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50 Cent, Kelly Rowland And — Huh? — Perry Farrell Team Up For ESPN Theme
Unlikely trio rework Satellite Party song for NCAA football game-night theme.
By Jayson Rodriguez

First Hank Williams Jr. asked NFL fans if they were ready for some football.

Then the Black Eyed Peas told basketball fans to get it started for the NBA playoffs.

Now 50 Cent, Kelly Rowland and Perry Farrell and his group, Satellite Party, are adding to the list of music/sports-world promos.

The trio recently remixed Satellite Party's "Only Love, Let's Celebrate" for the upcoming 2007 college football season on ESPN.

"[ESPN] had the idea to bring in someone who can rap and a female who can sing, and then put it together [as a remix]," Farrell told MTV News on Thursday. "Coming from the world of rock and roll — and as a DJ — I felt that a lot of rock and roll was being ignored by DJs," he said. "I wanted to bring rock and roll songs into the nightclubs because DJs are always looking for new material, and hip-hop has predominately been what club music has been about over the last 10 years. So when I heard that ESPN was interested in that and they also wanted to get a rapper, they made a wise choice. Their ears were tuning in to the things that I was hoping for. And when they told me they were thinking about 50 on it? Wow, that could be amazing."

Farrell and 50 recorded their vocals together earlier this month in New York. Farrell said he didn't have to do too much work since the track was already his own composition, but he did rearrange and add lyrics with the help of his band. They did a quick jam session and looped the music in a five-minute interval to catch a vibe, and according to Farrell, that's when 50 caught on and started writing his lyrics to the track.

"He started writing once we were down there to kind of feel things out," Farrell explained. "I had my band jamming. And from there, his producer was sitting there and they were taking all that in, my free flows, and they were listening and kind of taking notes. So he was kind of responding to my stuff at first, but then kind of coming up with his stuff. I think we had the same plan; he didn't want to say anything that didn't suit us and had as much to do with our character as anything else.

"It's pertinent to football, but it could very much be its own thing," he continued about the track. "The music really suits crossover. I think that it's really good and I'm happy I got to do it and partner in it with 50 and Kelly, and I just look forward to rocking people on Saturday nights for the whole football season."

(For a report on Farrell and Satellite Party's appearances at Lollapalooza, see "Against Me! Deliver A Smashing Set, Daft Punk Land The Saucer: Lollapalooza, Day One.")

50 Cent, Farrell and Rowland are scheduled to shoot a clip for the track in New York, to be used as part of the opening to ESPN's NCAA game-night coverage.

Farrell Teams With 50 Cent, Rowland For New Video

August 17, 2007, 12:00 AM ET

Karen Bliss, Toronto
Perry Farrell is spreading the love to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Earlier this week, the artist hooked up with 50 Cent and Kelly Rowland in New York's Times Square to shoot a video for "Only Love, Let's Celebrate," from his new group Satellite Party's debut album, "Ultra Payloaded."

"It's going to be for college game night -- Saturday night college football," he tells Billboard.com. "We wrote [the remix] together for the NCAA, so it's really cool. I do a verse, Kelly does a verse, 50 does that a verse."

Farrell, who is on tour with Satellite Party until Oct. 10, has also taken back control of "Ultra Payloaded" from Columbia, which released it on May 29. For the first time in his career, he has formed his own record label, Bells Are Ringing, and plans to spread the word virally with interactive marketing and publicity. He also has a videographer with him on the road.

"What I wanted to do with Columbia, which they didn't agree to, was to be a completely digital artist," says Farrell, a committed environmentalist. "And the reason they didn't want to do it, if I could tell you the truth, is because they have an overhead and they really need to sell those CDs and they need to sell them at a certain cost. I had worked out a way that they could do it, but it wasn't good enough for them, so now I've gone independent. I just use Columbia for distribution. But next time I put out any music, it will be completely digital."

Farrell made this year's Lollapalooza festival in Chicago carbon neutral and has big plans for Satellite Party, which he considers "a movement" of progressive thinkers called the Solutionists.

"I've set this up because I want to be touring with this project for 10 years," he says. "By the end of the 10 years, I'm expecting the world to change completely and we're going to celebrate."

