KEYSHIA COLE and VOICES OF UNITY YOUTH CHOIR To Perform National Anthem During 'NFL Opening Kickoff 2007 Presented By Sprint' Before Saints-Colts Game

Anthem Follows Live Performance by JOHN MELLENCAMP in RCA Dome Thursday,

September 6 on NBC

    SANTA MONICA, Calif., Aug. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Rock & Roll, R&B and
 gospel soul will fill the RCA Dome during the "NFL OPENING KICKOFF 2007
 PRESENTED BY SPRINT" on Thursday, September 6.
     Award-winning R&B singer-songwriter KEYSHIA COLE will be joined by Ft.
 Wayne, Indiana's VOICES OF UNITY YOUTH CHOIR in singing the National Anthem
 to kick off the 2007 NFL season. Indiana legend JOHN MELLENCAMP will
 celebrate his Super Bowl XLI champion Indianapolis Colts with a live
 performance.
     As part of the show, the anthem and the celebratory moment will be
 televised live from 8-8:30 PM ET on NBC and the NFL Network and leads into
 the season opener between the Indianapolis Colts and the New Orleans Saints
 (NBC, Westwood One Radio Sports, 8:30 PM ET). For the first time, the live
 pregame broadcast will also be available via NFL Mobile on Sprint's
 wireless service to Power Vision pack subscribers with multimedia enabled
 phones.
     The performances are part of the celebration to kick off the 2007
 season and to honor the Super Bowl champion Indianapolis Colts and the city
 of Indianapolis.
     Cole is an award-winning and chart-topping R&B artist producing five #1
 songs in a span of two years, including collaborations with Diddy and Sean
 Paul. The follow-up to Cole's platinum selling debut album, "Just Like
 You," is due for release on September 25th.
     VOICES OF UNITY YOUTH CHOIR most recently visited the RCA Dome in
 November 2006 when they sang the national anthem in front of a sold-out
 crowd and national television audience. The Voices of Unity Youth Choir is
 the youth choral program of Unity Performing Arts Foundation, the first
 phase of a multi-faceted artistic vision that includes vocal music, dance,
 drama, oratory, creative writing and instrumental music. It is comprised of
 young people ages 9 through 20 from diverse ethnic and socio-economic
 backgrounds.
     As previously announced, FAITH HILL, KELLY CLARKSON and HINDER will
 perform during a free concert open to the public at Monument Circle parts
 of which will air live during the special pregame show.
     This is the fourth consecutive year the NFL has saluted the Super Bowl
 champions with the opening game in their stadium on a Thursday in
 primetime.
     NFL OPENING KICKOFF 2007 is an NFL NETWORK PRODUCTION and will be
 executive produced and directed by WHITE CHERRY ENTERTAINMENT and DON
 MISCHER PRODUCTIONS, the producers of the Super Bowl pregame and halftime
 shows.
     In addition to presenting sponsor Sprint, top tier sponsors for the
 NFL's kickoff platform include Coors Light, Diet Pepsi MAX, EA Sports and
 GMC.
                     HISTORY OF NFL OPENING KICKOFF EVENTS
 
 
     DATE      LOCATION          NETWORK  TALENT              GAME
     9/5/2002  Times Square,     CBS,     Bon Jovi, Enrique   San Francisco at
               New York          MTV,     Iglesias, Alicia    NY Giants (ESPN)
                                 VH1 and  Keys, Eve, Cast of
                                 ESPN     Broadway musical
                                          Rent with Joey
                                          Fatone of NSYNC
 
     9/4/2003  The National      ABC      Aerosmith, Mary J.  NY Jets at
               Mall,                      Blige, Aretha       Washington (ESPN)
               Washington, DC             Franklin, Britney
                                          Spears, Good
                                          Charlotte
 
     9/9/2004  Gillette          ABC      Boston Pops, Mary   Indianapolis at
               Stadium, New               J. Blige,           New England (ABC)
               England/                   Destiny's Child,
               Metropolitan Park,         Elton John, Toby
               Jacksonville               Keith, Lenny
                                          Kravitz (NE);
                                          Jessica Simpson
                                          (Jax.)
 
     9/8/2005  Gillette          ABC      Green Day,          Oakland at New
               Stadium, New               Santana, Michelle   England (ABC)
               England/                   Branch, Ozzy
               Los Angeles                Osbourne, Trisha
               Coliseum,                  Yearwood (NE);
               LA/Detroit                 Kanye West, Maroon
                                          5, Good Charlotte
                                          Rihanna (LA);
                                          Rolling Stones
                                          (taped from
                                          Detroit)
 
     9/7/2006  Heinz Field,      NBC      Rascal Flatts,      Miami at
               Pittsburgh/Miami           Martina McBride     Pittsburgh (NBC)
                                          (Pitt.); Diddy,
                                          Cassie, Yung Joc,
                                          Tego Calderon
                                          (Miami)
 
     9/6/2007  RCA Dome,         NBC,     John Mellencamp,    New Orleans at
               Indianapolis      NFLN     Faith Hill, Kelly   Indianapolis(NBC)
                                          Clarkson, Hinder,
                                          Keyshia Cole,
                                          Voices of Unity
                                          Youth Choir
 
 

SOURCE Geffen Records