On the heels of Josh Groban's "Awake Live" CD/DVD release today; Warner Bros. 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, including "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 Schereville, 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 Clrvw's Anthony Wayne Cin Dickson City Endless Mountains Theatre Houston, TX River Oaks Theatre Seattle, WA Metro Cinemas Milwaukee, WI Downer Theatre
