MCY Acquires Exclusive Worldwide Media Rights to Sammy Hagar's 'Cabo Wabo Birthday Bash' Concert
Blow-Out Concert to Include Special Footage and Interviews
November 29, 2000 - NEW YORK, Nov. 29 /PRNewswire/ -
Digital entertainment company MCY.com, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: MCYC - news) has
acquired a package of exclusive worldwide digital, broadcast, cable, satellite, DVD,
home video and radio rights to Sammy Hagar's ``Cabo Wabo Birthday Bash'' concert, which
was filmed by MCY when Hagar took to the stage in Chicago on November 18, 2000. The
announcement was made today by Larry Stessel, President of MCY's Music Division.
The first leg of the ``Cabo Wabo Birthday Bash'' Tour promoting Hagar's new album, Ten
13, kicked off on November 11th in Phoenix, Arizona and is scheduled to wrap in San
Francisco, California on December 3rd.
MCY's webcast of the concert is expected to launch at
http://www.mcy.com in early 2001
and will include exclusive footage and interviews. The Company will exploit the other
rights in its media package through licensing deals with programmers and distributors
in all media.
Sammy Hagar has sold more than 40 million albums worldwide, including 15 solo albums
(five are gold, two are platinum); six Van Halen albums (all six went multi-platinum
worldwide); and two Montrose albums (one platinum). During the course of his career,
Sammy has played to more than 50 million fans worldwide, and his current live concert,
featuring his Cabo Wabo Cantina, continues to demonstrate the great songs and signature
rock vocals that have made him a rock icon.
A leader in premium music events, MCY is also a pioneer in providing secure and legal
solutions for distributing music via the Internet and other digital channels. MCY has
established itself as an industry leader in both pay-per-view and on-demand webcasts
of events featuring today's top stars, including the Backstreet Boys, Puff Daddy,
Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney, *NSYNC, Luciano Pavarotti, and Pete Townshend,
among others. In addition, MCY controls an extensive catalog of music available
for secure digital download. MCY.com (OTC Bulletin Board: MCYC - news) is based in
New York with European headquarters in Munich. For more on MCY, visit
http://www.mcy.com.
Contact: Brian Browdie, 212-484-7490, bbrowdie@rlmnet.com or
Todd McGovern, 212-484-7799, tmcgovern@rlmnet.com, both of
Robinson Lerer Montgomery, for MCY; Tia Ernst of MCY
Europe, 49-89-24-44-07-24, or t.ernst@mcy.de; or Maureen
O'Connor, of Rogers & Cowan for Sammy Hagar, 310-201-8816.
SOURCE: MCY.com, Inc.
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