Lincoln Brings Music Icons New Edition 'Home Again'

Lincoln Brings Music Icons New Edition 'Home Again'

DEARBORN, Mich., April 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Ford Motor Company's Lincoln Brand and R&B supergroup New Edition are taking style, soul and sophistication on the road this season with "Lincoln Presents ... Spend the Night With New Edition." The eleven-city American tour headlined by New Edition and featuring special opening performances by R&B crooners KC and Jojo, will include contests and promotions featuring the 2006 Zephyr, Lincoln's first entry-level luxury sedan. The tour kicks off April 27 in New York City and runs through May 21.

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"What we've designed this year is a program that fully engages our fans, yet stays true to what both the New Edition and Lincoln brands represent -- style, class and sophistication," says New Edition member Michael Bivins.

"Lincoln Presents ... Spend the Night with New Edition" tour dates are: New York City (April 27, 28), Washington D.C. (April 29, April 30), Baltimore (May 3), Merriville, IN (May 5), Detroit (May 6), Virginia Beach (May 7), Atlanta (May 19), Oakland (May 20) and Los Angeles (May 21). More information on the tour, dates and promotions will be available at http://www.lincolnlounge.com/.

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Source: Lincoln Mercury

CONTACT: Shelley O'Connor of UniWorld Group Inc., +1-212-219-7187,
soconnor@uniworldgroup.com, for Lincoln Mercury

Web site: http://www.lincolnlounge.com/

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