Jesse McCartney, Bowling For Soup, The Cheetah Girls, Aly & AJ and Everlife
to Perform at Radio Disney's 10th Birthday Concert
BURBANK, Calif., April 27 /PRNewswire/ -- In celebration of its 10th
birthday, Radio Disney will present a star-studded concert on Saturday,
July 22, 2006 (starting at 7:00 p.m.) at the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim in
Anaheim, California. This Radio Disney Totally 10 Birthday Concert will
feature hot artists including Jesse McCartney, Bowling For Soup, The
Cheetah Girls, Aly & AJ and Everlife! Tickets will be available starting on
Saturday, May 6, 2006 at noon through Ticketmaster at ticketmaster.com and
through Radio Disney at RadioDisney.com. Kids and families are welcome to
this "all ages" celebration.
"Radio Disney has achieved a milestone 10 years on the air, and we're
celebrating with a superstar-studded concert featuring Radio Disney's
hottest artists," said Robin Jones, Vice President, Radio Disney
Programming. "We're excited to bring our listeners and favorite artists
together for one night to celebrate music, families and Radio Disney."
ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Jesse McCartney's full-length solo album, Beautiful Soul, was released
in September 2004, and features four songs co-written by McCartney. The
title song reached number 15 in the U.S.; number one in Australia, Taiwan
and the Philippines; number 16 in the UK; and number one on the Radio
Disney Top 30 Countdown. The video for "Beautiful Soul" was voted into the
Top 10 fifty times on MTV's TRL and peaked at number four. The album went
platinum status in February 2005 and the Beautiful Soul Tour stopped in 56
U.S. cities. The success of Beautiful Soul garnered Jesse a 2005 American
Music Award nomination for "Best New Artist." He also won Radio Disney
Music Awards in 2005 for "Best Male Singer"; "Best Karaoke Song"
("Beautiful Soul"); and "Best Song to Put on Repeat" ("Get Your Shine On").
In 2006, Jesse will release a new album and appear in a few films.
Bowling For Soup is a Denton, Texas-based band that formed in 1994. The
group received a 2003 Grammy Award nomination for "Best Pop Performance by
a Group or Duo" and several Radio Disney Music Award nominations. Bowling
For Soup won the 2003 Radio Disney Music Award for "Silliest Band Name,"
and their hit, "1985", was the number one song of 2005 on Radio Disney.
Bowling For Soup consists of Jaret Reddick (lead guitar/vocals), Chris
Burney (guitar/vocals), Erik Chandler (bassist/vocals) and Gary Wiseman
(drums). Bowling For Soup will release a new album in 2006.
The Cheetah Girls began as a 2003 Fall line-up movie for Disney
Channel. Within the two years of release, the group gained the largest fan
franchise in Disney history and topped the soundtrack charts via a
multi-platinum soundtrack and a highly-rated DVD release. In 2005, The
Cheetah Girls became a professional music group and embarked on their first
tour covering their hit album, Cheetah-Licious Christmas. Members include
Adrienne Bailon, Kiely Williams and Sabrina Bryan. The Cheetah Girls won
the 2005 Radio Disney Music Awards for "Best Dance Moves" and "Best Movie
Soundtrack Song" for "Shake a Tailfeather" from Disney's Chicken Little.
The Cheetah Girls will release a follow-up movie and CD in 2006.
Aly and AJ are actresses and singer-songwriters from Torrance,
California. Aly is best known for her Disney Channel role as Keely Teslow
on Phil of The Future. AJ has appeared on many network TV shows. Aly and
AJ's album Into The Rush went Gold in 2006, and they were awarded the 2005
Radio Disney Music Awards for "Best Song to Listen to on the Way to
School," ("Walking on Sunshine") and "Best TV Movie Song," ("Rush" from
Twitches).
Everlife are sisters Amber (21), Sarah (19) and Julia (16) from
Indiana, Pennsylvania. Everlife has been in projects including DisneyMania
3, DisneyMania Live, Radio Disney Jams 7, Girlz Rock, and Radio Disney's
Jingle Jams 2005. Everlife recorded the title track for the Disney TV
movie, Go Figure; the song "Strangers Like Me" for the Tarzan DVD Special
Edition soundtrack; and a version of "Real Wild One" for the end credit
track of Disney's The Wild. Everlife crossed the nation on tour with B5 on
Radio Disney's Jingle Jam 2005 tour, stopping in 22 markets and performing
for 191,000 fans. They also won a 2005 Radio Disney Music Award for "Best
New Artist." Everlife plans to release a new album in 2006.
Please note that event date, time and artists are subject to change
without
notice.
ABOUT RADIO DISNEY:
Celebrating 10 years on the airwaves, Radio Disney has become the
number one destination for kids, tweens and families on the radio. Radio
Disney has full national coverage in the U.S. through 50 plus terrestrial
stations, XM and Sirius satellite radio (channel 115), digital cable (MUSIC
CHOICE), XM/DIRECTV (channel 867) and via streaming on RadioDisney.com.
Radio Disney is a 24/7 family-friendly network that offers hit music,
inspired programming and superstar promotions. Radio Disney has won the
"Silver Angel Award for Excellence in Programming," iParenting's "Media
Excellence Award" and Radio Ink's "Reader's Choice Award" for Best Full
Time Format. The Radio Disney brand extends beyond terrestrial radio with
the successful Radio Disney Jams CDs; the RADIO DISNEY NOW! podcast
available on iTunes, RadioDisney.com and Yahoo.com; a branded section in
Apple's iTunes store and a 24/7, dedicated on-demand music channel on
Verizon/VOD. In addition, Radio Disney can be heard internationally and is
currently available in the United Kingdom, Japan, and most of South
America.
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