Paramount Pictures Transformers Dark of the Moon press release

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Paramount Pictures have issued the following press release:
TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON PRESENTS LINKIN PARK - LIVE IN MOSCOW ON JUNE 23RD IN SUPPORT OF MOVIES WORLD PREMIERE IN RUSSIA




May 23, 2011




HOLLYWOOD, CA (May 23, 2011) – In celebration of Paramount Pictures’
TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON, Linkin Park will perform a special
outdoor concert at Vasilyevsky Spusk of the Red Square in Moscow – with
the Kremlin and St. Basil’s Basilica as the backdrop – on June 23rd at
9PM. The 3D Michael Bay film will open the Moscow International Film
Festival on the same night.




Linkin Park will perform several of their hit songs including the
single, “Iridescent,” which is the end title song in the upcoming third
Transformers film. The movie opens worldwide beginning June 29th. Stars
from the film are scheduled to attend, along with director Michael Bay.
Tickets for this free concert will be available beginning June 1st
through June 21st, to learn more about obtaining ticket information go
to http://www.energyfm.ru or http://www.linkinpark.com beginning June 1st.




One of the most successful collaborations between music and film, the
previous Linkin Park singles to appear in the first two Transformers
films, “What I’ve Done” from the first Transformers film, has sold over 4
million downloads worldwide, and “New Divide” from 2009’s Transformers:
Revenge of the Fallen, crossed the 3 million mark. Both songs were top
selling singles for the band, and went to #1 on the modern rock radio
charts (with “New Divide” spending 14 weeks there). The special show in
Moscow is produced by Live Nation and will occur during Linkin Park’s
upcoming European tour, which begins June 11th in Austria with stadium,
festival or arena shows in the UK, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland,
France, Switzerland, Italy & Belgium.




Linkin Park European Tour Dates:


June 11 Nickelsdorf, Austria @ Nova Rock Festival


June 12 Donington, UK @ Download Festival


June 14 Stockholm, Sweden @ Ericsson Global Arena


June 16 Helsinki, Finland @ Kaisaniemi Park


June 18 Leipzig, Germany @ Festweise


June 19 Oberursel, Germany @ Hessentag


June 21 Hamburg, Germany @02 World Arena


June 25 Munich, Germany @ Messegelaende Riem Stadium


June 26 Imola, Italy @ Sonisphere Festival


June 28 Arendal, Norway @ Hove Festival


June 30 Werchter, Belgium @ Rock Wercher Festival


July 1 Arras, France @ Arras Main Square Festival


July 2 St. Gallen, Switzerland @ OpenAir Festival


July 4 London, UK @ iTunes Festival






TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON is the third film in the Transformers
franchise and the first shot in 3D. It is directed by Michael Bay,
written by Ehren Kruger and produced by Don Murphy & Tom DeSanto,
Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Ian Bryce. The executive producers are Steven
Spielberg, Michael Bay, Brian Goldner and Mark Vahradian. The movie
opens in the United States on June 29, 2011. ©2011 Paramount Pictures
Corporation. All rights reserved.




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