Sum 41 Teams With Verizon Wireless To Go Mobile With Upcoming July 24 Release, "Underclass Hero"

Who:
Multi-platinum rockers Sum 41 and Verizon Wireless.

What:
A private concert for all ages where Sum 41 will perform songs from their new upcoming release.

Fans will also have the opportunity to use their mobile phones to help create a music video for the first single off of Sum 41's highly anticipated new album, "Underclass Hero" scheduled to release on July 24, 2007.

Concert clips and songs from the album will premier exclusively on Verizon Wireless V CAST following the event. The final music video, assembled from images submitted by fans, will run on YouTube, Yahoo! Music and Verizon Wireless' V CAST service.

When:
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Press arrivals: 6 p.m.
Interviews: 6:30-7 p.m.
Doors open: 8 p.m.

Where:
The Crocodile Café'
2200 2nd Avenue, Seattle, WA 98212

How:
Tickets will be sent via a Picture Message digital barcode ticket directly to a customers' Verizon Wireless handset. Fans can also receive tickets by visiting a participating Verizon Wireless Communications Store and purchasing or upgrading their phone to the LG VX9400 or LG enV with a two-year agreement. Tickets are also available through local radio promotions on KNDD. For more information click on http://www.textrules.com/SUM4.  

Underclass Hero is the long awaited follow-up to "Chuck" (released October 2004), which reached #10 on the Billboard 200 and has sold more than one million copies worldwide. That album was named for the United Nations worker who daringly rescued Sum 41 from bombs and gunfire during the filming of a documentary in the Congo with the nonprofit group War Child Canada. "Chuck" spun off three consecutive Top 20 Modern Rock chart singles: "We're All To Blame," "Pieces," and "No Reason."

About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most reliable wireless voice and data network, serving 60.7 million customers. The largest US wireless company and largest wireless data provider, based on revenues, Verizon Wireless is headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with 66,000 employees nationwide. The company is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD). Find more information on the Web at www.verizonwireless.com. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.  

Media contacts:
Jenny Weaver
Verizon Wireless
480-763-6321
Jenny.Weaver@verizonwireless.com

Candice J. Yusim
Tribal Brands for Verizon Wireless
310-486-1949
candice@tribalbrands.com

Karen Wiessen
Island Def Jan
212-603-3950
karen.wiessen@umusic.com  

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