The Rolling Stones & Universal Music Link for 'Shine A Light' Soundtrack

    London, Jan. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The Rolling Stones and Universal Music
 Group (UMG) are delighted to announce they have signed an exclusive
 worldwide recording agreement for the group's next album due for release in
 March 2008.
 
     The one album deal is for the soundtrack CD from director Martin
 Scorsese's film 'Shine A Light'. The movie, set for cinema release in April
 2008, was shot at The Rolling Stones' acclaimed performance at New York's
 Beacon Theatre in the autumn of 2006. With special guests Buddy Guy, White
 Stripes' Jack White and Christine Aguilera joining the Stones onstage, the
 Oscar-winning director captures an extraordinary performance from the band.
 The film also integrates rarely seen archival footage of the Stones in a
 unique cinema experience.
 
     A spokesman for The Rolling Stones said, "The band are looking forward
 to working with Universal Music and are excited about this new venture."
 
     This new deal for the Rolling Stones comes on the back of their record
 breaking A Bigger Bang World Tour which ended in triumph at London's O2
 Arena in August 2007.
 
     The 'Shine A Light' soundtrack will receive a physical and digital
 release across Universal Music's labels around the world. It will be
 released in the US by Interscope Records.
 
     About Universal Music Group
 
     Universal Music Group is the world's largest music company with wholly
 owned record operations or licensees in 77 countries. Its businesses also
 include Universal Music Publishing Group, the industry's largest global
 music publishing operation.
 
     Universal Music Group consists of record labels Decca, Deutsche
 Grammophon, Emarcy, Interscope Geffen A&M Records, Geffen Records, Island
 Def Jam Music Group, Lost Highway Records, Machete Music, MCA Nashville,
 Mercury Nashville, Mercury Records, Philips, Polydor Records, Universal
 Music Latino, Universal Motown Republic Group, Universal South Records and
 Verve Music Group, as well as a multitude of record labels owned or
 distributed by its record company subsidiaries around the world. The
 Universal Music Group owns the most extensive catalog of music in the
 industry, which is marketed through two distinct divisions, Universal Music
 Enterprises (in the U.S.) and Universal Strategic Marketing (outside the
 U.S.). Universal Music Group also includes eLabs, a new media and
 technologies division, and Global Digital Initiatives.
 
     Universal Music Group is a unit of Vivendi, a global media and
 communications company.
 
 
 

SOURCE Universal Music Group