Blue Man Group Launches New Album Live at The Venetian - Las Vegas in June

Blue Man Group Launches New Album Live at The Venetian - Las Vegas in June

NEW YORK, May 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Man Group Records will release Live at The Venetian -- Las Vegas in June 2006, with the single and video for "Rods and Cones" available in advance of the full album. Inspired by music industry advancements in distribution, the critically acclaimed Blue Man Group will digitally release the new live recording of their ongoing Las Vegas production at The Venetian(R) Resort Hotel Casino on iTunes. Video and audio podcasts will also be available.

The digital distribution offers instant availability -- downloading the Vegas experience will be as easy as the click of a button. "As the music industry business model changes, we are excited about the expanding opportunities that online distribution provides," said Blue Man Group Records Sr. General Manager Seth Freed.

The Blue Man Group production at The Venetian in Las Vegas showcases the wildly popular Blue Man Group combining music, comedy and multimedia theatrics to create a totally unique form of entertainment -- designed for maximum emotional impact. According to Blue Man Group co-founder Chris Wink, "Our trademark has become the party atmosphere the show creates in its own quirky and wonderful way." Blue Man Group co-founders Wink, Matt Goldman, and Phil Stanton realized how the combination of the new custom-built theatre and state-of-the-art sound system at The Venetian present the Blue Men and band on a whole new performance level, and the goal of this recording is to offer the exuberant Blue Man Las Vegas experience to an audience beyond the Vegas strip.

Although Blue Man Group is best known for their crowd pleasing theatrical shows currently playing in New York, Boston, Chicago, Las Vegas, London, Berlin and Toronto, they have also launched two full albums and scored various film and television projects. Live at The Venetian -- Las Vegas is their latest foray into the recording industry.

The Blue Man Group debut album, Audio, was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Pop Instrumental category in 2001, and has subsequently been certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. The Complex, Blue Man Group's full fledged rock album, was released in 2003 and features collaborations with Dan the Automator, Tracy Bonham, Esthero, Josh Haden, Dave Matthews, Gavin Rossdale and others. Blue Man Group's The Complex Rock Tour reached nearly 100 cities across the United States and Canada. In 2004, Blue Man Group won critical praise for its first television score, providing the dramatic sound for Fox's "The Jury," as well as Intel's Pentium 3, Pentium 4, and Centrino television advertisements. Furthering their initiative into film scoring, Blue Man Group collaborated on the John Powell score of the 20th Century Fox 2005 hit animated motion picture and DVD, Robots. A new rock concert tour from Blue Man Group hits the road September 2006.

As the company grows, it remains true to its vision of providing exciting experiences in a variety of media, appealing to a broad range of age groups and cultural backgrounds. More information can be found at http://www.blueman.com/ .

Source: Blue Man Group Records

CONTACT: Laura Camien, Dir. Of Marketing and Press, Blue Man Productions
+1-212-226-6366 x420, laurac@blueman.com, or Seth Freed, Sr. General Manager,
Blue Man Group Records, +1-212-226-6366 x265, sethf@blueman.com

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

NOTE TO EDITORS: Title: Live at The Venetian - Las Vegas, Release Date: June 2006, Distributor: iTunes.com, Label: Blue Man Group Records/Virgin Records, Exclusive advance listening site: http://www.blueman.com/newspress/press_venlive.php , To gain password access to this site, please contact: Laura Camien +1-212-226-6366 ext. 420, laurac@blueman.com

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