BURBANK, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Reprise Records) - On the heels of Josh Groban's "
Awake Live" CD/DVD release this week; Reprise Records also announced that "
Awake Live" will screen in over 30 theaters nationwide for one night only on May 15, 2008 at 8 PM local time (see below for local listings). Directed by Hamish Hamilton, "
Awake Live" captures Groban's exhilarating performance at Salt Lake City's EnergySolutions
Arena before a sold-out crowd of 15,000 thrilled fans on August 28th, 2007. The screenings will all show "
Awake Live" in HD.
"Awake Live" is the first time the internationally renowned vocalist will showcase a live performance on the silver screen. Groban's third live DVD, following 2002's "Josh Groban in Concert" and 2004's "Live at the Greek." The Salt Lake City location was selected in honor of his first arena concert, which occurred in the same city. Groban also sang at the closing ceremony for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, a performance that was seen by more than two billion people.
While the DVD includes favorites from Groban's three best-selling albums, such as "Canto Alla Vita" and "Alla Luce del Sole" from his double-platinum self-titled 2001 debut, and "You Raise Me Up" and "Remember When It Rained" from the multi-platinum 2003 album "Closer," the majority of the songs are from "Awake," including the singles "Awake," "You Are Loved (Don't Give Up)," "February Song," and "Lullaby."
For more about Josh Groban, including information about an exclusive fan-club edition of "Awake Live," please visit his official website, www.joshgroban.com.
The full track-listing for "Awake Live" is as follows:
CD: Mai / February Song / In Her Eyes / So She Dances / Un Dia Llegara / Pearls / Weeping / Machine / Awake
DVD: You Are Loved (Don't Give Up) / Mai / Un Dia Llegara / Un Giorno Per Noi / Now or Never / So She Dances / February Song / Alla Luce del Sole / Aurora (featuring Lucia Micarelli) / Kashmir (featuring Lucia Micarelli) / In Her Eyes / Pearls (featuring Angelique Kidjo) / L'Ultima Notte / Remember When It Rained / Lullaby / Weeping / Machine / Canto Alla Vita / You Raise Me Up / Awake
Theaters and Cities showing "Awake Live":
Berkeley, CA Rialto Cinemas Elmwood
Los Angeles, CA Cinema Delux The Bridge
San Francisco, CA Opera Plaza Cinema
San Louis Obispo, CA The Downtown Center Cinema
Apple Valley, CA UltraStar Apple Valley 14
Denver, CO Chez Artiste Theatre
Atlanta, GA Midtown Art Cinema
Chicago, IL City North 14
Naperville, IL ShowPlace 16
Niles, IL ShowPlace 12
Skokie, IL Kerasotes Village Crossing 18
Evansville, IL Showplace Cinema East 18
Indianapolis, IN Kerasotes Showplace 16
Schererville, IN Kerasotes Showplace 12
Cambridge, MA Kendall Square Cinema
Grand Rapids, MI Celebration Cinema North
Kalamazoo, MI Kalamazoo 14
Lansing, MI Celebration Cinemas Lansing
Muskegon, MI Cinema Carousel
Novi, MI Emagine Novi
Coon Rapids, MN ShowPlace 16
Inver Grove Heights, MN Showplace 16
Succasunna, NJ Succasunna Cinema 10
Great Neck, NY Squire Cinemas
New York, NY 62nd & Broadway
Yorktown Heights, NY Jefferson Valley Mall 8
Wayne, PA Clearview Anthony Wayne Cinema
Dickson City, PA Endless Mountains Theatre
Houston, TX River Oaks Theatre
Seattle, WA Metro Cinemas
Milwaukee, WI Downer Theatre
