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MARY J. BLIGE,
DESTINY’S CHILD, ELTON JOHN, TOBY KEITH, LENNY KRAVITZ & JESSICA SIMPSON TO
SUIT UP WITH TOM BRADY & PEYTON MANNING AT “NFL OPENING KICKOFF” PRESENTED
BY MARY J. BLIGE, DESTINY’S CHILD, ELTON JOHN, TOBY KEITH, LENNY KRAVITZ and JESSICA SIMPSON may not be sharing a lockerroom with the Indianapolis Colts and New England Patriots at Thursday night’s “NFL Opening Kickoff” presented by Ameriquest Mortgage Company, but their new NFL jerseys currently are. NFL Films set up and filmed a lockerroom with jerseys and lockers of all of the artists, incorporating some of the aspects of each of their unique styles. The segment will be part of the one-hour pre-game special – “NFL Opening Kickoff” presented by Ameriquest Mortgage Company – on September 9, from 8-9:00 PM ET on ABC that will salute the Super Bowl champion Patriots and feature a star-studded musical lineup with performances from Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachussetts, and Jacksonville, Florida, site of Super Bowl XXXIX. Blige, Destiny’s Child, John, Keith, Kravitz and Simpson are performing prior to the season opener between the Colts and Patriots at Gillette Stadium – a rematch of last season’s AFC Championship Game (ABC, 9:00 PM ET). Their “NFL Opening Kickoff” jerseys now hang alongside those of NFL star quarterbacks TOM BRADY of the Patriots and PEYTON MANNING of the Colts. “NFL Opening Kickoff” presented by Ameriquest Mortgage Company, which will air following the game in the Rocky Mountain and West Coast time zones, will feature special tributes to the 2003 Super Bowl champions, take viewers into both teams’ locker rooms and include performances from Gillette Stadium by the BOSTON POPS, BLIGE, DESTINY’S CHILD, JOHN, KEITH and KRAVITZ. SIMPSON will perform from Metropolitan Park in Jacksonville, where the next Super Bowl champion will be crowned. In addition to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, other top-tier sponsors for “NFL OPENING KICKOFF” include Campbell’s, Canon, Coors, Pepsi and Sony Playstation. Associate partners are Gatorade, Gillette and Visa. CONTACT:
Brian McCarthy
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