To mark twenty years since its 1991 release, an anniversary edition of U2's Achtung Baby is due on November 1, 2011, in the United States (internationally, October 31, 2011).

Recorded over six months at Hansa Studio in Berlin and Windmill Lane in Dublin, Achtung Baby is U2's seventh studio album. Produced by longtime U2 collaborators, Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno with Steve Lillywhite, Achtung Baby was engineered by Flood and led by "The Fly." The album spawned four other singles: "Mysterious Ways," "One," "Even Better Than The Real Thing" and "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses."

The Achtung Baby archives have unearthed some previously unreleased songs from the recording sessions.  With a raft of unreleased material, video, remixes, b-sides and documentary footage discovered, a full album of demo and early versions of the final 1991 tracklisting has also been revealed. Five physical editions including vinyl, CD, DVD and digital options will be made available. Full details of all formats are at achtungbaby.u2.com.

Earlier this year U2 returned to Hansa Studio in Berlin to discuss Achtung Baby in From The Sky Down, directed by Academy Award®-winning director Davis Guggenheim (Waiting for Superman, An Inconvenient Truth). The film has been selected to open the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8 and will be included in the anniversary edition.

Further information: Please contact frances@rmplondon.co.uk  

SOURCE Universal Music Enterprises

CW Stoneking and his band, The Primitive Horn Orchestra, join a whole host of talent at the groundbreaking new festival of music, food, theatre, literary debate and outdoor pursuits. Being held at the spectacular setting of Cornbury Park in Oxfordshire on August 12-14, the new festival will be a weekend of freedom and inspiration for all free-spirited festival lovers.

CW Stoneking released his album Jungle Blues in the UK and showed his love for old time-jazz and blues is beyond doubt. His recent London shows saw queues around the block and his last tour in Britain became a fast sell-out.

Catch Stoneking at Wilderness Festival along with the finest names in music including Antony and the Johnsons, Mercury Rev, Laura Marling, Daniel Johnston, Gogol Bordello, The Low Anthem, Dry The River, Guillemots, Toots & The Maytals, Robyn Hitchcock, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble and Hayseed Dixie.

Tickets start from £60 plus booking fee.

Visit www.wildernessfestival.com for further information.

Wilderness Festival – Line-Up

DEBATE

Intelligence Squared:

‘New technology is creating more serious problems than it’s solving’

Harry Eyres (FT Slow Lane columnist)

Brendan O’Neill (Editor of Spiked online)

Roger Highfield (Editor of New Statesman)

Rory Sutherland (VP of Ogilvy)

 ‘Don’t let the eco-warriors ruin your fun’

James Dellingpole (Daily Telegraph)

Viscount Monckton of Brenchley

Kumi Naidoo (Exec Director Greenpeace International)

The Idler:

Tom Hodgkinson

Gavin Pretnor- Piney

Dr David Bramwell

Ben Moor

Headspace
Julian Baggini
Ian Goldin
Mark Stevenson
Robert Rowland Smith
David McCandless
  

MUSIC 
Antony and the Johnsons (and The Heritage Orchestra)
Mercury Rev

Laura Marling
Daniel Johnston
Gogol Bordello
The Low Anthem

CW Stoneking

Dry The River
Guillemots
Toots & The Maytals
Robyn Hitchcock

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
Hayseed Dixie

FOOD

Skye Gyngell 
Sam and Sam Clark from Moro

THEATRE

The Old Vic Tunnels
Tax Deductable Theatre Company
Factory Theatre

FAMILY

Bristol Natural History Consortium

Boutique Babysitting

The Flying Seagulls

Socktopus

LATE NIGHT PARTIES

Secret Garden Party

The Last Tuesday Society

WILDERNESS SPA

Newly announced shows include stops in Fort Lauderdale, Pittsburgh, Kansas City and New Orleans. Fans that visit www.LiveNation.com/WatchTheThrone will have access to presale tickets for the newly announced shows on August 5th. Citi® card members also have access to presale tickets for the newly announced show on August 5th through Citi's Private Pass® Program. For complete presale details visit www.citiprivatepass.com. Citi® is the official credit card of the WATCH THE THRONE TOUR.

