Cingular Wireless and Island Def Jam Present an Invite-Only Jay-Z Concert

Cingular Wireless and Island Def Jam Present an Invite-Only Jay-Z Concert

		Cingular Wireless and Island Def Jam team to celebrate the release of Jay-Z's new album, Kingdom Come. (PRNewsFoto/Cingular Wireless) ATLANTA, GA UNITED STATES

		"Jay-Z Hangar Tour" hits 7 cities in less than 24 hours as part of the Cingular Sounds Live series. (PRNewsFoto/Cingular Wireless) ATLANTA, GA UNITED STATES

Jay-Z Set to Perform 7 Mini Cingular Sounds Live Concerts, in 7 Cities in Less Than 24 Hours ATLANTA, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- On Saturday, November 18th, in celebration of the release of his new album, KINGDOM COME, Jay-Z will touch down in seven cities and perform 30 minute shows, all within 24 hours. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20061117/CLF044-a http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20061117/CLF044-b ) Cingular Wireless, the nation's largest wireless carrier, and Island Def Jam Records have joined forces to bring what surely is one of the most unique music events of the year. The seven-city "Jay-Z Hangar Tour," as part of the Cingular Sounds Live concert series, will kick off in Atlanta at 6 am for the first of seven shows in less than 24 hours. Jay-Z will perform 30 minute sets in Atlanta, Philadelphia, DC, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Las Vegas. "As part of our overall Cingular Music strategy, we are committed to creating, producing and delivering these one-of-a-kind music events for viewing on the mobile screen," said David Garver, executive director, segment marketing and sponsorships, Cingular Wireless. "Over the past year, Cingular Sounds Live has featured a variety of artists who are at the top of their game and Jay-Z is no exception. We are thrilled to help Jay-Z promote his new album, Kingdom Come, while capturing footage of his live performances for the exclusive enjoyment of our customers." In three of the concert locations, Cingular will hold a "Change Clothes & Go with Jay-Z" text-promotion contest during the show whereby two lucky Cingular customers at each event will be randomly selected to join the mile- high entourage and attend the remaining concerts. As with all Cingular Sounds Live events, the concert is designed to generate content specifically for the mobile environment -- and exclusively for Cingular customers -- as part of its Cingular Video offering. Cingular will be capturing video of the "Jay-Z Hangar Tour" concerts and will make the content available to its customers who reside in a 3G market and who have a compatible handset*. To date, Cingular Sounds Live has featured performances by top recording artists such as Ludacris, Bobby Valentino, Shareefa, Rihanna, Pussycat Dolls, Daddy Yankee, Jamie Foxx and LeToya. MTV VJ, Sway, will be traveling along with the tour and reporting back to MTV viewers throughout the day with "behind the scenes" highlights from the plane, backstage and everything in between. Cingular and Music Cingular has a long history in leading the convergence of wireless and music. - July 2003 - Introduces First Music Phone, the Nokia 3300 - March 2004 - First to Offer Music Tone Ringtones From All Major Music Labels - April 2005 - Debuts Cingular Sounds with Never Heard Before Music as Ringtones - September 2005 - Launches World's First Phone with iTunes - September 2005 - First to Offer Billboard Mobile Music Application - November 2005 - Unveils MobiRadio with more than 40 Streaming Music Stations - December 2005 - Releases Sony Ericsson W600i Music Phone - December 2005 - Announces Exclusive Ringtone "Don't Give Up (Africa)" Performed by Alicia Keys and Bono, with Proceeds Supporting AIDS Relief Organization, Keep A Child Alive - January 2006 - Cingular launches the exclusive SLVR featuring iTunes - February 2006 - Cingular launches Cingular Sounds Live - February 2006 - Cingular launches enhanced MusicID service - March 2006 - Cingular launches Live Idol Ringtones, actual songs performed live on American Idol, available the next day as ringtones - April 2006 - Cingular introduces the Mobile Music Studio on MySpace, giving unsigned artists and bands an opportunity to have their original music featured as a Cingular ringtone - May 2006 - Cingular launches Answer Tones(TM) - August 2006 - Cingular launches LG CU500, first device to have a "music" key to give users easy access to Cingular's suite of music applications - August 2006 - Cingular launches third phone with iTunes, the MOTO RAZR v3i - September 2006 - Cingular launches Sony Ericsson W810i Walkman(R) Phone - November 2006 - Cingular introduces Cingular Music, one-click access to all things music on the handset, including subscription music from Napster, Yahoo! and eMusic, as well as 25 channels of commercial-free music channels from XM Satellite Radio * Cingular's 3G network provides average download data speeds between 400-700 kilobits per second with bursts to over one megabit. The company currently provides 3G services in more than 118 cities (with populations of 100 thousand or more) in and around 54 major markets in 28 states plus the District of Columbia. Cingular currently offers five 3G handsets - LG CU500, Samsung ZX20, Samsung ZX10, Samsung SYNC(TM) and the Samsung BlackJack(TM). About Cingular Wireless Cingular Wireless is the largest wireless carrier in the United States, serving 58.7 million customers. Cingular, a joint venture between AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) and BellSouth Corporation (NYSE: BLS), has the largest digital voice and data network in the nation -- the ALLOVER(TM) network -- and the largest mobile-to-mobile community of any national wireless carrier. Cingular is a leader in third generation wireless technology. Its 3G network is the first widely available service in the world to use HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) technology. 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