
NEW YORK (By Jill Goldstein/ JgoldsteinPR for KORN/Live Nation) - Multi-platinum hard rock band KORN will be seen celebrating as Big Screen Concerts hosts a national world premiere party for the new concert DVD KORN: Live On The Other Side. This one night only premiere screening will open with the band's own party scene and will be exhibited in movie theatres nationwide on Monday, June 19 at 9:00 p.m. ET/ 6:00 p.m. PT. KORN fans attending the premiere screening will be treated to an insider's look at the private party the band held to celebrate the premiere event. Fans everywhere can check out both the party and the band's most elaborate concert production ever in the satellite distributed premiere.
After spawning a new wave of alternative-rock music 12 years ago, KORN continues to revolutionize the heavy genre with Live On The Other Side, shot in Hi-Def at a one-night-only standing room performance from the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. The concert captures the band's intense, raucous musical mayhem as fans cheer and mosh to new songs from the smash hit album See You On The Other Side as well as songs that made KORN famous including "Blind," "Freak On A Leash," "Here To Stay," "Got The Life" and "A.D.I.D.A.S."
KORN: Live On The Other Side will be presented by National CineMedia and Live Nation in High-Definition and Dolby Digital Surround Sound 5.1 audio at 111 participating Regal, United Artists, Edwards, Cinemark, AMC and Georgia Theatre Company movie theatres in more than 75 markets across the country. Tickets for this Big Screen Concerts event are on sale now at presenting theatre box offices and online at www.BigScreenConcerts.com for $10.00 in advance and $12.50 on the day of the event. (For a complete list of participating theatre locations, please visit the Web site.)
Live Nation will release KORN: Live On the Other Side on DVD the day after the Big Screen Concerts premiere event on June 20, 2006 via Image Entertainment. KORN relaunches The Family Values Tour on July 27, featuring KORN and DEFTONES along with Stone Sour, Flyleaf and Dir en grey on the main stage. For more information, visit www.korn.com.
About Korn
Trend-setting and Grammy-winning rock icons KORN have sold more than 25 million albums and have received widespread critical acclaim for their music. JONATHAN DAVIS (vocals), JAMES "MUNKY" SHAFFER (guitar), FIELDY (bass) and DAVID SILVERIA (drums) have redefined the parameters of heavy music, revolutionizing the genre by matching unsettling guitar textures and volcanic rhythms with jagged, introspective lyrics and intense vocal stylings. KORN are known for their extensive live touring schedule and for creating and headlined the highly successful Family Values Tour in 1998, which continued for three successful treks. They've received widespread praise for their live performances.