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<b>Press Here</b> artists on your radar! Happy holidays.<o:p></o:p></p>
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@ Radio City Music Hall – 9pm</span></u></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:12.75pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Following both the release of his best-selling
<b><u>#1</u></b> new album <b><i>Life Is Good</i></b> and four <b>GRAMMY </b>nominations, hip-hop’s most influential MC will be performing an exclusive show at the famed
<b>Radio City Music Hall </b>this New Year’s Eve. <b>Elle Varner </b>has been confirmed as support. Nas’ new album <b><i>Life Is Good</i></b> debuted at <b><u>#1</u></b> on the <b><i><u>Billboard </u></i><u>Top 200</u></b> this past summer, marking the artist’s <b>6<sup>th</sup> <u>#1</u></b> collection
overall. The release was also just named one of <b><i>Rolling Stone’s 2012 ‘Albums of the Year,’
</i></b>and <b>Jon Caramanica </b>of <b><i>The New York Times </i></b>called <b><i>Life Is Good
</i></b>one of the <b>Top 10 Albums of 2012. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:12.75pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">For more info please visit
<a href="http://www.nasirjones.com">www.nasirjones.com</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Roots @ The Fillmore Silver Spring – 9pm</span></u></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:12.75pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Following a
<b>GRAMMY </b>nomination in the category of <b>Best Rap Album</b> for the 2011 release of
<b><i>undun</i></b>, The Legendary Roots Crew will be heading to Maryland for New Year’s Eve this year. Considered to be Philadelphia’s most influential hip-hop group by fans and critics alike,
<b>The Roots </b>will take a break from their role as house band on <b><i>Late Night with Jimmy Fallon</i></b> to ring in the new year with their fans.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:12.75pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">For more info please visit
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://theroots.wpengine.com/">http://theroots.wpengine.com/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:12.75pt"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The Wallflowers</span></u></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></b></span><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">@
“Famous Hot New Year’s Party” Columbia, SC – 8pm</span></u></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:12.75pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Following both a successful fall tour and the release of their critically acclaimed new album,
<b><i>Glad All Over</i></b>, The Wallflowers will be headlining Columbia, South Carolina’s
<b>“Famously Hot New Year’s Party” </b>this year.<b> </b>The event, which takes place in downtown Columbia, is free and open to the public. Partygoers will enjoy food and drink, fireworks and a midnight countdown in addition to the live musical entertainment
which also includes DJ Biz Markie, Atlantic Starr, Reggie Sullivan Band and Terence Young.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:12.75pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">For more information please visit
<a href="http://www.thewallflowers.com">www.thewallflowers.com</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#C00000">PRESS HERE </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">(New York)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">138 W. 25<sup>th</sup> St., 9<sup>th</sup> Floor, New York, NY 10001</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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