Nothing sets the summer off right better than that favorite barbeque, family
reunion, outdoor music festival or concert. This summer, the SCREAM
TOUR will be that one concert that thousands of
screaming fans will be running to the box office to get, logging online to take
advantage of, camping out and jamming the phone lines to purchase and beating
down the blogs to talk about.

This year’s SCREAM TOUR,
aptly titled “SCREAMFEST ’07, is the
sixth installment in the critically acclaimed SCREAM
TOUR concert series that has, in the past, featured
everyone from Ne-Yo to Bow Wow, Chris Brown and Omarion. The SCREAM
TOUR has built a reputation for bringing together the
best of the best in the worlds of rap and R&B to rock the house “LIVE” for
one unforgettable night for thousands of urban youth across the country.
Throughout its history, the SCREAM TOUR concert
series has entertained over one million fans. SCREAMFEST ’07
will continue to build on the incredible legacy that
has made the SCREAM TOUR a household
name among youth. Fans will definitely get high-powered performances filled with
intense audience interaction, all within a festival setting delivered by their
favorite top-charting artists.

The highly anticipated concert stars one
of the hottest rappers of our time, two-time Grammy award winning
artist-T.I. and its first
female headliner ever and one of the most successful R&B stars of this
era-Grammy Award winning, multi-platinum selling entertainer-Ciara. Both
Ciara and
T.I. continue to
capitalize on their multi-platinum selling, award-winning successes. From music
to movies, they both have emerged as two of the music industry’s premiere power
players. T.I., the multi-talented
rapper and actor, will be headlining SCREAMFEST ’07 in
promotion of his fifth Grand Hustle/Atlantic Records album, T.I. vs
T.I.P, slated for release on July 3rd. The highly
anticipated album includes his current hit single, “Big Things Poppin’ ” and his
new release, “You Know What It Is” featuring Wyclef
Jean.


SCREAMFEST ’07 will
surpass all expectations. This year I plan on setting the bar extremely high,”
said T.I.  “Nothing like what you’re used to.  The tour is evolving and becoming
more mature.  We are going to go hard.  I guarantee it will be the tour of the
summer and you can bet the house on that.”

Ciara is headlining SCREAMFEST
’07 in continued promotion of her platinum-selling
sophomore release, Ciara: The Evolution, which
features the top-charting singles, “Promise” and “Like A Boy” and her new single
“Can’t Leave ‘Em Alone” featuring 50 Cent.”This is my second time being
a part of the SCREAM and I must say
that it feels bigger and better this year,” said Ciara.  “I am very excited
about the lineup. It’s the hottest names in music and I can guarantee that fans
will be excited as well. Expect a lot of energy on this tour and expect to hear
hit after hit after hit!”


The concert will also feature Grammy nominated
and platinum selling rapper Yung Joc, who drops his
second album Hustlenomics on August 28,
along with hit-maker T-Pain, who recently
released his sophomore album Epiphany, which debuted at
#1 on the Billboard charts. Rounding out the featured acts is R&B sensation
and heartthrob Lloyd, who’s set to
perform his hit single, “Get It Shawty.” The tour producers have also confirmed
that there will be other special guest performers in cities along the
way.

Once again, this year’s tour will be supported by media giant Black
Entertainment Television (BET). This is BET’s fifth year as a presenting sponsor
of the SCREAM
TOUR.  In addition to presenting the country’s
premiere musical superstars from rap to R&B, the SCREAM TOUR
concert series has also built a reputation for
building powerfully strategic corporate alliances to partner with the tour. This
year will be no different. In addition to BET’s partnership with
SCREAMFEST
’07, several high-profile corporations, ranging from
communications leaders to broadcast giant’s, are preparing to align themselves
with this year’s tour. All corporate sponsors and content partners will be
announced next week. SCREAMFEST ’07,
presented by BET and SCREAM Star Entertainment, is being produced and marketed
by Michael Mauldin and Mauldin Brand Agency for SCREAM Star
Entertainment.