'THE THRONE'S' extraordinary once-in-a-lifetime Roc-A-Fella / Def Jam Recordings / Roc Nation album collaboration, WATCH THE THRONE, is also available worldwide exclusively on iTunes on August 8th.  WATCH THE THRONE will be available at additional physical and digital retailers on August 12th.

Both JAY-Z and Kanye West have each appeared as guests on the other's stage, and now they come together for never-before-seen performances not only from their collaboration, WATCH THE THRONE but also songs from their classic catalogue.   

Stay tuned for additional tour news.  

WATCH THE THRONE TOUR (Powered By VoyR)

10/29/11 - Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
10/30/11 - Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum
11/1/11 - Baltimore, MD 1st Mariner Arena
11/2/11 - Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center
11/3/11 - Washington, DC Verizon Center
11/5/11 - East Rutherford, NJ Izod Center
11/6/11 - East Rutherford, NJ Izod Center
11/14/11 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL BankAtlantic Center
11/21/11 - Boston, MA TD Garden
11/22/11 - Montreal, QC Bell Centre
11/23/11 - Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
11/26/11 - Detroit, MI Palace of Auburn Hills
11/27/11 - Pittsburgh, PA Consol Energy Center
11/29/11 - Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
12/1/11 - Chicago, IL United Center
12/3/11 - New Orleans, LA New Orleans Arena
12/5/11 - Houston, TX Toyota Center
12/6/11 - Dallas, TX American Airlines Arena
12/9/11 - Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena
12/10/11 - San Jose, CA HP Pavilion
12/12/11 - Los Angeles, CA STAPLES Center
12/16/11 - Tacoma, WA Tacoma Dome
12/18/11 - Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena 

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Inspired by the rock icon's landmark concept album and its long-awaited sequel "Welcome 2 My Nightmare," to be released onSeptember 13 through Universal Music Enterprises," the new attraction will take guests on a terrifying trip through Alice Cooper's twisted mind, where his most famous songs, bizarre themes and demented characters collide inside a living horror movie.

This original, one-of-a-kind walk through experience will feature trademark elements from Alice Cooper's celebrated shows, including guillotine decapitations, electric chairs, a sadistic insane asylum, predatory snake and giant Black Widow spiders that have helped make his imagery timeless and indelible. Music will be a powerful element within the maze and will include both new and classic Alice Cooper material.

Recently inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Alice Cooper created the concept of the theatrical rock concert and has thrilled generations of fans with spectacular stagecraft and darkly flamboyant showmanship.  His recording career spans six decades, includes over two dozen albums, many millions of record sales, countless world tours and appearances in scores of movies and videos, including a brief but memorable appearance in both "Nightmare on Elm Street: Freddy's Dead" and Universal Pictures' "Prince of Darkness."  

Sharing his enthusiasm, Alice Cooper said:  "We'll be creating this living horror movie within screaming distance of the sound stages where horror movies first began, so there's no place more appropriate to offer a preview of the new `Welcome 2 My Nightmare.' This will be a nightmare that will haunt visitors' dreams for a long time to come."

John Murdy, Creative Director, "Halloween Horror Nights," added: "There are few people in the entertainment business who can be called a true original.  Alice Cooper is in that rare pantheon. As a life-long Alice Cooper fan who's been motivated and inspired by his craft, I am absolutely thrilled by this incredible opportunity to collaborate with him on this new haunted attraction. It's a nightmare come true."

Alice Cooper will be a key member of a Hollywood horror "dream team" assembled by Universal Studios Hollywood to create the ultimate "live" Halloween nightmare.  The team also includes director, writer, producer and actor Eli Roth, who will present the new maze, "Eli Roth's Hostel: Hunting Season." "The Thing: Assimilation," inspired by Universal Pictures' upcoming thriller, will add to the Hollywood horror clout.

