pop music."
-- Jagger on the press'
reaction to "Sweet Neo Con": "You get very centralized opinions in America, you
can't really speak outside the central idea...people aren't used to hearing
anything outside the very, very straight middle area of opinion and I'm talking
within the main political parties. And if anyone says anything differently
they're thought upon as tremendously radical.
Whereas, in most countries, its really nothing
out of the ordinary, they're opinions would be thought very normal."
-- Richards on the music
he'd play if he had his own radio show: "You know you got to get up pretty
early in the afternoon to catch Keith's show.
It's the early morning show...but it would probably be a mixture of jazz,
blues, classical, reggae, rock 'n' roll, folk music and something divine."
Infinity's "STREET DATE PRESENTED BY SBC BLUEROOM"
reaches millions of listeners and features original programming, interviews and
promotional events surrounding the release of new albums from today's top
artists.
Notable artists who have
participated in STREET DATE since the campaign launched in Oct. 2004, include
Coldplay, the Dave Matthews Band, Staind, Rob Thomas and Kenny Chesney, whose
recent albums have all debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200.
Additionally, Bon Jovi, Duran Duran, John
Mellencamp and Brooks & Dunn have been featured on Infinity stations prior
to their album release date.
SBC blue room features exclusive music content, in-studio interviews,
live performances and unedited commentary from chart-topping artists.
Visitors to the site, http://blueroom.sbc.com,
will be treated to fresh new content each week of the biggest names in rock,
alternative rock, country, and hot adult contemporary. Blue room visitors will
also have chances to take advantage of special offers for SBC Yahoo! DSL.
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Infinity Contacts:
Karen L. Mateo
212/846-7638
Shavonne Harding
212/846-3906
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MEDIA CONTACTS
Karen L. Mateo
Vice President, Communications
(212) 649 9639
Allison Mandara
Communications Coordinator
(212) 649 9606
Dana McClintock
Senior Vice President,
CBS Communications Group
(212) 975 1077
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