Nothing's Shocking wrote:

Farrell Teams With 50 Cent, Rowland For New Video


"What I wanted to do with Columbia, which they didn't agree to, was to be a completely digital artist," says Farrell, a committed environmentalist. "And the reason they didn't want to do it, if I could tell you the truth, is because they have an overhead and they really need to sell those CDs and they need to sell them at a certain cost. I had worked out a way that they could do it, but it wasn't good enough for them, so now I've gone independent. I just use Columbia for distribution. But next time I put out any music, it will be completely digital."

Nothing's Shocking wrote: For the first time in his career, he has formed his own record label, Bells Are Ringing, and plans to spread the word virally with interactive marketing and publicity.

50 Cent, Perry Farrell's Satellite Party and Kelly Rowland to Provide Theme Song for Saturday Night Football on ABC

Thu, 08/30/2007 - 10:50 — admin

Critically Acclaimed Musical Artists Write Special Lyrics for Telecast Opening Song of College Football's Most-Viewed Weekly Series

August 29 , 2007 -- The second season of Saturday Night Football Presented by Southwest Airlines on ABC, broadcast television’s first-ever weekly college football primetime series returning September 1 after a successful inaugural season, will feature a specially recorded telecast open by critically acclaimed musical artists 50 Cent, Perry Farrell’s Satellite Party and Kelly Rowland shot on the Pontiac Garage stage in New York City’s Times Square. The season debut at 8 p.m. ET, available in high definition on ABC HD, will feature Tennessee at California in showdown between two premier programs.

Each artist wrote college football-specific lyrics set to Satellite Party’s cover version of the song Only Love, Let’s Celebrate (originally released as I Just Want to Celebrate by Rare Earth) available on its debut album Ultra Payloaded. The Saturday Night Football open will feature an exclusive music video intertwined with relevant college football highlights pertaining to that week’s game.

Similar to the Saturday Night Football marketing campaign with the slogan, "College Football Lives Here," the opening theme will showcase the rivalries, tradition and memorable moments that define college football plus the great individual matchups the series offers.

The relationship between Satellite Party, 50 Cent and Kelly Rowland for Saturday Night Football was created by David Saltz, executive producer of music for ABC, Inc.

The following link contains behind-the-scenes footage of the artists shooting the open on the Pontiac Garage: http://www.espnmediazone.com/spots_temp ... 20x240.mov

Perry Farrell, 50 Cent and Kelly Rowland

Perry Farrell is one of music’s most influential figures and cultural leaders. After assembling the popular rock band Jane’s Addiction, Farrell conceived Lollapalooza, the seminal music festival that encapsulated youth culture and launched the traveling concert experience touring industry in the United States. Farrell’s first musical endeavor in four years, Satellite Party, released its first album entitled Ultra Payloaded on May 29. Satellite Party blends sounds as varied as rock, electro, urban beats and symphony.

50 Cent (aka Curtis Jackson) has taken the street culture by storm -- from music to movies, videogames to books, a clothing line to footwear. He has earned 11 Grammy nominations, from Best New Artist to Best Rap Album, for each of his first two major label efforts. His third, Curtis, is scheduled to be released on September 11 and features guest appearances by Eminem, Akon, Justin Timberlake, Mary J. Blige, Robin Thicke and Nicole Scherzinger from the Pussycat Dolls. His official debut album, Get Rich Or Die Tryin’, was the biggest seller of 2003 and is currently 11 times platinum worldwide. His second album, The Massacre, was the second biggest-selling album of 2005 and is now eight times platinum worldwide.

Kelly Rowland, a Grammy Award-winning R&B singer and songwriter, is a founding member of the critically acclaimed group Destiny’s Child. In addition to her achievements with Destiny’s Child – including four Billboard Hot 100 #1 singles and two Billboard 200 #1 albums – Rowland has garnered praise and success for her solo efforts. Her second solo album, Ms. Kelly (released on July 3), has produced the top 5 single Like This while her first solo project, Simply Deep, sold more than 2.5 million copies worldwide. Rowland also collaborated with singer Nelly on Dilemma, which won the 2003 Grammy Award in the Best Rap/Sung Collaboration and hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.

Saturday Night Football

Saturday Night Football will be called by Brent Musburger with analyst Kirk Herbstreit and reporter Lisa Salters. Kirk Herbstreit will continue to work on ESPN’s Saturday morning College GameDay Built by The Home Depot program.

