Glen Campbell Is One Busy Rhinestone Cowboy
08/08/2008
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(PR) Glen Campbell's new studio album, Meet Glen Campbell, now available as a limited edition vinyl LP, will be released on CD and digitally on Tuesday, August 19 by Capitol Records/EMI. Campbell is actively promoting the album with national TV, radio and online appearances, including ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live," "Entertainment Tonight," "Acoustic Caf�," NPR's "World Caf�" and "Fresh Air," and "AOL Sessions," and a special album release celebration concert in Los Angeles.
In a legendary music career that spans more than five decades, Glen Campbell has achieved chart-topping, platinum-selling pop and country success singing everyday tales of life, love, work and heartache. For Meet Glen Campbell, his inspired, dynamic new studio album, the music icon has returned to his longtime label home, Capitol Records.
On Thursday, August 14, Campbell will be interviewed live on the syndicated "Mark & Brian" morning radio show. Broadcast live from KLOS 95.5 FM Los Angeles, "Mark & Brian" is heard on 15 Classic Rock stations in Western states, and can be streamed live online at www.markandbrian.com/markandbrian. On the same date, Yahoo! Music will launch "Early Edition," exclusively streaming Meet Glen Campbell in its entirety at www.music.yahoo.com before the album's CD and digital release.
On Monday, August 18, Campbell will be interviewed live on Indie 103.1 FM's "Joe Escalante Morning Show." The Los Angeles radio show can be streamed live online at www.indie1031.com. On the same date, AOL will premiere "Glen Campbell: AOL Sessions," an exclusive filmed performance by Campbell and his band, and "Acoustic Caf�" (www.acafe.com) will premiere Campbell and his band's exclusive performance for the syndicated radio show, heard on more than 75 commercial and non-commercial radio stations across the U.S. and also carried worldwide by Voice Of America.
On Tuesday, August 19, the album's CD and digital release date, a new music video for Meet Glen Campbell's "Angel Dream" will be exclusively premiered by Yahoo! Music. The nationally syndicated TV program "Entertainment Tonight" will air an interview with Campbell, and Campbell will perform a special concert at the Troubadour in Los Angeles, presented by KCRW, 89.9 FM. Tickets for the concert are available from Ticketmaster (www.ticketmaster.com).
On Friday, August 29, Campbell and his band will perform a song from Meet Glen Campbell on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" (12:05am ET/PT; 11:05pm CT).
On Wednesday, September 3, NPR's "World Caf�," carried by nearly 200 public radio stations across the country, will broadcast an exclusive performance by Campbell and his band.
National Public Radio's (NPR) "Fresh Air," heard on more than 450 public radio stations across the U.S. and on Europe's World Radio Network, will broadcast an exclusive interview with Campbell (airdate to be announced: www.npr.org).
For his new album, Glen Campbell has reinterpreted and re-imagined both older and contemporary songs with his own signature vocal and guitar arrangements. A true musician's musician, Campbell's distinct guitar playing, along with the clarity and emotion of his powerful vocal performance, come together to give new life to the songs he selected for Meet Glen Campbell.
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