ADDED TO THE LINE-UP OF ACCOMPLISHED PERFORMERS ARE
MARY MARY, NATALIE GRANT, TAMELA MANN AND
DONNIE MCCLURKIN
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MEGA-EVENT TO BE HELD AT THEATER AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
JANUARY 31, 2014
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Tickets Currently Available on Ticketmaster.com, with Portion of Ticket Sales
Benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
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Media Credentials Application Available for Press Conference and Red Carpet
NEW YORK, NY - December 18, 2013 – Bringing faith, football and gospel music together, the 15th Annual NFL Sanctioned Super Bowl Gospel Celebration
will be in New York City, kicking-off Super Bowl XLVIII weekend on
Friday, January 31, 2014 at Theater at Madison Square Garden. Sponsored
by American Family Insurance, this year’s concert will align GRAMMY®
Award-winning artists, church and faith leaders and special guests – all
on one stage to give audiences a show to remember.
Announced as the headliner of this milestone concert, taking the stage will be legendary entertainer and GRAMMY® Award-winner Patti Labelle. Also joining the list of top performers at this year’s show include gospel sensation Mary Mary, Christian contemporary singer Natalie Grant and actress & singer Tamela Mann.
Previously announced performers include GRAMMY® Award-winning Gospel
artist and Pastor of Perfecting Faith Church in New York, Donnie McClurkin, and the NFL Player’s Choir, which is exclusively composed of current and former players.
Over
the course of fifteen years, Super Bowl Gospel Celebration has brought
together amazing performances and special guests including Anita Baker,
Gladys Knight, Yolanda Adams, Kelly Price, The Clark Sisters, and many
more. Most recently, the 2013 event was hosted by Emmy Award-winning
co-host of ABC’s “The View,” Sherri Shepherd, and seven-time GRAMMY® Award-winning gospel artist Kirk Franklin. Headlined by GRAMMY® Award-winning, platinum-selling artist and American Idol winner Fantasia, the night was full of memorable moments including great performances by Donnie McClurkin, Marvin Winans, Bishop Paul S. Morton, and the NFL “Players’ Choice” hip-hop Christian artist Lecrae.
“The
Super Bowl Gospel Celebration has been a formal sanctioned partner for
15 years, and has played an integral role in bringing together fans and
football players under one roof with a shared love of inspirational
music,” said Tisha Ford, NFL Director of Events Business Development.
“This year we celebrate the 15th Anniversary of bringing even more power and celebration to one of the biggest events of the year — the Super Bowl,” says Melanie Few-Harrison, Creator and Executive Producer of Super Bowl Gospel Celebration. "Each year we aim to make the concert bigger than the last with artists and special guests from all backgrounds and this year will be no different! Super Bowl XLVIII in New York will be our biggest yet!"
Since
its inception in 1999, the Super Bowl Gospel Celebration has donated a
portion of its proceeds and more than 5,500 tickets to local and
national charities. This year’s benefactor is St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Tickets to the concert are currently available for purchase on www.ticketmaster.com.
The show will air in national syndication over broadcast television
stations in February 2014. Air dates and local listings to be announced
in January.
Media
credential applications to the Super Bowl Gospel Celebration press
conference (date to be announced) and red carpet are currently being
accepted. Deadline for submissions is January 21, 2014 by 11:59 PM ET.
For more information, visit: http://www.superbowlgospel.com/gospel/press-2/
About The Super Bowl Gospel Celebration:
The Super Bowl Gospel Celebration
was launched in Miami in 1999 during Super Bowl XXXIII weekend. In
2002, the event became the first, and remains the only concert
sanctioned by the National Football League (NFL). The show has drawn
crowds in the thousands and has demonstrated growth year-after-year,
selling out venues in major Super Bowl host cities including Dallas,
Tampa, Detroit, Jacksonville, Houston and Phoenix. For more information,
visit: www.SuperBowlGospel.com, Facebook.com/SuperBowlGospel and Twitter.com/SuperBowlGospel.
About American Family Insurance:
Based in Madison, Wisconsin, American Family Insurance offers auto, homeowners, life, business and farm/ranch insurance in 19 states and is the nation’s third-largest mutual property/casualty insurance company and ranks 382nd on the Fortune 500 list. For more information visit: www.amfam.com, Facebook.com/amfam, Twitter.com/amfam, and www.youtube.com/amfam.
About St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital:
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood
cancer and other deadly diseases. St. Jude has the world’s best survival
rates for the most aggressive childhood cancers, and treatments
invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer
survival rate from 20 percent to 80 percent since we opened more than 50
years ago. St. Jude is working to drive the overall survival rate for
childhood cancer to 90 percent in the next decade. St. Jude freely
shares the breakthroughs we make, and every child saved at St. Jude
means doctors and scientists worldwide can use that knowledge to save
thousands more children. Families never receive a bill from St. Jude for
treatment, travel, housing and food – because all a family should worry
about is helping their child live. Join the St. Jude mission by
visiting www.stjude.org or following St. Jude on Facebook.com/stjude and Twitter.com/stjude.
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