"Halloween Horror Nights" 2011 will bring unprecedented star power to an array of unrivaled, film production quality mazes uniquely themed to today's most definitive horror properties and deliver the most compelling, spine-chilling, haunted attractions. All-new terror filled "scare zones," original shows and the popular "Terror Tram" will be among the "Halloween Horror Nights" offerings. Additional new content for the 2011 "Halloween Horror Nights" mazes and attractions will be announced shortly.

The theme park's favorite thrill-ride attractions will also remain open for "Halloween Horror Nights" as well, many with menacing twists. Favorites include "The Simpsons Ride®," "Revenge of the Mummy(SM) – The Ride" and "Jurassic Park® In the Dark."

Updates on "Halloween Horror Nights" are available at Halloween Horror Nights.com and also on Twitter and Facebook, as Creative Director John Murdy reveals a running chronicle of exclusive information. Fans are invited to follow John Murdy on Twitter at: Twitter.com/HorrorNights or via Facebook at: "Halloween Horror Nights - Hollywood (Official)."

Universal Studios Hollywood is a unit of the Universal Parks & Resorts division of NBCUniversal. NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. NBCUniversal owns and operates a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment television networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, and world-renowned theme parks. Comcast Corporation owns a controlling 51% interest in NBCUniversal, with GE (NYSE: GE) holding a 49% stake.

SOURCE Universal Studios Hollywood

48 Hours Festival powered by Rockstar Energy Drink will include live sets by Avenged Sevenfold, Korn, Godsmack, Five Finger Death Punch, Three Days Grace, Seether, Bullet For My Valentine, Hollywood Undead, Sick Puppies, Escape The Fate, Sevendust, Hatebreed, Adelitas Way, Rev Theory, 10 Years, Black Tide, Art of Dying, Eyes Set to Kill, Butcher Babies, Valora, Hell or Highwater, Orange Blossom Special and many more.

The countdown to 48 Hours Festival begins on Friday night with a kick off party at House of Blues in Mandalay Bay. After a day of the hottest rock in the desert at the 48 Hours Festival, concert-goers can keep on raging at the official after party at House of Blues or follow the parade of limos to the after-after party at Olympic Gardens.  

Tickets for 48 Hours Festival powered by Rockstar Energy Drink go on sale Saturday, August 6 at 10 AM PDT and can be purchased at LiveNation.com, Ticketmaster.com and via Ticketmaster Charge-By-Phone (800-745-3000).

Two-day weekend ticket packages start at just $99. Fans will also have the chance to purchase and win exclusive VIP packages that offer experiences that could only be had at the 48 Hours Festival like: "The Godfather – All Access" which will allow fans to watch the show from the stage and backstage bar access, "All Excess - Cabanas" featuring full service cabanas with premium elevated sight lines and "Debauchery VIP" with a VIP only tent and private bar. Once in a lifetime VIP concert experience packages will also be offered online.  In addition, those in attendance will have a chance to be upgraded to VIP status as random winners will be announced on stage during the show.

Along with performances from the hardest rocking bands, 48 Hours Festival powered by Rockstar Energy Drink will also provide a one-of-a-kind social experience where pleasure seekers can get a taste of the seven deadly sins all weekend! The Rockstar Metal Militia will be throwing down their big air freestyle motocross chaos with multiple daily jump shows. The festival's second stage will highlight some of rock's best up-and-coming groups to kick off the party, while the main stage will have, in true Vegas style, spectacular lighting and amazing production.

For the non-local masses attending 48 Hours Festival, discount hotel packages will be available at Mandalay Bay, Luxor and Excalibur through www.48hoursfestival.com.

Whether taking in the show surrounded by thousands of new friends or enjoying the festivities from the stage, in a private cabana or the VIP area, 48 Hours Festival powered by Rockstar Energy Drink is guaranteed to be an unforgettable experience for every rock fan.

Follow and Friend 48 Hours Festival powered by Rockstar Energy Drink online:

www.facebook.com/48hoursfestival
www.twitter.com/48hoursfestival

For all information on 48 Hours Festival powered by Rockstar Energy Drink go to www.48HoursFestival.com.

