Diva Duets...
[From PRNewswire.com]
Beyonce, Lisa Marie Presley, Whitney Houston and Celine Dion Join Lineup
of Performers for 'VH1 Divas Duets,' Airing Live on Thursday, May 22 at 9:00 p.m. (ET/PT)
NEW YORK, April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Beyonce, Lisa Marie Presley, Whitney Houston and Celine
Dion will join host Queen Latifah and previously announced performers Mary J. Blige, Chaka
Khan and Jewel when "VH1 Divas Duets: A Benefit Concert for the VH1 Save the Music
Foundation" airs live from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Thursday, May 22 at 9:00
p.m. (ET/PT). Additional performers, presenters, and special guests will be announced as
they are confirmed.
Tickets priced at $175/$125/$60, not including applicable service charges, are currently
on sale at the MGM Grand Garden Arena box office. Tickets are also on sale at all Las
Vegas Ticketmaster locations (Tower Records/WOW!, Smith's Food and Drug Centers, Ritmo
Latino and Robinsons-May stores) and at national Ticketmaster outlets as well. To charge
by phone with a major credit card, call Ticketmaster at (702) 474-4000. Tickets also are
available for purchase at www.mgmgrand.com or www.ticketmaster.com and ticket sales are
limited to four (4) per person. Tickets will remain on sale until sold-out. VIP ticket
packages are available by calling 212-846-7882.
Fans can go online to http://www.vh1.com/shows/events/divas/2003/
and meet this years divas, check out quizzes and trivia, video clips, photo flipbooks,
radio and archives of past years shows.
VH1's "Divas" specials raise funds for the VH1 Save The Music Foundation, a
non-profit organization dedicated to restoring instrumental music programs in America's
public schools, and to raising awareness of the positive impact that music participation
has on students. Since VH1 Save The Music was created in 1997, more than $25 million worth
of musical instruments has been donated to 1000 public schools in 75 cities, improving the
lives of more than 500,000 children.
"VH1 Divas Duets" is sponsored by Heineken, Cover Girl, Mercedes-Benz USA,
Infusium 23, Aquafina, Hydrience by Clairol, Chrysler, McDonald's, Crest Rejuvenating
Effects
"VH1 Divas Duets" is executive produced by Greg Sills and Lee Rolontz; producer
Paul Flattery; director Louis J. Horvitz; lighting director Bobby Dickinson; set designer
Keith Raywood.
VH1 produces and programs a wide variety of music-based series, specials, live events and
acquisition-based programming that keeps viewers in touch with the music they love. VH1 is
a registered trademark of MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom International Inc. MTV Networks
owns and operates the television programming services MTV: Music Television, MTV2, VH1,
Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite, TV LAND, TNN, CMT: Country Music Television and The Digital
Suite From MTV Networks, a package of nine US digital services, all of which are
trademarks of MTV Networks. MTV Networks also has licensing agreements, joint ventures,
and syndication deals whereby all of its programming services can be seen worldwide.
SOURCE VH1
CO: VH1
ST: New York
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04/28/2003 13:52 EDT
NEWSFILE: 28 APRIL 2003
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