MSN Is the Official Online Home of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

MSN Is the Official Online Home of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

First Weekend of Concerts and Video Highlights Are Available on Demand to Viewers Around the World Only on MSN

NEW ORLEANS, May 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Who: The second weekend's New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival webcast
will include performances from Paul Simon, Fats Domino, Jimmy
Buffett, Buckwheat Zydeco, Irma Thomas, Herbie Hancock, Terence
Blanchard, Koko Taylor, the subdudes and Deacon John. Performance
highlights from last weekend, available exclusively on MSN(R)
Video, include Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello with Allen
Toussaint, The Dave Matthews Band, Dr. John, Keb' Mo', Galactic,
Sonny Landreth, Anders Osborne, the St. Joseph the Worker Choir
and The Edge from U2 playing at the reopening of Preservation
Hall.
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What: MSN Video is offering its second weekend of exclusive live New
Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival performances at
http://msnvideo.com/jazzfest. MSN Video currently is featuring
artist performances and photos, interviews, original feature
stories, news, playlists, New Orleans travel guides and other
dynamic content from the first weekend of the festival. The
coverage has already garnered over 845,000 streams and over
1.2 million page views.

When: On-demand exclusive content is available now at
http://msnvideo.com/jazzfest. The second live broadcast airs
Sunday, May 7, 2006, from 3 to 8 p.m. EDT, also at
http://msnvideo.com/jazzfest.

Where: All Jazz Fest content can be seen at
http://msnvideo.com/jazzfest.

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The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

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Ryan Day, Waggener Edstrom Worldwide, 425-638-7000,
ryand@waggeneredstrom.com
Becky Aoanan, Waggener Edstrom Worldwide, 212-907-6656
beckya@waggeneredstrom.com
Rapid Response Team, Waggener Edstrom Worldwide, 503-443-7070,
rrt@waggeneredstrom.com

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PRNewswire -- May 5

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