SOURCE Live Nation

Several other artists on Bennett's upcoming CD including Michael Buble, John Mayer, Aretha Franklin, Sheryl Crow and Faith Hill amongst others who also added their wishes to Bennett, who will be celebrating his big day with appearances on The Today Show and Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday, August 3rd. (A complete track listing of songs on 'Duets II' follows this release.)

Bennett fans can pre-order 'Duets II' on iTunes and get a free instant download of "Don't Get Around Much Anymore," Tony's duet with Michael Buble.

The official celebration for Bennett's 85th will take place September 18th at the Metropolitan Opera followed by benefit gala for his non-profit Exploring the Arts taking place directly after the concert.

For more information on Tony's Exploring the Arts Gala, which has already raised over $1.5M for arts education in New York Citypublic high schools please visit TonyBennett85@eventassociates.com. Bid on the "Breakfast at Tiffany" auction item at www.charitybuzz.com/tonybennett starting today.  Tony's top ten list of his favorite love songs can be viewed now at www.whatmakeslovetrue.com.

DUETS II:  ARTIST & TRACK LISTING

ANDREA BOCELLI - STRANGER IN PARADISE
MICHAEL BUBLE - DON'T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE
MARIAH CAREY - WHEN DO THE BELLS RING FOR ME?
NATALIE COLE - WATCH WHAT HAPPENS
SHERYL CROW - THE GIRL I LOVE
ARETHA FRANKLIN - HOW DO YOU KEEP THE MUSIC PLAYING?
JOSH GROBAN - THIS IS ALL I ASK
FAITH HILL - THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT
NORAH JONES - SPEAK LOW
LADY GAGA - THE LADY IS TRAMP
K.D. LANG - BLUE VELVET
JOHN MAYER - ONE FOR MY BABY (AND ONE MORE FOR THE ROAD)
WILLIE NELSON - ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET
QUEEN LATIFAH - WHO CAN I TURN TO?
ALEJANDRO SANZ - YESTERDAY I HEARD THE RAIN
CARRIE UNDERWOOD - IT HAD TO BE YOU
AMY WINEHOUSE - BODY AND SOUL

For more information on Tony Bennett: 

www.tonybennett.com
www.exploringthearts.org
www.benedettoarts.com

SOURCE RPM/Columbia Records

Today, fans can view cover art as well as the third in a series of 12 video vignettes, which offer a glimpse into this intimate, transcendent record.

Further, tomorrow, August 3, fans can pre-order Metals as well as bundle the album in multiple formats with tickets for the first round of European and North American tour dates. All of that and more, exclusively at listentofeist.com.

TOUR DATES

• October 15 - AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND / CARRE THEATRE
• October 17 - LONDON, UK / PALLADIUM
• October 19 - BRUSSELS, BELGIUM / CIRQUE ROYALE
• October 22 - BERLIN, GERMANY / TEMPODROM
• October 29 - PHILADELPHIA, USA / WORLD CAFE LIVE 20TH ANNIVERSARY
• November 2 - BROOKLYN, USA / HOWARD GILMAN OPERA HOUSE
• November 4 - CHICAGO, USA / RIVIERA THEATRE
• November 6 - ATLANTA, USA / TABERNACLE
• November 8 - DALLAS, USA / MAJESTIC THEATRE
• November 12 - LOS ANGELES, USA / WILTERN THEATRE
• November 14 - SAN FRANCISCO, USA / WARFIELD THEATRE
• November 16 - PORTLAND, USA / ARLENE SCHNITZER CONCERT HALL
• November 17 - SEATTLE, USA / MOORE THEATRE
• November 18 - VANCOUVER, CANADA / PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE
• November 20 - EDMONTON, CANADA / NORTHERN ALBERTA JUBILEE
• November 21 - CALGARY, CANADA / JACK SINGER CONCERT HALL
• December 1 - TORONTO, CANADA / MASSEY HALL
• December 3 - MONTREAL, CANADA / METROPOLIS
• December 5 - OTTAWA, CANADA / NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE
• December 6 - QUEBEC CITY, CANADA / GRAND THEATRE du QUEBEC

