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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">BLONDIE SET TO PERFORM ON
<i>‘DICK CLARK’S NEW YEAR’S ROCKIN’ EVE WITH RYAN SEACREST 2014’</i> <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;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">WILL JOIN MILEY CYRUS, MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS AND ICONA POP IN NEW YORK CITY’S TIMES SQUARE AS THE COUNTRY COUNTS DOWN TO THE NEW
YEAR! <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;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">COVERAGE BEGINS AT 8PM ET/PT ON ABC<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>(Photo Credit: Chris Stein)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>New York, NY (December 17, 2013)</i> – 2014 will mark<b> Blondie’s 40<sup>th</sup> Anniversary</b>, and to kick it all off in spectacular fashion the band will perform on
<b><i>Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2014, </i></b>live from New York’s Times Square. Undeniably one of the most trailblazing and influential bands of our time, Blondie made their first appearance on
<i>Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve</i> in 1979. It will be a special honor for
<b>Debbie Harry, Chris Stein and Clem Burke</b> to return to the <i>New Year’s Rockin’ Eve</i> stage for the first time in more than 30 years (along with newer band mates
<b>Leigh Foxx </b>who has been with the band since ’97, guitarist <b>Tommy Kessler</b> and keyboardist
<b>Matt Katz-Bohen</b>.) <b>Blondie</b> will ring in the New Year alongside <b>Miley Cyrus, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis</b> and
<b>Icona Pop</b>, who will also be on hand to perform in New York City. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b>Ryan Seacrest</b> and <b>Jenny McCarthy</b> will be live from
<b>Times Square</b> as Ryan leads the traditional countdown to midnight in front of an estimated 1 million people and tens of millions of television viewers nationwide.
<b>Coverage begins at 8pm ET/PT December 31<sup>st</sup> on ABC</b> and will feature<span style="color:black"> hours of special performances and reports on New Year’s celebrations from around the globe.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b>“Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2014,”</b> is a
<span style="color:black">bi-coastal event with a West Coast celebration hosted by
<b>Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas</b>. </span>Previously announced West Coast performers include
<b>Capital Cities, Daughtry, Jason Derulo, Fall Out Boy, Florida Georgia Line, Ariana Grande, Jennifer Hudson, Enrique Iglesias, Robin Thicke and The Fray.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Blondie</b>’s chart-topping success, pioneering spirit, fearless nature and rare longevity led to an induction into the
<b>Rock ‘N’ Roll Hall of Fame</b> in 2006 and more than <b>40 million albums</b> sold worldwide to date. As we look back at the band’s storied career and how their music and fashion have influenced artists of all kinds in every decade since their debut, it
makes Blondie’s current vibrancy that much more stunning as they enter their 40<sup>th</sup> year of entertaining all of us.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-autospace:none"><b><u>The complete lineup Tuesday night, December 31 on ABC is:</u></b><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<b>“New Year’s Rockin’ Eve Presents The 30 Greatest Women In Music” <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-autospace:none">Ryan Seacrest, Jenny McCarthy and Fergie host a fascinating two-hour countdown of the 30 greatest female artists in music, through clips and interviews from the archives of dick clark productions.
(8:00-10:00 p.m., ET)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>“Dick Clark’s Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2014”</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-autospace:none">Ryan Seacrest spotlights some of the year’s hottest artists, groups and songs. Fergie hosts the Los Angeles party, and Jenny McCarthy is live with all the festivities in Times Square. (10:00-11:00
p.m., ET)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>“Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2014, Parts 1 & 2”</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-autospace:none">Ryan Seacrest counts down to midnight live from Times Square, and then the party continues with some of the year’s hottest acts from Los Angeles and New York. (Part 1, 11:30 p.m. – 1:08 a.m.,
ET) (Part 2, January 1, 1:08 – 2:12 a.m., ET)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">"Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2014" is a presentation of dick clark productions, with Ryan Seacrest and Allen Shapiro serving as executive producers and Barry Adelman as co-executive
producer. Larry Klein is producer.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-autospace:none"><b><u>ABOUT DICK CLARK PRODUCTIONS <o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">dick clark productions (dcp) is the world’s largest producer and proprietor of televised events. dcp produces perennial hits such as the “American Music Awards,” “Golden Globe Awards,” “Academy of Country Music
Awards,” “Hollywood Film Awards,” “Billboard Music Awards,” and “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest.” dcp also produces popular weekly television programming, including “So You Think You Can Dance,” and owns one of the world’s most unique
and extensive entertainment archive libraries with more than 55 years of dcp’s award-winning shows, historic programs, specials, performances and legendary programming. In 2014, dcp will debut “The PEOPLE MAGAZINE Awards” on NBC and joint venture Keshet DCP
will premiere the weekly television series “Rising Star” on ABC. For additional information, visit
<a href="http://www.dickclark.com/">www.dickclark.com</a>.<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><a href="http://www.blondie.net">www.blondie.net</a><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>For more information on Blondie, please contact Press Here:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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