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BACK on the BIG SCREEN to CELEBRATE DVD/CD PREMIERE – ONE NIGHT ONLY, JULY 10 Deleted: PREMEIRE PHISH: LIVE IN BROOKLYN – BACK ON THE BIG SCREEN TO CELEBRATE DVD/CD PREMIERE – ONE NIGHT ONLY, JULY 10 Deleted: PREMEIRE Big Screen Concerts sm Event Features Historic First Show of the Band’s Final 2004 Tour in 99 Movie Theatres Across the Country Denver, CO and LOS ANGELES (Tuesday, June 27, 2006) –– Legendary band Phish is back on the big screen in an encore performance celebrating the premiere of the new concert DVD and CD, PHISH: LIVE IN BROOKLYN, on Monday, July 10th at 9:00 p.m. ET 6:00 p.m. PT in select movie theatres across the country. PHISH: LIVE IN BROOKLYN was filmed on June 17, 2004 at the opening night performance at Keyspan Park baseball field on Coney Island, the first show after Phish’s emotional May 2004 announcement that their upcoming tour would be their last. This full concert footage has not been seen anywhere since the night of the show, when 16,000 Phish fans in the audience at Keyspan Park gazed up at the JumboTrons and 30,000 fans watched the original, live Big Screen Concerts simulcast in movie theatres across the country. For anyone who was not in attendance, this is an opportunity to experience the magic of Phish's live shows – and for those who were there, this is a unique opportunity to relive this landmark show. This PHISH: LIVE IN BROOKLYN one-night-only Big Screen Concerts sm event will be presented by National CineMedia in association with Network LIVE in High-Definition and 5.1 audio at 99 participating Regal, United Artists, Edwards, AMC and Georgia Theatre Company movie theatres across the country. Tickets for this historic event are on sale now at presenting theatre box offices and online at www.BigScreenConcerts.com for $12.50. (For a complete list of participating theatre locations, please visit the Web site.) Running time of the show will be approximately 3 1/2 hours, including a brief intermission. LIVE IN BROOKLYN features Phish live classics such as “Suzy Greenberg,” “Mike’s Song” and “The Divided Sky” to rarities including “The Curtain With” and “Kung.” Like all of the band’s shows, the Coney Island concerts included some surprising interpretations of others’ songs, as well as standout improvisational performances of “Moma Dance” and “Free.” The first set closes with a version of Edgar Winters Group’s “Frankenstein,” and midway through the second set, the group performs Eumir Deodato’s eerie “Also Sprach Zarathustra” theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey. The concert also includes Phish’s first live performances of “A Song I Heard The Ocean Sing” and “Nothing.” JEMP Records/Rhino will release the PHISH LIVE IN BROOKLYN Two-DVD set and Three-CD set on July 11, the day after the Big Screen Concerts premiere event. LIVE IN BROOKLYN marks the first DVD release and second CD release by JEMP Records, a new label devoted to releasing what the band members consider the greatest and most important shows of their career. LIVE IN BROOKLYN is also the first full, uncut concert Phish has released on DVD since LIVE IN VEGAS (2002). In a career spanning more than 20 years, Phish became one of the most significant live music phenomena of all time. On the basis of word-of-mouth about their performances—with virtually no radio hits or video support—the band grew from playing club gigs along their native East Coast to drawing 100,000 music fans to their multi-day festivals in remote corners of the country. At every turn, Phish managed to win over newcomers while maintaining the loyalty of their devotees with a singularly broad repertoire, virtuosity, and by making a unique event of each show. For more information, visit www.phish.com . About National CineMedia, LLC National CineMedia, LLC is a venture of AMC Entertainment Inc., Cinemark USA, Inc. and Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE: RGC), three of the world's leading theatrical exhibition companies. The company develops pre feature entertainment; cinema and lobby advertising products; comprehensive meeting and event services; and alternative forms of entertainment content for distribution across the approximately 13,000 screens operated by its owner theatre circuits and other theatre affiliates. Over 11,000 of these screens are part of NCM’s Digital Content Network (DCN), the world's largest in-theatre digital distribution network. The network provides content and advertising to 150 markets, including 49 of the top 50, reaching 525 million movie patrons annually. For additional information, please go to www.ncm.com . About Network LIVE Network LIVE is the #1 provider of live digital entertainment, offering fans unparalleled access to the artists they want -- when and how they want it -- via broadband, TV, radio, wireless, theatrical and retail. Its best-in-class, multi-partner network provides unprecedented reach for live offerings through broadband, satellite radio, satellite television, digital movie theatres and mobile phones throughout the U.S. and the world. Through its partnerships, Network LIVE reaches nearly 71 million music fans across the U.S. Network LIVE combines the energy and immediacy of the live moment with a level of access to live entertainment that can only be delivered to audiences across an on-demand digital network. (www.networklive.com) ### MEDIA CONTACTS: Amy Jane Finnerty National CineMedia / Big Screen Concerts 212-931-8117 [email protected] Hannah Kampf or Eve Samuels Scoop Marketing for Big Screen Concerts (213) 639-6159, (213) 639-6166 [email protected] , [email protected] Elisa Wiefel Network LIVE 310-550-3831 [email protected] Blake Zidell, Brian Shimkovitz, or Carla Sacks Sacks & Co. for Phish 212.741.1000 [email protected] , [email protected] , or [email protected] . .
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