"Metals" Tracklisting:

1. The Bad In Each Other
2. Graveyard
3. Caught A Long Wind
4. How Come You Never Go There
5. A Commotion
6. Bittersweet Melodies
7. Anti Pioneer
8. Undiscovered First
9. Cicadas And Gulls
10. Woe Be
11. Comfort Me
12. Get It Wrong, Get It Right

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www.cherrytreerecords.com

SOURCE Cherrytree/Interscope

'The Death Of You And Me', the first single from his forthcoming album, will be released on August 21st – the video, premiered online on Monday last week, received a staggering 1,000,000 plays over the first three days.

Tickets will be on sale from 9am on Friday 5th August through www.noelgallagher.com and usual outlets.

Tour dates and venues as below:

• October 23 - Dublin Olympia Theatre  
• October 27 - Edinburgh Usher Hall
• October 29 - London HMV Hammersmith Apollo

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds' debut album of the same name will be released on October 17th through Sour Mash Records. 

www.noelgallagher.com

For further information please contact Murray Chalmers PR:

0207 361 0730

Digster.fm publishes playlists across a wide variety of musical genres and artists which fans can listen to through Spotify. UMGD is the first major music company to offer this service through Spotify. The service was first developed by Universal Music Sweden and originally launched there. All of the content is chosen by UMGD employees and uses music from all record companies offered within the Spotify service, not just Universal Music Group. The playlists are offered on Spotify's free and premium tiers, making them easily accessible to all Spotify users. Digster.fm plans on incorporating other subscription services in the coming weeks as well.

"Digster.fm provides an excellent platform to enhance Spotify's user experience," stated Mr. Rotter. "So whether you are looking for a soundtrack to a party, or want to find out what your favorite artist is listening to, Digster.fm can help you find the perfect playlist."

The playlists are curated exclusively by UMG employees and regularly updated. Digster playlists can be followed on Spotify by simply clicking a "+Subscribe" button and all Digster.fm playlists can be found within Spotify by entering spotify:user:digsterfm in the Spotify search box. For iTunes users, tracks can be purchased separately through clicking on the individual track within every playlist on the Digster.fm site.

Fans who register for the Digster.fm newsletter at http://umg.fm/q8HNhf can receive an invitation to Spotify's free tier while supplies last. 

About Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group is the world's leading music company with wholly owned record operations or licensees in 77 territories. Its businesses also include Universal Music Publishing Group, the industry's leading global music publishing operation.

Universal Music Group's record labels include A&M/Octone, Decca, Def Jam Recordings, Deutsche Grammophon, Disa, Emarcy, Fonovisa, Geffen Records, Interscope Records, Island Records, Lost Highway Records, Machete Music, MCA Nashville, Mercury Nashville, Mercury Records, Polydor Records, Show Dog-Universal Music, Universal Motown, Universal Music Latino, Universal Republic and Verve Music Group as well as a multitude of record labels owned or distributed by its record company subsidiaries around the world. The Universal Music Group owns the most extensive catalog of music in the industry, which includes the last 100 years of the world's most popular artists and their recordings. UMG's catalog is marketed through two distinct divisions, Universal Music Enterprises (in the U.S.) and Universal Strategic Marketing (outside the U.S.). Universal Music Group also includes eLabs, its new media and technologies division; Bravado, its merchandising company; and Twenty-First Artists, its full service management division.

Universal Music Group is a unit of Vivendi, a global media and communications company.

SOURCE Universal Music Group

The original release is an all-time rock classic that spawned a worldwide theatrical tour and pioneering U.S. TV special, and certified Alice Cooper as a visionary trailblazer whose influence persists today in rock, metal, pop, punk, theatre, television, film and much more.

More than 35 years later, Alice and Ezrin have resurrected the horror and humor for a new generation.

