A&E Home Video Announces Acquisition of Paul Mccartney's Emmy-Award(R) Winning Landmark Concert Film PAUL MCCARTNEY IN RED SQUARE

A&E Home Video Announces Acquisition of Paul Mccartney's Emmy-Award(R) Winning Landmark Concert Film PAUL MCCARTNEY IN RED SQUARE

MPL Communications Ltd. Grants Worldwide DVD Rights for 'Loaded DVD' Due Out This May; Features NEW Never-Before-Seen Concert Footage 'Live In St. Petersburg' as Well as Rare Behind-The-Scenes Coverage

NEW YORK, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Paul McCartney and A&E Television Networks VP of Video Sales and Marketing, Kate Winn, today announced an arrangement that will bring home audiences the landmark DVD releases PAUL MCCARTNEY IN RED SQUARE. Due out this spring, the historic Emmy-Award(R)- winning live concert, which premiered on the A&E Network, will be combined with NEW never-before-seen concert footage "Live In St. Petersburg" and rare behind the scenes footage, for a DVD that A&E and McCartney are calling fully loaded.

"We are thrilled to be releasing PAUL McCARTNEY IN RED SQUARE on DVD," said Winn. "This program not only features an absolutely electric concert, it's also an emotional document of a truly historic time in Russia and the hope that Paul McCartney and the Beatles brought to the people who lived under the communist regime in the Soviet Union."

McCartney, who began preparations this week for his much-publicized SuperBowl XXXIX Ameriquest Halftime performance, received five 2004 Emmy Award nominations for PAUL MCCARTNEY IN RED SQUARE. The DVD, sure to become an essential part of any music lover's home entertainment collection, is scheduled for release this Spring.

As a member of The Beatles, McCartney helped to launch the British Invasion and bring rock and roll onto the global stage, changing the world with a pulsing new sound, and a way of life not even the Iron Curtain could keep out. On May 24, 2003, the rock icon ended decades of anticipation with his first-ever concert in Russia. Join a crowd of over 100,000, as PAUL McCARTNEY IN RED SQUARE captures the historic sights and sounds of this nearly two-hour show. Behind-the-scenes footage of the star's whirlwind visit to Russia, including a private meeting with President Vladimir Putin, and interviews with important members of Russia's cultural community reveal the importance the Beatles and McCartney played in the development of Russia's future. Join Mikhail Gorbachev and Putin in this rock and roll milestone as McCartney performs rousing renditions of "Can't Buy Me Love," "Band on the Run," "Saw Her Standing There," "Live and Let Die," "Hey Jude," "Let It Be," "Yesterday," and many more, including "Back in the USSR."

A&E(R) Home Video, part of the Consumer Products Division of A&E Television Networks (AETN) is a video distributor of non-theatrical programming, featuring collectible VHS and DVD editions of the high quality programming from A&E(R) Network and The History Channel(R), as well as acquired classic programming. A&E(R) Home Video brings the best of critically acclaimed entertainment presented in award-winning packaging to the special interest category. For more information about ordering these and other titles from the A&E Home Video Collection, call (212) 206-8600 (TRADE ONLY). A&E Home Video products may be purchased at ShopAETV.com.


Source: A&E Home Video

CONTACT: Kerri Tarmey of AETN, +1-212-551-1540, kerri.tarmey@aetn.com;
or Paul Freundlich for Paul McCartney, +1-212-334-6116, paulf@pfamedia.net; or
Michael Krause of Foundry Communications, +1-212-586-7967,
mkrause@foundrycomm.com

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