 Nashville, TN (Velvet Rousseau Kelm/ M Collective) - Multi-platinum selling band MercyMe will perform their hit single 'So Long Self' (currently No 17 with a bullet on R&R's mainstream AC chart and No. 1 on R&R's Christian AC Indicator chart, No. 3 on their Christian AC Monitor and No.8 on its Christian CHR chart) live on CD USA this weekend, exclusively on DIRECTV's channel 101 in HD and 334 (music channel line up) starting Saturday June 10 at 6pm EST / 3pm PST, with rebroadcasts for 2 consecutive days. CD USA can also be seen on all JetBlue Airlines flights over the weekend. *Taped live in front of a studio audience, CD USA is a weekly hour-long, music TV series that features up to 6 live innovatively staged performances in High Definition with celebrity interviews, music videos and news. Recent in-studio performances and interviews include Kelly Clarkson, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The All-American Rejects, Goo Goo Dolls, Lifehouse, Daniel Powter, Switchfoot, Aly & AJ, Natasha Bedingfield and many more. A spin-off of the immensely popular British program CD UK, CD USA is produced by Blaze Television for broadcast exclusively on DIRECTV. CD USA is taped live every Thursday at the Tribune Studios in Los Angeles, California with a live studio audience. *DIRECTV, Inc. is the nation's leading and fastest-growing digital multi-channel television service provider with more than 16 million customers. DIRECTV and the Cyclone Design logo are registered trademarks of DIRECTV; Inc. DIRECTV (NYSE: DTV) is a world-leading provider of digital multi-channel television entertainment services. DIRECTV is approximately 34 percent owned by News Corporation. *MercyMe is also conducting a fun campaign for their MySpace site (www.myspace.com/mercyme)! The band promised their "friends" that once they reached 10,000 friends they would write a special exclusive song just for MySpace, and then a new song for each additional 1,000 friends. This promise has taken off and they are now up to nearly 14,000 friends, and staying true to their agreement, are putting up new songs each time. The latest song is available on the media player, and the previously recorded songs (along with a "campaign speech" from lead singer Bart Millard) are archived in links on the left side of the page under Millard's 'Uncle Sam' photo. Check it out!
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