"This is Alice's nightmare 35 years later," explains Alice, "Bob and I created this character and we know how to write for him. I play the part but we're not writing for me, we're writing for Alice. We kept the first Nightmare album very personal to us, on this one we found more humor and we were more open. This was our world and we want to present it to the fans. The original album was my first solo album after all those huge hit records with the original band and now that nightmare is exposed, this one can be a little bit more open. The music crosses all sorts of boundaries; we went where the lyrics took us."

There is an array of collaborators on the new album, including original Alice Cooper members Denis Dunaway, Michael Bruce and Neal Smith reunited on 3 tracks; global pop superstar Ke$ha, who affectionately calls Alice "dad"; and legendary Alice and Lou Reed guitarist Steve Hunter, who is part of Alice's current touring band and featured prominently on the first 'Nightmare' album.

Musically, the album ranges far and wide, from trashing disco to garage punk, pop balladry to a rocking number, very much in the spirit of the Rolling Stones. And then there's the ballad 'Something To Remember Me By', described by Alice as "the prettiest song we have ever released."

Glimpses of themes from the original album are intertwined throughout, each track representing a different aspect of Alice's nightmare.

From the opener, 'I Am Made Of You', through the already established live favorite and first single 'I'll Bite Your Face Off', to the surprising duet with Ke$ha, 'What Baby Wants', this album is a reminder that albums just aren't made this way anymore.

And musicians do not play together like Dennis Dunaway, Michael Bruce and Neal Smith anymore.

"I wanted a '70s feel for 'When Hell Comes Home,' says Alice, "and I didn't even have to ask for it, it's just how they play and they did it live in the studio. When they got done playing the basic track, Bob and I just looked at each other, that sound is built into their DNA. We didn't need to go and fix anything. The way they finished was a little bit ragged, and that's the way we used to finish songs, that's what I like about it."

Co-writers on various songs include the aforementioned Bob Ezrin, Ke$ha, Dunaway, Bruce and Smith, plus Buckcherry's Keith Nelson, Desmond Child (who famously co-wrote and produced 'Poison' with Alice), longtime collaborator Dick Wagner, current touring band member Chuck Garric, and film composer Jeremy Rubolino.

"That's my rebellion," says Alice of the more surprising guests, "I like people that don't belong and yet what they're doing works perfectly. I don't care where it comes from, as long as it's right. If you tell me something doesn't work, I'll work my head off until it does then shove it down your throat."

"I think a lot of my audience is going to go 'KE$HA!?', but she probably wrote the most wicked lyrics in the song – we had to rein her in. I like people to know that just because artists are put in a pigeon hole, that doesn't mean that's what they are. Give people a little room."

With Steve Hunter, one of rock's great guitarists, added to the band's lineup of guitarists Damon Johnson and Tommy Henriksen, bassist Chuck Garric, and drummer Glen Sobel, Alice has been tearing up venues worldwide on his 2011 "No More Mr. Nice Guy" tour.

Alice gave fans an up close and highly personal experience in June with a surprise performance at London's legendary 100 Club, when actor Johnny Depp joined the band on guitar. Alice showcased the powerful band that had blown away the Download Festival crowd the previous weekend.

This year, the original Alice Cooper group was inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame, and Alice was honored with both the Kerrang! Icon Award in the U.K. and the Revolver Golden God Award in the U.S.

Tracklist:

1. I Am Made Of You
2. Caffeine
3. The Nightmare Returns
4. A Runaway Train
5. Last Man On Earth
6. The Congregation
7. I'll Bite Your Face Off
8. Disco Bloodbath Boogie Fever
9. Ghouls Gone Wild
10. Something To Remember Me By
11. When Hell Comes Home
12. What Baby Wants
13. I Gotta Get Outta Here
14. The Underture

Alice Cooper's Worldwide "No More Mr. Nice Guy" 2011 Tour Continues:

