Justin Timberlake Announces Special Guests to His 2007 FutureSex/LoveShow World Tour: Fergie, Natasha Bedingfield, Kenna
PRNewswire
NEW YORK
05/07/2007
Jive recording artist Justin Timberlake adds special guests to his 2007 FutureSex/LoveShow. Fergie, Natasha Bedingfield, and Kenna have been chosen to open on specific European dates of the wildly popular and critically well received 2007 FutureSex/LoveShow, which kicked off April 24 in Belfast, Ireland.
The 2007 FutureSex/LoveShow, which already includes an exceptional performance by mega-producer Timbaland, adds Kenna as the first of three special guests on May 8th in Birmingham. Kenna who arrived on the music scene with the highly praised album, New Sacred Cow, will open for Justin for six dates and finish his part of the tour on May 19th in Nottingham. Kenna is scheduled to release his latest effort, Make Sure They See My Face, later this summer. Natasha Bedingfield, who to date has sold over 6.1 million units worldwide of her #1 UK debut album Unwritten, takes over where Kenna left off and hits the stage for 21 dates. She will open up for Justin in Paris on May 22nd and will end her leg of the tour in Antwerp, Belgium on July 27th. Natasha's sophomore album N.B. was recently released in the UK. Rounding off the trio of hit making special guests is 3-time Grammy award winner and multi- platinum artist Fergie. Fergie's solo debut, The Dutchess, has spawned three #1 singles "Fergalicious", "London Bridge" and "Glamorous." Starting on July 1st in Dublin Fergie will take over opening duties for the tour and conclude on the final date of the 2007 FutureSex/LoveShow on July 10th in London.
Justin Timberlake has returned to perform in arenas in the UK and Europe. Justin Timberlake accompanied by a 14 piece band and back up dancers is performing in the round, bringing the intimate mood of his acclaimed Live Listening Sessions into the arena setting and essentially making every seat a great seat and creating the ultimate 360° multi-media viewing experience. All the latest tour information can be found at www.JustinTimberlakeFanClub.com.
Confirmed shows and dates are as follows: May 3-5 Glasgow, Scotland SECC May 8-9 & 11 Birmingham, England NIA May 14-15 Manchester, England MEN May 19 Nottingham, England Nottingham Arena May 22-23 Paris, France Bercy May 25 Stuttgart, Germany Schleyerhalle May 26 Munich, Germany Olympiahalle May 28 Frankfurt, Germany Festhalle May 29 Mannheim, Germany Sap Arena 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 Globen June 21 Oslo, Norway Spektrum June 23 Copenhagen, Denmark Parken June 25 Gothenberg, Sweden Scandinavian June 27 Antwerp, Belfast Sports Palais June 30 Dublin, Ireland RDS July 1 Dublin, Ireland RDS July 4-5, 7-8, 10 London, England The O2 Arena *All dates are subject to change.
The 6 million worldwide selling album, FutureSex/LoveSounds co-written and co-produced by Justin Timberlake, hit #1 on the Billboard charts in the U.S., United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland, Australia, Singapore, Korea, and Malaysia and broke all digital album sales records. The fourth single, LoveStoned, is set to go to radio later this summer. Additional producers on the album include JAWBreakers, Timbaland and Rick Rubin.
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SOURCE: Jive Records
CONTACT: European Tour Press: Svetlana Scheck of AEG Live,
svetlana@aeglive.co.uk; or UK Tour Press: Alan Edwards of The Outside
Organisation, alan.edwards@outside-org.co.uk; or US Tour Press: Carlos Vega of
Jive Records, Carlos.vega@jiverecords.com; or Justin Timberlake Press: Sonia
Muckle of M2M Construction, sonia@m2mconstruction.com; or Fergie: Hillary
Siskind, Hillary.Siskind@umusic.com; or Natasha Bedingfield: Kate Head,
Kate.Head@sonybmg.com; or Kenna: Jennie Boddy, jennie.boddy@umusic.com
Web site: http://www.jiverecords.com/
http://www.justintimberlakefanclub.com/