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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:40.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Matthew Morrison<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xbodya" align="center" style="margin-top:.1pt;text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Where It All Began<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="xbodya" align="center" style="margin-top:.1pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">New Album Salutes Broadway’s Classic Standards Produced by Phil Ramone<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="xbodya" align="center" style="margin-top:.1pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">to Debut on June 4<sup>th</sup>, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="xbodya" align="center" style="margin-top:.1pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="xbodya" align="center" style="margin-top:.1pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Collection Marks First Release from Adam Levine’s 222 Records
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<p class="xbodya" align="center" style="margin-top:.1pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">PBS Special—“Matthew Morrison: Where It All Began - Live From the Bushnell”
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<p class="xbodya" align="center" style="margin-top:.1pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">To Debut In June 2013<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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ANGELES, CA, March 21, 2013 </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">-- EMMY, TONY, and Golden Globe-nominated star
<b>Matthew Morrison</b> is to release<span style="color:red"> </span>a new studio album,
<b><i>Where It All Began</i></b>, on June 4, 2013. Featuring a collection of classic standards, many of which were<span style="color:red">
</span>first made famous in Broadway musicals. Morrison turned to legendary producer
<b>Phil Ramone</b> (Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett), along with GRAMMY Award-winning producer
<b>Gregg Field</b>, to create the 12 songs featured on the album. The collection marks the first release from
<b>222 Records</b>, the newly formed label from <b>Adam Levine</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xbodya" style="margin-top:.1pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="xbodya" style="margin-top:.1pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">“I enjoyed the journey back to my roots on this new album,” said Morrison. “This is the album I’ve always wanted to make, and I am looking
forward to sharing the experience with everyone.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xbodya" style="margin-top:.1pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="xbodya" style="margin-top:.1pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">“I am thrilled to be working with Matthew Morrison,” said Adam Levine. “I am excited for everyone to hear the album because he has so much
talent and am<span style="background:white"> so proud to have this release produced by the legendary Phil Ramone.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xbodya" style="margin-top:.1pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="xbody" style="margin-top:.1pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Morrison’s new album of standards is a salute to the music that means the most to him and follows on the release of his 2011 self-titled
solo pop album. On <i>Where It All Began,</i> it was paramount for Morrison that he put his own stamp on the songs, either by coming up with new tempos and arrangements or by recreating the song in a way it had never been imagined before. Together, with Phil
Ramone, the pair re-envisioned the tracks featured, while still embracing what made these standards classics in the first place.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xbody" style="margin-top:.1pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="xbody" style="margin-top:.1pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Standouts on the album include the energetic and poignant “West Side Story Medley” and “Luck Be A Lady,” which Matthew Morrison recorded
at the famed Capitol Studios, where old Blue Eyes recorded many of his songs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xbody" style="margin-top:.1pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xbody" style="margin-top:.1pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Morrison adds another dimension to the album with his national PBS special, premiering
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">June 1,<span style="color:red">
</span><span style="color:black">2013, “Matthew </span>Morrison: Where It All Began -<span style="color:black"> Live From the Bushnell”. Shot in Hartford, Connecticut in front of an enchanted crowd, Matthew is accompanied by an orchestra and his own funk-injected
backup singers, dancers and band. His strength as an all–around performer is showcased in this production from Connecticut Public Television
</span>for Podwall Entertainment,<span style="color:red"> </span><span style="color:black">222 Records and PBS. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="xbody" style="margin-top:.1pt;text-align:justify"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="xbody" style="margin-top:.1pt;text-align:justify"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">In further support of the album, Matthew has also announced four additional live concert
dates. The artist will perform on May 28<sup>th</sup> and 29<sup>th</sup> with the Boston Pops at Symphony Hall in Massachusetts and on November 29<sup>th</sup> and 30<sup>th</sup> with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="xbody" style="margin-top:.1pt;text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="xbody" style="margin-top:.1pt;text-align:justify"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="xbody" style="margin-top:.1pt;text-align:justify"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">TRACK LISTING IS AS FOLLOWS:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Singin’ In The Rain<br>
Come Rain or Come Shine/Basin Street Blues <br>
Ease on Down the Road</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Younger Than Springtime<br>
It Don't Mean a Thing<br>
The Lady Is a Tramp<br>
As Long as She Needs Me<br>
On the Street Where You Live<br>
Hey There<br>
Luck Be a Lady<br>
Send in the Clowns<br>
West Side Story Medley</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">After studying musical theater, vocal performance and dance at NYU’s Tisch School of The Arts, Matthew Morrison made his debut on Broadway in
<i>Footloose</i>, followed by <i>The Rocky Horror Picture Show</i>. However, it was his role as Link Larkin in the original cast of the Broadway production of
<i>Hairspray</i> that served as his breakthrough and led to him being cast in the critically acclaimed
<i>The Light In The Piazza</i>. His portrayal of young lover Fabrizio Naccarelli garnered him a TONY nomination for best performance by a featured actor in a musical. He subsequently received a Drama Desk nomination for outstanding actor in the off-Broadway
musical <i>10 Million Miles</i> and reprised the role of Lieutenant Cable in Lincoln Center’s TONY-nominated production of
<i>South Pacific</i>. Matthew soon followed these performances with his role as the perpetually optimistic high school teacher Will Schuester on FOX TV’s
<i>Glee</i>, which he has received both EMMY and two Golden Globe nominations. He most recently co-starred alongside Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Lopez in the major motion picture
<i>What To Expect When You’re Expecting</i>.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">For more information, please go to
<a href="http://www.matthewmorrison.com">www.matthewmorrison.com</a>.</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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