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EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Sept. 13, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T AUDIENCE Network® returns to the stage. For 2 weeks, over a dozen artists across all genres of music will tape live concerts, exclusive performances and in-depth artist interviews with Ted Stryker.

"We're bringing more original and exclusive performances," said Christopher Long, senior vice president of Original Content & Production, AT&T Entertainment Group. "This new group of shows will give music fans a personal, intimate and private view of music's influential artists today."

Since last January, the network featured 52 artists in 52 weeks on 2 stages – an intimate studio stage and a club stage with a live audience.

Past concert specials include:

"I love these shows not just because of the intimacy of the performances, but being able to talk to these artists in a relaxing setting about their struggles and successes is very exciting and eye opening," said host Ted Stryker.

All music programming is recorded in ultra high-definition 4K. It's available to audiences nationwide on a variety of platforms. Catch these upcoming tapings:

• Mac Miller with Special Guests & Fitz and the Tantrums – Sept. 12
• Brandy Clark & The Struts – Sept. 13
• Jefferson Starship & AWOLNATION – Sept. 14
• High Valley, Butch Walker & Machine Gun Kelly – Sept. 15
• The Band Perry – Sept. 19
• K.Flay, JoJo & Bebe Rexha – Sept. 20
• Good Charlotte – Sept. 21

DIRECTV and U-verse customers can watch the new music programming and the rest of AUDIENCE Network's originals on DIRECTV Channel 239 and U-verse Channel 1114. They can also live stream it on the DIRECTV App and U-verse App for smartphones and tablets, directv.com and uverse.com.*

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About AUDIENCE Network
Always Original. Always Smart. Always Bold. Never Ordinary. AUDIENCE is a unique and exclusive television experience available only to DIRECTV and AT&T U-verse subscribers. The channel first made its mark by partnering with NBC to produce and air three additional seasons of the Emmy Award-winning series Friday Night Lights and then became the exclusive home of the Emmy Award-winning drama Damages, starring Glenn Close and Rose Byrne. AUDIENCE continues its commitment to original, provocative content with a growing slate of critically acclaimed original series including the MMA drama Kingdom, starring Frank Grillo and Nick Jonas; the industry's first polyamorous romantic comedy You Me Her starring Greg Poehler, Rachel Blanchard and Priscilla Faia; the suspense-drama Rogue, starring Cole Hauser and Ashley Greene; Full Circle: Miami, written by Jorge Zamacona and starring Dougray Scott, Kim Raver, and Harold Perrineau. AUDIENCE is also home to acclaimed original documentaries including The Fighting Season, a first hand account of the deadliest year in our nation's longest war, Executive Produced by Ricky Schroder. Sports fans will find live, daily sports and entertainment news from renowned sports journalists on The Dan Patrick Show and The Rich Eisen Show, and in-depth interviews with sports icons like Derek Jeter and Michael Phelps on Undeniable with Joe Buck. Plus, viewers can enjoy exclusive concerts by today's hottest artists on AUDIENCE Music and intimate interviews with top talent like Matt Damon and Jessica Chastain on Off Camera with Sam Jones. It's original entertainment you won't see anywhere else. For more info, please visit directv.com/audience. 

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