New York, NY (Top40 Charts / BET Networks) To celebrate their 25th Awards show, The Soul
Train Awards 2012 three-day experience is bringing celebrity star power to Las Vegas, as they honor the best in music, comedy and entertainment. In addition to the Awards show, hosted by Cedric the Entertainer, the experience will include an All-Star Comedy Show honoring comedian
George Wallace, a celebrity Golf Tournament hosted by comedian/actor Bill Bellamyand closing the weekend with the Centric Soul Weekend Concert headlined by Soul
Train Awards 2012 Lifetime Achievement recipients, New Edition.
To kick off this celebration, Centric's Apollo Live! host Tony Rock and reality star and singer
Tamar Braxton will host the Soul
Train Awards red carpet pre-show, interviewing today's biggest names in entertainment as they arrive to the Awards. Joining
Keri Hilson and
Jody Watley as presenters at this year's show, are actors Anthony Mackie and Bill Bellamy, singer Estelle, radio personality Michael Baisdenand reality stars Tameka "Tiny" Harris and Flavor Flav.
This year's Awards show will definitely go on record as being the most soulful, with newly added performances by the legendary Gladys Knight, male powerhouses Ne-Yo, Anthony Hamilton,
Raphael Saadiq and Eddie Levert, as well as unforgettable performances by 2 Chainz,
Keyshia Cole and newcomers Leah Labelle,
Elle Varner and Marcus Canty. Playing double-duty for the Awards show will be
Raphael Saadiq who will bless the stage with an energetic performance, as well as act as musical director for the show. As previously announced, Charlie Wilson,
Fantasia and
John Legend will bless the Awards stage with their memorable performances.
On Friday, November 9th, Soul
Train will host their 1st Annual Celebrity Golf Tournament at the Paiute Golf Club Resort in Las Vegas, hosted by comedian/actor Bill Bellamyand special guest NBA legend Dr. Julius "J" Erving. For tickets and inquiries, contact
[email protected].
Later that evening, your favorite comedians from all over the U.S., will come together to honor one of their own, comedian
George Wallace for the Centric All-Star Comedy Show at Planet Hollywood Live.
George has received several accolades for his standup comedy and live shows including being slated #93 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time. Currently,
George has a running show at The Flamingo Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. The All-Star Comedy Show lineup includes performances by
George Wilborn, Sherri Shepherd, Earthquake, Bill Bellamy, Chris Spencer, Tony Rock and Gary Owen. Tickets are available at Ticketmaster.
The Soul
Train Awards 2012 three-day experience at Planet Hollywood Live will end on Saturday on a high note, with the Centric Soul Weekend Live in Concert event featuring today's hottest male singers: TGT (Tyrese,
Ginuwine and Tank), funky R&B star
Miguel and Soul
Train Awards 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award recipients New Edition. This is a concert not to be missed. Tickets are available at Ticketmaster.
The Soul
Train Awards 2012 will premiere simultaneously on BET and Centric on Sunday, November 25th at 9pm ET/PT. For more information, go to www.BET.com/SoulTrain.
To purchase travel packages for Centric's Soul
Train Awards 2012 three-day experience in Las Vegas, which includes tickets to the Soul
Train Awards, All-Star Comedy Show, Concert, and other exclusive events and extras, please visit: https://www.soultrainpackages.com/travel-package.html.
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