• August 5 - Billings, MT Alberta Bair Theatre
• August 6 - Sturgis, SD Buffalo Chip Campground
• August 7 - Moorhead, ND Bluestern Center for the Arts
• August 9 - Akron, OH Civic Theatre
• August 11 - Grand Rapids, MI Rock The Rapids
• August 12 - Pittsburgh, PA Stage AE
• August 13 - Mashantucket, Connecticut Foxwoods
• August 15 - Morristown, NJ Mayo Performing Arts Center
• August 16 - Reading, PA Sovereign Center
• August 17 - Columbus, OH LC Pavilion
• August 19 - Lewisburg, WV State Fair
• August 20 - Englewood, NJ Performing Arts Center
• August 21 - Red Bank, NJ Count Basie Theatre
• August 23 - Scranton, PA Cultural Center
• August 25 - Northampton, MA Calvin Theatre
• August 26 - Buffalo, NY Erie Canal Harbor Park
• August 27 - Clarkston, MI DTE Energy Center
• September 22 - Auckland, New Zealand Trusts Stadium
• September 24 - Brisbane, Australia Soundwave Revolution
• September 25 - Sydney, Australia Soundwave Revolution
• September 26 - Sydney, Australia Enmore Theatre
• September 29 - Melbourne, Australia Palais
• September 30 - Melbourne, Australia Soundwave Revolution
• October 1 - Adelaide, Australia Soundwave Revolution
• October 3 - Perth, Australia Soundwave Revolution
• October 5 - Singapore Marina Bay Grand Theatre
• October 7 - Jakarta, Indonesia Venue TBA
• October 12 - Rome, Italy Atlantico
• October 13 - Padova, Italy Gran Teatro Rex
• October 14 - Milan/Bergamo, Italy Live Club
• October 16 - Basel, Switzerland St Jakobshalle
• October 18 - Vienna, Austria Gasometer
• October 20 - Chemnitz, Germany Stadthalle
• October 21 - Goppingen, Germany EWS Arena
• October 22 - Mannheim, Germany Rosengarten
• October 23 - Zoetermoor, Holland Silverdome
• October 25 - Sheffield, EnglandCity Hall
• October 26 - Bristol, England Colston Hall
• October 27 - Birmingham, England NIA
• October 29 - London, England Alexandra Palace
• October 30 - Manchester, England O2 Apollo
• October 31 - Glasgow, Scotland Clyde Auditorium
• November 2 - Brussels, Belgium Ancienne Belgique
• November 3 - Lille, France Zenith
• November 5 - Toulouse, France Zenith
• November 6 - Lyon, France Halle Tony Garnier
• November 8 - Paris, France Zenith
• November 9 - Rouen, France Zenith
• November 10 - Rennes, France Liberte
• November 12 - Bremen, Germany Pier III
• November 13 - Mulheim An Der Ruhr, Germany RWE Arena
• November 14 - Berlin, Germany Columbiahalle
• November 17 - St Petersburg, Russia Oktiaborski
• November 19 - Moscow, Russia Crocus City Hall Expo, 3rd Pavilion

In this magnificent musical extravaganza 'Celebrating Fifty Years', presenters Aled Jones, Pam Rhodes, Sally Magnusson and Diane Louise Jordan, will join 7,000 Songs Of Praise viewers for a sing-along celebration, which will be a glorious showcase of inspirational and uplifting music.

To celebrate present and future inspirational singing, a specially brought together choir of approximately 200 will lead the hymns and support the solo artists from the stage. This group will feature members of some of the best youth choirs in the UK. This will include previous winners of the BBC Songs Of Praise School Choir of the Year, along with members of the Royal School of Church Music Millennium Youth Choir and all-boy vocal group Libera, who have taken part in many editions of Songs Of Praise throughout the years.

The concert will take place on Sunday 25 September and will be broadcast on BBC One in early October. For information on how to buy tickets and full terms and conditions please go to bbc.co.uk/songsofpraise.

There is also an exciting opportunity for experienced four-part harmony singers to attend, as part of the Songs Of Praise massed choir, to help lead favourite hymns and songs from designated seating in the audience in the Great Hall at Alexandra Palace. If you are a good, enthusiastic singer and would like to take part, please request an application form by emailing songsofpraisefifty@bbc.co.uk or by calling 0161 244 3473.

Source: BBC Press Office