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SINGER CHRISTINA PERRI’S WANDERLUST… GO HOME AND CELEBRATE.

Woodcliff Lake, NJ – May 24, 2011 — You may have heard Christina Perri’s breakthrough single “Jar of Hearts” on Fox’s So You Think You Can Dance last summer. That marked the moment she shot from waitress to pop star overnight. Now, in between touring the country and putting out her debut album (lovestrong., out May 10th via Atlantic), she’s missing her friends and family. Last week, she teamed up with MINI and the Wanderlust Movement to celebrate her album release in L.A. with those closest to her heart.

Is it possible to get Wanderlust when you're already on the road? What does it feel like to experience an urge to escape when you are chronically on the move? Yes. It’s called homesickness. So how do you get away...from being away? You go home.

So where Wanderlust, for most of us, is that nagging feeling that we need to run away MINI USA from familiar territory and go someplace new, Perri’s yearning to run back to Mailing address PO Box 1227 everything she knows and loves. Westwood, NJ 07675-1227

Office address Having just signed to Atlantic Records and with her debut album, lovestrong., newly 300 Chestnut Ridge Road Woodcliff Lake, NJ minted on May 10th, it’s the perfect time for Perri to turn her eyes homeward and give 07677-7731 herself a much needed chance to breathe. The event she planned for May 12th was an Telephone (201) 930-3166 album release party, a Wanderlust party, and a homecoming party, all wrapped into

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Internet MINIUSA.com The event offered a peaceful moment smack in the middle of her spring/summer U.S. Printed on Recycled Paper tour. It was both a public acknowledgement of how far she’s come, and a highly

personal way to remember where she began, and the people who were there

- 2 - supporting her on the rocky road in between. Arriving fresh from promoting her album on the Ellen DeGeneres Show, she met her friends and family on the rooftop of the Hollywood Tower Hotel.

The main theme of the night was simply being together with her nearest and dearest, and having some good old-fashioned fun. As the sun went down over L.A., guests ate tasty treats from Christina’s favorite restaurant, 101 Café, and snapped silly pics in a photo booth, both brought in especially for the occasion.

For Perri, getting together with MINI was a no-brainer: it’s her favorite car. Not only has she been a MINI owner since 2004, but the car features prominently in the new music video for her single “Arms.” She’s even got the MINI logo tattooed on her foot. Now that’s real devotion.