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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Richie Sambora Set To Perform At The 82<sup>nd</sup> Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade on December 1<sup>st</sup> in Los Angeles<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Primetime Broadcast of Parade Set To Air December 11<sup>th</sup> on the Hallmark Channel with Additional Airings on a Number of Stations Throughout December<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="Default"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">(New York, NY – November 26, 2013)</span></i><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> –
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Rock icon<b> Richie Sambora
</b>is gearing up to take part in one of Los Angeles’ </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">biggest and longest-running Christmas
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">traditions. Richie will perform at the<b> 82<sup>nd</sup> Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade,
</b>which will take place</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">as a live event in
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Los Angeles on
<b>December 1<sup>st</sup></b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">at
<b>5pm PST.</b> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">It will then be broadcasted as a
<b>two-hour primetime special</b> on the <b>Hallmark Channel</b> on <b>December 11<sup>th</sup></b> and will air again on the
<b>Hallmark Movie Channel</b> <b>on</b> <b>December 20<sup>th</sup> and 24<sup>th</sup></b>. The parade</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">, which will benefit
<b>Toys for Tots</b> and salute <b>Disabled American Veterans</b>, will </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">be also broadcast by more than 350 stations around the country</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">,
including KTLA in Los Angeles, on December </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">20<sup>th</sup>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">from 8-10pm
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">and will air to more than 1 million American servicemen and women worldwide on
<b>American Forces Television Network</b>.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Richie</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> will be joined by an incredible line-up of performers, including
<b>Stevie Wonder, the Goo Goo Dolls, Daughty, Kenny Loggins, Leann Rimes, William Shatner, Billy Ray Cyrus, The McClain Sisters, Olate Dogs, Ace Young and Diana DeGarmo.
</b>Astronaut <b>Buzz Aldrin </b>will be the grand marshal.<b> Erik Estrada, Laura McKenzie, Dean Cain and Montel Williams</b> will host the event, which will also feature appearances from <b>Debby Ryan, Susan Lucci, Wayne Brady, Marie Osmond, Taylor Hicks, Larry
King, Joe Mantegna </b>with the <b>cast of <i>Criminal Minds</i>,</b> and <b>stars of
<i>The Young and the Restless</i></b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">who will be in attendance to celebrate the show’s 40<sup>th</sup> Anniversary.
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Over the past eight decades, millions of people have come out to
<b>Hollywood Boulevard</b> to celebrate the entertainment capital of the world and experience the
<b>Hollywood Christmas Parade.</b> This star-studded event has been the center of the holiday celebrations in Tinsel Town with the best in family entertainment. For more information, please visit
</span><a href="http://thehollywoodchristmasparade.org/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">http://thehollywoodchristmasparade.org/</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">. Tickets for reserved
grandstand seats are $85, $65 and $45, and discounted tickets are available for groups of 25 or more. Tickets are on sale now through Ticketmaster.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Richie</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">’s appearance at the
<b>Hollywood Christmas Parade</b> will round out a year that has once again seen Richie continuously lending his vocals to important causes that resonate deeply with him. He gave inspiring performances during<b> Vice President Al Gore's ‘24 Hours of Reality:
The Cost of Carbon’</b> (a live-stream event exploring the cost of carbon pollution),
<b>Dream Foundation’s 12th Annual Celebration of Dreams Gala</b> (a wish-granting organization that serves those battling life-threatening illnesses), and the
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">grand opening of
<b>Step Up On Vine</b> (a supportive housing project in Hollywood that fight chronic homelessness, made possible by The Clinton Global Initiative in partnership with The Kobe & Vanessa Bryant Family Foundation.)
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">On 9/11,
<b>Richie </b>released a heartfelt tribute song, co-written with the illustrious<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Bernie Taupin</b>, called
<b>“Engine 19”</b> to honor the hard work and dedication of the brave men and women of the Fire Department, and all of the first responders around the country.
</span><a href="http://youtu.be/G3UlacWXwGQ"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">PRESS HERE</span></b></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">to
share it.</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""> <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Earlier this year he also<b> </b></span><span style="color:black">took part in
<b>CBS.com’s</b> music performance series <b><i>Tip Cup</i></b> to help support </span>
<b>MusiCares</b>, which<span style="color:black"> </span>provides assistance to music people in times of need.
<span style="color:black"> </span><a href="http://www.cbs.com/shows/tip-cup/episode-2/"><b>PRESS HERE</b></a><span style="color:#1F497D">
</span><span style="color:black">to watch the episode, which features Richie singing
</span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWU_QnRkUbI"><b>"Every Road Leads Home To You"</b></a><span style="color:black"> and
<b>“Taking A Chance on the Wind”<i> </i></b>from Richie’s latest solo album </span>
<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/every-road-leads-home-to-you/id559503967?i=559504092"><b><i>Aftermath of the Lowdown</i></b></a><b><i><span style="color:#1F497D">
</span></i></b><span style="color:black">, out now<b><i>.</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">On a more lighthearted note, Richie also recently made history during the
<b>2013 Breeders’ Cup</b> telecast earlier this month, performing the <b>Call To The Post</b> on the guitar for the first time ever, rather than the traditional bugle.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYg9pqpPmdE&feature=youtu.be"><b>PRESS HERE</b></a> to watch the groundbreaking moment. At the
<b>Melbourne Cup</b> festivities in Australia, Richie gave an out-of-this-world impromptu performance of “Livin’ on a Prayer” -
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2SgbV6ucDQ&feature=youtu.be"><b>PRESS HERE</b></a> to check it out.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c61YNPaFC2I"><b>PRESS HERE</b></a> to watch Richie’s
<b>new video</b> for song <b>“Come Back As Me.”<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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