NEW YORK,
June 21, 2017
/PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM announced today that
legendary rock band Guns N' Roses will perform at Harlem's
world famous Apollo Theater for a special invitation-only concert
for SiriusXM subscribers on Thursday, July
20. Howard Stern made the
announcement today during his live SiriusXM show The Howard
Stern Show.
The exclusive SiriusXM concert marks the first time that
Guns N' Roses will perform at the iconic venue.
The special event, taking place before the next leg of the
band's North American "Not In This Lifetime" tour, will air live
nationwide on SiriusXM's Guns N' Roses
Radio. The concert will also air
live on Howard Stern's Howard 101
channel.
SiriusXM's Guns N' Roses Radio will feature
music from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees' entire
iconic career, including the 1987 Appetite for
Destruction album, which is celebrating
its 30thanniversary. The
SiriusXM channel will also include music by artists who have
influenced Guns N' Roses, live tracks and
rarities.
"Guns N' Roses started off in Los Angeles in 1985 and went on to conquer the
world with its swaggering, unrepentant, rebel rock and roll, and we
are thrilled to have them perform this exclusive show for
SiriusXM at the world famous Apollo Theater," said Scott
Greenstein, President and Chief Content Officer of
SiriusXM. "Our subscribers will get a once in a lifetime
experience, seeing the ultimate rock and roll band live before the
next leg of their national tour kicks off."
Guns N' Roses Radio will launch on Thursday, July 13 and will air through
Saturday, July 22, via satellite on
channel 41, and through the SiriusXM App on smartphones and other
connected devices, as well as online
at siriusxm.com.
For more information about Guns N' Roses and their "Not In
This Lifetime" tour, visit
www.gunsnroses.com.
The legendary non-profit Apollo Theater is known
for launching the careers of countless iconic performers, and has
been a catalyst for artistic excellence and innovation since it
opened its doors in 1934. The Apollo's new artistic vision builds
on its legacy and new Apollo programming has music as its core,
driving large scale and more intimate music, dance and theater
presentations. For more information,
visit www.apollotheater.org.
SiriusXM has presented special, private concerts at the
Apollo Theater with Paul McCartney in 2010, Bruce
Springsteen in 2012, Metallica in 2013 and James
Taylor in 2015.
Guns N' Roses Radio is an example of SiriusXM channels
created with iconic and leading artists, including Bruce Springsteen's E Street Radio, The Beatles
Channel, Jimmy Buffett's Radio
Margaritaville, Garth Brooks' The Garth Channel, Willie Nelson's Willie's Roadhouse, Kenny
Chesney's No Shoes Radio, Tom Petty Radio, B.B. King's Bluesville, Elvis Radio, Siriusly
Sinatra, Ozzy Osbourne's Ozzy's
Boneyard, Pearl Jam Radio and Eminem's Shade 45.
SiriusXM subscribers since June 7, 2017 can enter for the chance to win a
trip to New York City including
airfare, hotel stay and a pair of tickets to the Apollo Theater
show, plus SiriusXM will fly the winner and a guest to
the show of their choice on the Guns N' Roses "Not In This
Lifetime" 2017 U.S. Tour including airfare, hotel stay and
tickets. See Official Rules for complete details
at siriusxm.com/GunsNRoses.
For more information on SiriusXM, please
visit www.siriusxm.com.
About SiriusXM
Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is the world's
largest radio company measured by revenue and has approximately
31.6 million subscribers. SiriusXM creates and offers
commercial-free music; premier sports talk and live events; comedy;
news; exclusive talk and entertainment, and a wide-range of Latin
music, sports and talk programming. SiriusXM is available in
vehicles from every major car company and on smartphones and other
connected devices as well as online at siriusxm.com. SiriusXM
radios and accessories are available from retailers nationwide and
online at SiriusXM. SiriusXM also provides premium traffic,
weather, data and information services for subscribers through
SiriusXM Traffic™, SiriusXM Travel Link, NavTraffic®, NavWeather™.
SiriusXM delivers weather, data and information services to
aircraft and boats through SiriusXM Aviation™ and SiriusXM Marine™.
In addition, SiriusXM Music for Business provides commercial-free
music to a variety of businesses. SiriusXM holds a minority
interest in SiriusXM Canada which has approximately 2.8 million
subscribers. SiriusXM is also a leading provider of connected
vehicles services, giving customers access to a suite of safety,
security, and convenience services including automatic crash
notification, stolen vehicle recovery assistance, enhanced roadside
assistance and turn-by-turn navigation.
To download SiriusXM logos and artwork, visit
http://www.siriusxm.com/LogosAndPhotos.
This communication contains "forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Such statements include, but are not limited
to, statements about future financial and operating results, our
plans, objectives, expectations and intentions with respect to
future operations, products and services; and other statements
identified by words such as "will likely result," "are expected
to," "will continue," "is anticipated," "estimated," "believe,"
"intend," "plan," "projection," "outlook" or words of similar
meaning. Such forward-looking statements are based upon the current
beliefs and expectations of our management and are inherently
subject to significant business, economic and competitive
uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are difficult to
predict and generally beyond our control. Actual results and the
timing of events may differ materially from the results anticipated
in these forward-looking statements.
The following factors, among others, could cause actual
results and the timing of events to differ materially from the
anticipated results or other expectations expressed in the
forward-looking statements: our substantial competition, which is
likely to increase over time; our ability to attract and retain
subscribers, which is uncertain; interference to our service from
wireless operations; consumer protection laws and their
enforcement; unfavorable outcomes of pending or future litigation;
the market for music rights, which is changing and subject to
uncertainties; our dependence upon the auto industry; general
economic conditions; the security of the personal information about
our customers; existing or future government laws and regulations
could harm our business; failure of our satellites would
significantly damage our business; the interruption or failure of
our information technology and communications systems; our failure
to realize benefits of acquisitions or other strategic initiatives;
rapid technological and industry changes; failure of third parties
to perform; our failure to comply with FCC requirements;
modifications to our business plan; our indebtedness; our principal
stockholder has significant influence over our affairs and over
actions requiring stockholder approval and its interests may differ
from interests of other holders of our common stock; impairment of
our business by third-party intellectual property rights; and
changes to our dividend policies which could occur at any time.
Additional factors that could cause our results to differ
materially from those described in the forward-looking statements
can be found in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2016, which is filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and
available at the SEC's Internet site
(http://www.sec.gov). The
information set forth herein speaks only as of the date hereof, and
we disclaim any intention or obligation to update any forward
looking statements as a result of developments occurring after the
date of this communication.
Source: SiriusXM
Contact for SiriusXM:
Samantha
Bowman
212 901
6644
samantha.bowman@siriusxm.com
To view the original version on PR Newswire,
visit:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/guns-n-roses-to-perform-private-concert-for-siriusxm-at-the-apollo-theater-300477420.html
SOURCE Sirius XM Holdings Inc.