Join Us as Cartel Enters the Bubble on Thursday, May 24

Join Us as Cartel Enters the Bubble on Thursday, May 24

Catch Cartel's Red Carpet Entrance at Pier 54 as They Enter Dr Pepper Band in

a Bubble to Record Their Next Album

WHAT: Epic recording artists Cartel will take part in a red carpet
event at New York's Pier 54 as Cartel enters the Bubble.
Cartel's entrance will be broadcast live on MTV at 11 p.m. EDT
as part of a four episode music special, "Band in a Bubble
presented by Dr Pepper" and will be shown live online at

www.drpepperbubble.com.

Broadcast/photo opportunities include:
-- Visuals of Cartel on the red carpet
-- Visuals of Cartel entering the Bubble and being sealed inside
for almost a month
-- Interviews with key executives from Dr Pepper, MTV, Epic and
Mediaedge:cia

WHO: THE Band in the Bubble - Epic recording artists Cartel
including, singer and keyboard player Will Pugh, guitarists
Joseph Pepper and Nic Hudson, bass player Jeff Lett and drummer
Kevin Sanders.

Key executives will also be on-hand for interviews: Andrew
Springate, vice president of marketing, Dr Pepper; Tim Rosta,
senior vice president, integrated marketing, MTV; Doug McVehil,
vice president, digital media marketing and promotion, Epic
Records; and Lee Doyle, chief executive officer of Mediaedge:cia
North America.

WHEN: Thursday, May 24, 2007
9:00 p.m. EDT
Bubble Entrance at Pier 54

WHERE: Hudson River Park's Pier 54
Westside Highway and 13th Street
New York, NY 10014

DETAIL: Dr Pepper, MTV, and Epic recording artists Cartel are giving
music fans more of what they want this summer ... a first-time,
real-time look into the making of the band's newest album during
Dr Pepper Band in a Bubble. In what is sure to be the most
talked-about music event of the year, Cartel will be sealed
inside a huge transparent bubble on Hudson River Park's Pier 54
in New York City from May 24 through June 12, and every move
they make will be live for the world to see as they eat,
breathe, sleep and record the follow-up to their breakthrough
debut album, CHROMA. Web cameras will stream live content on

www.drpepperbubble.com and the event will air as a music special
with four 30-minute episodes on MTV.

CONTACT: To learn more or to schedule an interview with Cartel or key
executives before the entrance, please contact the following:

Prior to May 24:
Band in a Bubble Media Hotline
(646) 935-3991
DrPepperBubble@ketchum.com

Onsite on May 24:
Julie Lowen Stephanie Walter
Ketchum Ketchum
(646) 935-4132 (646) 935-3933
julie.lowen@ketchum.comstephanie.walter@ketchum.com

PRNewswire -- May 16

Source: Dr Pepper

Web site:

http://www.drpepperbubble.com/

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