Justin Timberlake Introduces His Highly Anticipated Video 'What Goes Around ... Comes Around' Friday February 9th on iTunes
PRNewswire
NEW YORK
02/08/2007
Jive recording artist Justin Timberlake continues to break new ground as the first major recording artist to premiere his new video "What Goes Around ... Comes Around" exclusively on The iTunes Store (www.itunes.com). On Friday morning, February 9th, fans worldwide will be able to own the complete video before its broadcast on TV or streamed on-line anywhere else.
The cinematic video, which also features Scarlett Johannson, is currently being teased on-line by a :30 trailer. Based on the number of streams of the trailer over the weekend at www.JustinTimberlake.com alone, demand for "What Goes Around ... Comes Around" is already at a fever pitch. Fans everywhere can get the groundbreaking complete 9:20 Directors Cut of the video only on iTunes at first. iTunes has a 48 hour exclusive on the video which is the first time any entertainment video has debuted on iTunes before being available anywhere else! On the broadcast side, MTV will be the first to introduce the video of "What Goes Around ... Comes Around" on TV during their Red Carpet TRL GRAMMY special, Sunday February 11th. MTV will begin teasing the video trailer tomorrow and will have the full on-line streaming premiere on MTV.com. The video will be widely available everywhere else on-line beginning on February 12th.
"What Goes Around ... Comes Around" was helmed by one of the industry's most prolific directors, Sam Bayer, who has worked with Metallica, Smashing Pumpkins, David Bowie, Aerosmith and on Green Day's "Boulevard of Broken Dreams. The video was written by Nick Cassavetes who has directed several films, including John Q, The Notebook, and Alpha Dog.
Currently Justin Timberlake is on his worldwide FutureSex/LoveShow tour and is knocking out audiences and critics alike. He is scheduled to perform solo on February 11th at the GRAMMYS and with the winner from the "My Grammy Moment" contest and also recently announced that he will be hosting the Kids Choice Awards on March 31st.
Remaining shows and dates for the tour are as follows: Date City Venue Jan-27 St. Paul, MN Xcel Center Jan-30 Toronto, ONT Air Canada Jan-31 Montreal, QUE Bell Center Feb-2 Washington, DC Verizon Center Feb-3 Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Feb-6 Boston, MA TD Banknorth Garden Feb-7 New York, NY Madison Square Garden Feb-18 Buffalo, NY HSBC Feb-19 Columbus, OH Schottenstein/Nationwide Feb-22 Tampa, FL St. Pete Times Feb-24 Miami, FL American Airlines Feb-25 Fort Lauderdale, FL BankAtlantic Center Feb-27 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena Mar-1 New Orleans, LA New Orleans Arena Mar-3 Bossier City, LA CenturyTel Center Mar-4 Houston, TX Toyota Center Mar-5 Dallas, TX American Airlines Mar-8 Omaha, NE Qwest Mar-10 Detroit, MI Joe Louis Arena Mar-12 Chicago, IL Allstate/United Mar-13 Chicago, IL Allstate/United Mar-15 Cincinnati, OH US Bank Mar-16 Nashville, TN Gaylord Entertainment Mar-18 Charlottesville, VA John Paul Jones Arena Mar-19 Pittsburgh, PA Mellon Arena Mar-21 Uniondale, NY Nassau Coliseum Mar-24 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Mar-26 Manchester, NH Verizon Center Mar-27 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center Mar-29 East Rutherford, NJ Continental Airlines April 24 Belfast, Ireland Odyssey April 27 Sheffield, England Hallam FM Arena April 30 Newcastle, England Metro Arena May 3 Glasgow, Scotland SECC May 8-9 Birmingham, England NIA May 14-15 Manchester, England MEN May 22 Paris, France Bercy May 25 Stuttgart, Germany Schleyerhalle May 26 Munich, Germany Olympiahalle May 28 Frankfurt, Germany Festhalle June 1 Milan, Italy Forum June 2 Zurich, Switzerland Hallenstadion June 4 Vienna, Austria Stadthalle June 6 Berlin, Germany Max Schmelling June 7 Leipzig, Germany Arena June 9 Hamburg, Germany Colorline Arena June 10 Koln, Germany Arena June 12 Lyon, France Tony Garnier June 13 Dortmund, Germany Westfallenhalle June 16 Amsterdam, the Netherlands Arena June 19 Stockholm, Germany Globe June 21 Oslo, Norway Valhalle June 23 Copenhagen, Denmark Parken June 25 Gothenberg, Sweden Scandinavian June 27 Antwerp, Belfast Sports Palais June 30 Dublin, Ireland RDS July 4, 5 & 7 London, England The O2 Arena *All dates are subject to change.
The nearly 4 million worldwide selling album, FutureSex/LoveSounds co- written by Justin Timberlake, hit #1 on the Billboard charts and broke all digital album sales records. The smash single "SexyBack" featuring Timbaland, along with the 2nd single "My Love" featuring T.I. and the current release "What Goes Around ... Comes Around" brings Justin to a record breaking level. According to R&R magazine, since the CHR/Top 40 chart began in 1992, Justin Timberlake sets the record for a lead male artist as his latest single becomes his seventh consecutive top 10 smash. Additional producers on the album include JAWBreakers, Timbaland and Rick Rubin.
SOURCE: Jive Records
CONTACT: Carlos Vega of Jive Records, carlos.vega@sonybmg.com, for 2007
FutureSex/LoveShow Tour; Sonia Muckle of M2M CONSTRUCTION,
sonia@m2mconstruction.com, for Justin Timberlake
Web site: http://www.justintimberlake.com/
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