‘MTV: Unplugged’ Limited Edition CD + DVD Set Release

Due November 17, 2009

Featuring Unique Live Performances From Program

Set List Includes Two No. 1 Smashes and Two Brand-New Songs

Coming off her third No. 1 single, “Waking Up in Vegas,” multi-platinum Capitol singer-songwriter KATY PERRY is set to put her unique signature on yet another defining signpost of global pop culture, releasing her upcoming appearance on MTV: UNPLUGGED in CD + DVD set in one package on November 17, 2009.

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Recorded live in New York on July 22, 2009, Perry presents some of her most well-known songs in a whole new way, performing unplugged re-arrangements of her No. 1 hits “I Kissed A Girl” and “Waking Up In Vegas,” along with the No. 1 video hit “Thinking Of You,” and the popular tracks “Ur So Gay” and “Lost” from her debut album ONE OF THE BOYS, which has now sold five million worldwide.

The MTV: UNPLUGGED set list is rounded out with two brand-new tracks, a cover of the Fountains of Wayne song “Hackensack,” and the never before released original song “Brick By Brick.” The DVD release also features exclusive interview footage.

Individual songs from the program will be debuting during MTV’s morning all-music video block AMTV on November 16th, and the full program, along with interview material, will air on Palladia, MTV Networks’ high-definition music channel, on November 27th, at 9 PM and 12 AM.

In this appearance, Katy Perry joins a distinguished roster of MTV: Unplugged performers, memorably including Eric Clapton, whose 1992 program featured “Tears in Heaven” and “Layla” and won six Grammys, among them Album of the Year, Tony Bennett, who won Grammy’s Album of the Year for his 1994 appearance, Nirvana and others.

Katy Perry is only the fourth artist in history to have 4 hit singles, 3 of which went to No. 1 from a debut album. Katy’s first two single releases, the seven-week Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 “I Kissed a Girl” and the No. 1 mainstream top 40 radio hit “Hot N Cold,” are RIAA-certified for triple-platinum sales. ONE OF THE BOYS also includes the #1 VH-1 Countdown ballad hit “Thinking of You.” Katy Perry is a Brit Award and MTV Europe Music Award winner, and is also a Grammy Award, MTV Video Music Award and Teen Choice Award nominee.

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Live Earth will probably be their biggest gig and as I look through their tour dates I see they’ll be playing at Fenway Park in Boston for two nights – July 28th and 29th. I’ve been to Fenway Park to watch “my team” the Red Sox play (Wow, can that Dice-K pitch!). If you like the Red Sox and The Police, then that would be the show to go to – if tickets are still available.

Then again, from what I’ve been reading recently, there’s been some speculation as to whether or not The Police will even finish their reunion tour. It seems band members Sting (Gordon Sumner) (vocals, bass), Andy Summers (guitar) and Stewart Copeland (drums) have been a bit frosty at times on stage according to some not so great reviews of their live show.

Also, Sting’s son Joe Sumner (his band Fiction Plane is supporting The Police) was quoted in the press regarding tensions in the band and now onlookers can only speculate all the more now that their MTV Unplugged recording has been postponed according to The Police website.

Who knows what will happen, maybe all of this is just hype. I’ll be interested, though, to watch their set for Live Earth (on TV). I’ll be looking out for any onstage antics as well as listening for those familiar songs, like “Walking on the Moon.”

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Dates could be added or changed! Go to The Police Official Website for the latest tour dates and information.

July 5 2007 Wrigley Field Chicago, Illinois
July 6 2007 Wrigley Field Chicago, Illinois
July 7 2007 Giants Stadium [Live Earth] East Rutherford, New Jersey
July 10 2007 Dolphin Stadium Miami, Florida
July 11 2007 St. Petersburg Times Forum Tampa, Florida
July 14 2007 Churchill Downs Louisville, Kentucky
July 16 2007 Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, Ohio
July 17 2007 Palace of Auburn Hills Detroit, Michigan
July 19 2007 Citizens Bank Park Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
July 20 2007 Hersheypark Stadium Hershey, Pennsylvania
July 22 2007 Air Canada Centre Toronto, Ontario
July 23 2007 Air Canada Centre Toronto, Ontario
July 25 2007 Bell Centre Montreal, Quebec
July 26 2007 Bell Centre Montreal, Quebec
July 28 2007 Fenway Park Boston, Massachusetts
July 29 2007 Fenway Park Boston, Massachusetts
July 31 2007 Rentschler Field Hartford, Connecticut
August 1 2007 Madison Square Garden New York, New York
August 3 2007 Madison Square Garden New York, New York
August 4 2007 Virgin Festival Baltimore, Maryland
August 5 2007 Giants Stadium East Rutherford, New Jersey
August 29 2007 Globe Arena Stockholm
August 30 2007 Globe Arena Stockholm
September 1 2007 Vestereng Aarhus
September 4 2007 National Indoor Arena Birmingham
September 5 2007 National Indoor Arena Birmingham
September 8 2007 Twickenham Stadium London
September 9 2007 Twickenham Stadium London
September 11 2007 AOL Arena Hamburg
September 13 2007 Amsterdam ArenA Amsterdam
September 14 2007 Amsterdam ArenA Amsterdam
September 16 2007 Geneva Stadium Geneva
September 19 2007 Stadthalle Vienna
September 22 2007 Olympiastadion Munich
September 25 2007 National Stadium Lisbon
September 27 2007 Olympic Stadium Barcelona
September 29 2007 Stade de France Paris
September 30 2007 Stade de France Paris
October 2 2007 Stadio Della Alpi Turin
October 6 2007 Croke Park Dublin
October 8 2007 Sportpaleis Antwerp
October 9 2007 Sportpaleis Antwerp
October 10 2007 SAP Arena Mannheim
October 13 2007 LTU Arena Dusseldorf
October 15 2007 MEN Arena Manchester
October 16 2007 MEN Arena Manchester
October 19 2007 Millenium Stadium Cardiff
October 31 2007 Madison Square Garden New York, New York
November 3 2007 Boardwalk Hall Atlantic City, New Jersey
November 8 2007 Air Canada Centre Toronto, Ontario

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By: Jenny May – Band Weblogs