The 12-week Saturday Night Football series will feature high profile inter-conference matchups and top conference showdowns involving teams from the Pac-10, Big Ten, ACC, Big 12 and BIG EAST as well as Notre Dame. Every telecast, beginning September 1 and concluding December 1 with the Dr Pepper Big 12 Championship, will kick off at 8 p.m. and be offered in high definition on ABC HD. The schedule does not include games on September 8 and October 13 when ESPN on ABC will televise NASCAR NEXTEL Cup races from Richmond and Charlotte, respectively.

Network assignments for windows from September 29 to November 24 (except Notre Dame at UCLA on October 6), including four Big Ten and three Pac-10 matchups that have been designated for a primetime telecast on ABC, ESPN or ESPN2, will be selected on a six- or 12-day basis. Selecting games on a six- and 12-day basis provided Saturday Night Football with the flexibility to televise the best available games as the season progresses.

The debut season of Saturday Night Football was successful in overall viewership and across key demographics, winning the night on numerous occasions.

* Saturday Night Football averaged 5,567,000 households, a 5.0 rating and 7,886,000 total viewers, out-delivering the programming in the same window the previous year by 24% (vs. 4,490,000), 22% (vs. 4.1) and 27% (vs. 6,212,000), respectively.

* The series posted significant growth in key demographics, including:
o Adults 18-49: a 2.7 rating, men 25-54: a 4.1 rating, men 18-49: a 3.7 rating, men 18-34: a 3.2 rating for increases of 29% (vs. 2.1), 52% (vs. 2.7), 61% (vs. 2.3) and 68% (vs. 1.9), respectively, over the previous year in the same time frame.

* On six occasions, Saturday Night Football was the highest-rated and most-viewed program on television that evening, including in total viewers and the key adult 18-49 demographic.

* The Notre Dame at USC telecast (November 25) averaged 10,048,000 households, a 9.0 rating and 14,647,000 total viewers, making it the second most-viewed regular-season college football game on any network since November 30, 1996 (Florida at Florida State on ABC averaged 10,593,000 households) behind Michigan at Ohio State on ABC November 18, 2006 (14,479,000 households, a 13.0 rating and 21,037,000 total viewers).

2007 SATURDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL SCHEDULE ON ABC

* Game selections on September 1, 15 and 22 and October 6 have been determined.
* Selected Big Ten and Pac-10 games from September 29 through November 24 are designated for primetime on ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 with network assignments to be determined on a six- or 12-day basis (except Notre Dame at UCLA on October 6).
* ACC, Big 12 and BIG EAST Saturday Night Football game selections will be determined on a six- or 12-day basis.

Date Time (ET) Game

Sept. 1 8 p.m. Tennessee at California

Sept. 15 8 p.m. USC at Nebraska

Sept. 22 8 p.m. Washington State at USC and Iowa at Wisconsin ^

Sept. 29 8 p.m. TBD: Ohio State at Minnesota* and/or USC at Washington*

Oct. 6 8 p.m. Notre Dame at UCLA (confirmed); potential additional games:

Ohio State at Purdue** and/or ACC or Big 12 or BIG EAST

Oct. 20 8 p.m. TBD: Michigan at Illinois*** or ACC or Big 12

Oct. 27 8 p.m. TBD: Ohio State at Penn State*** or Big 12 or BIG EAST

Nov. 3 8 p.m. TBD: Oregon State at USC*** or ACC or Big 12 or BIG EAST

Nov. 10 8 p.m. TBD: USC at California*** or ACC or Big 12 or BIG EAST

Nov. 17 8 p.m. TBD: ACC, Big 12 or BIG EAST

Nov. 24 8 p.m. TBD: ACC, Big 12 or BIG EAST

Dec. 1 8 p.m. Dr Pepper Big 12 Championship Game

^ Split national telecast

* One or both games will be on ABC; if one game on ABC, the other will be televised in primetime on ESPN or ESPN2

** Notre Dame at UCLA is confirmed for Saturday Night Football; Ohio State at Purdue will be televised in primetime on ABC, ESPN or ESPN2.

*** Selected game will be in primetime on ABC, ESPN or ESPN2

Source: ESPN

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