CARRIE UNDERWOOD, MILEY CYRUS AND JONAS BROTHERS TO PERFORM LIVE FROM TIMES SQUARE

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CARRIE UNDERWOOD, MILEY CYRUS AND JONAS BROTHERS TO PERFORM LIVE FROM TIMES SQUARE
Submitted By Paul Shefrin
Dec 13, 2007

Special Broadcast Will Also Feature Performances from Hollywood by Akon, Natasha Bedingfield, Fergie, Sean Kingston, OneRepublic, Plain White T’s, Taylor Swift and will.i.am

LOS ANGELES, CA, DECEMBER 11, 2007 – Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 2008 will rock in the New Year with special live performances from Times Square by Carrie Underwood, Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers.

Celebrating the New Year with good friends and great music is a tradition celebrated by all generations. Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 2008 will give American’s an opportunity to do just that by featuring performances by some of the biggest names in music.

Country Music’s hottest performer Carrie Underwood, TV & recording star Miley Cyrus and teen sensations the Jonas Brothers will perform live in front of hundreds of thousands of people and millions more viewers at home from stages in Times Square. Fergie, Akon, Natasha Bedingfield, Sean Kingston, OneRepublic, Plain White T’s, Taylor Swift and will.i.am will celebrate and perform during the Hollywood Party segments of the broadcast.

The special will be broadcast on ABC and be hosted by Dick Clark and Ryan Seacrest from New York and Fergie from Hollywood. It will kick off with Dick Clark's Primetime New Year's Rockin' Eve 2008 from 10-11 p.m. ET/PT. After taking a break from 11 to 11:30 p.m. for local news, the specials will resume at 11:35 p.m. for reports on the final minutes of the year 2007, the traditional Times Square countdown to midnight and more special musical performances. Marysol Castro, Good Morning America Weekend weather and features correspondent, will report from Times Square and Dancing with the Stars judge Carrie Ann Inaba, will make an appearance at the Hollywood Party.

Two-time Grammy winner and a double nominee this year, Carrie Underwood, recently debuted her new album Carnival Ride at #1, selling over half a million copies in its first week. It immediately became the best-selling debut of any female artist in 2007 at that time, earning the highest debut-week sales of any sophomore country album in over a decade. The American Idol 2005 champion, Underwood is the reigning CMA and ACM Female Vocalist of The Year. In addition to her 2 Grammys she has garnered 4 CMA Awards, 5 ACM awards, 4 Am erican Music Awards, 8 Billboard Music Awards, 4 CMT Awards, 2 People’s Choice Awards, and more.

Multi-talented 15-year old Miley Cyrus has captivated kids and families on Disney Channel's smash hit comedy Hannah Montana. Last year, her triple Platinum Hannah Montana soundtrack became the first ever TV soundtrack to debut at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 and Miley became the youngest artist to have two #1 hits in less than a year. In 2007, she followed that record with a two-disc set that reached the #1 spot on the Billboard Top 200 and has earned double-Platinum status. She is currently on a sold out concert tour. In February, a one week 3D film engagement of that concert will be presented in theaters around the country.

Jonas Brothers’ self-titled Hollywood Records debut was released this summer and is already Platinum. The band is currently on a sold out arena tour, and they are already recording a new album on a specially outfitted tour bus. Their single “S.O.S.” shot immediately to the # 1 spot on iTunes. Their CD was the first release in the CD-VU+ format, a multi-media and 100% recyclable package.

The specials are presentations of Dick Clark Productions, Inc. Executive Producers are Dick Clark, Ryan Seacrest and Terry Bateman. Larry Klein produces. Barry Glazer and Bruce Gowers direct. Production designer is Bruce Ryan. Talent Producer is Melissa Trueblood.