VH1 Will Telecast 'The 2006 UK Music Hall of Fame'

VH1 Will Telecast 'The 2006 UK Music Hall of Fame'

Saturday November 25 9:00 PM*

VH1 Classic Will Air an Extended Version of Ceremony Friday November 24 8:00 PM*

NEW YORK, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2006 UK Music Hall Of Fame premieres on VH1 as a two-hour extravaganza on Saturday November 25th 9:00 p.m.* Prince joined the inductees for this year's event -- Brian Wilson, Dusty Springfield, Led Zeppelin, Rod Stewart, Bon Jovi and James Brown in a star-studded evening full of musical legends. These seven joined Sir George Martin who received this year's Honorary Membership in recognition of his exceptional contribution to British music.

The "2006 UK Music Hall of Fame" took place at the famed Alexandra Palace in London on November 14th and included a rare public appearance by Led Zeppelin, founding member and 'guitar god' Jimmy Page and performances by inductee Brian Wilson and his band; British soul sensation Joss Stone and R&B legend Patti LaBelle who paid tribute to Dusty Springfield; a supergroup tribute to the Beatles conducted by Sir George Martin which featured Queen's Roger Taylor, Johnny Borrell of Razorlight, Swedish singer/songwriter Jose Gonzales and Corinne Baily Rae. Finally, Wolfmother performed a tribute to Led Zeppelin and James Morrison performed tribute to Rod Stewart.

VH1 Classic will premiere an unexpurgated, extended version ceremony on Friday, November 24 at 8:00 p.m.* VH1 Classic viewers will witness a show full of extras, brimming with amazing performances and tributes too huge to be missed.

On November 11, 2004 music history was made with the inaugural ceremony of The UK Music Hall of Fame. The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Bob Marley, Elvis Presley, Queen, Cliff Richard & The Shadows, The Rolling Stones, U2 and Robbie Williams were the first artists to enter the UK Music Hall of Fame and Chris Blackwell (the founder of Island Records) was given the Honorary Membership for services to the music industry.

*All times ET/PT

Contacts:

At VH1: Michelle Clark, 212-846-5576 / michelle.clark@vh1staff.com

At initial: Charlie Gardner, 020 8222 4116 charlie.gardner@endemoluk.com

At Channel 4: Loretta de Souza, 020 7306 8179, ldesouza@channel4.co.uk

Inductees are chosen by a highly select group of entertainment industry professionals.

Since its launch in 2004, the UK Music Hall of Fame has inducted 20 of the greatest names in music history including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Madonna, Bob Dylan, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, U2, Bob Marley, Elvis Presley and The Kinks.

Artists are selected for induction by the UK Music Hall of Fame Steering Group -- a panel comprising over 60 respected artists, music journalists, broadcasters and music industry executives.

Channel 4 International is a fully integrated rights exploitation service tailored to meet the requirements of the independent production community. It develops, finances and represents programming transmitted by Channel 4 and other broadcasters including programming from the BBC, ITV and Five. C4I provides in-house programme development, co-production, deficit finance, rights clearance and business affairs service, DVD distribution, book, magazine and music publishing.

Initial is part of global independent content creator Endemol. Its credits include Fashion Rocks (Channel 4); Orange Playlist (ITV1; VH1; TMF); Band Aid 20; The Orange British Academy Film Awards (BBC ONE); John Lennon's Juke Box (The South Bank Show, ITV1); Harry Potter at The Castle (ITV1); Comic Relief Does Fame Academy (BBC ONE; BBC THREE); Orange Playlist (ITV1); The Real Mary Poppins: A South Bank Show Special (ITV1) and the music led drama series for Channel 4 - Totally Frank.

VSPOT at VH1.com (http://vspot.vh1.com/) -- VH1's broadband channel -- brings viewers the richest music and pop-culture video content while it's happening: live events, series sneak peeks, exclusive celeb Q&A's, movie trailers, in-studio performances and original series, not to mention thousands of music videos, customizable play lists and artist interviews.

VH1 connects viewers to the music, artists and pop culture that matter to them most with series, specials, live events, exclusive online content and public affairs initiatives. VH1 is available in over 88 million households in the U.S. VH1 also has an array of digital services including VH1 Classic and VH1 Soul. Connect with VH1 at www.VH1.com.

Source: VH1

CONTACT: VH1: Michelle Clark, +1-212-846-5576,
michelle.clark@vh1staff.com; or Initial: Charlie Gardner, +020-8222-4116,
charlie.gardner@endemoluk.com; or Channel 4: Loretta de Souza, +020-7306-8179,
ldesouza@channel4.co.uk

Web site: http://www.vh1.com/

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