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SNOOP DOGG,FAITH EVANS & TYE TRIBBETT TO PERFORM AT 19TH ANNUAL SUPER BOWL GOSPEL CELEBRATION

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The NFL Sanctioned Super Bowl Gospel Celebration (SBGC) will kick-off Super Bowl 52 with its 19th Annual star-studded music jubilation live taping on a new day, Thursday, February 1, 2018, at the Benson Great Hallat Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota. The annual event joins together key NFL Players, top Gospel/Contemporary Christian and mainstream GRAMMY® Award-winning artists and special guests all on one stage to bring audiences an evening of uplifting music and inspirational messages. The 1-hr special will air on the BET for the fifth consecutive year on Saturday, February 3rd, 2018 at 11:00 p.m. ET. Tickets are available for purchase through TicketMaster.com.

In the first live performance off of his forthcoming Gospel album release, Snoop Dogg Presents the Bible Of Love, GRAMMY® Award-nominated, American Music Award® winning, platinum-selling rapper and songwriter Snoop Dogg has been announced to perform. As an entertainment icon and one of the most important figureheads in music, Bible of Love represents Snoop Dogg’s highly anticipated venture into inspirational music. As part of his exclusive performance, he has assembled an all-star ensemble of artists that will join him on stage in this electric live introduction to the Bible Of Love featuring GRAMMY® Award-winning hip hop and R&B singer Faith Evans, GRAMMY® Award-winning gospel singer Tye Tribbett, GRAMMY® Award-winning gospel vocal group The Clark Sisters and GRAMMY® Award-nominated gospel musician Rance Allen.

Performers at this year’s Super Bowl Gospel Celebration also include Christian and R&B singer Erica Campbell, GRAMMY® Award-nominated percussionist and singer Sheila E., GRAMMY® Award-winning gospel singer Donnie McClurkin and GRAMMY® Award-winning vocal and instrumental ensemble Sounds of Blackness.

This year’s concert will be hosted by NAACP Image Award®-nominated actress from HBO’s hit show Insecure Yvonne Orji, and gospel singer and star the OWN Network show The Book of John Gray Pastor John Gray.

Special honors will be presented during this year’s show, which include the first-ever Faith in Action Award honoring Seattle Seahawks’ Russell Wilson, and Arizona Cardinals’ Larry Fitzgerald receiving the Lifetime of Inspiration Award.

Celebrating their 10-year anniversary will be the NFL Players Choir, which features 40 current and former NFL players. The choir has become one of the most anticipated performances during Super Bowl Weekend. Musical Director Myron Butler will also be returning this year to lead the choir.

“We founded this event to bring even more inspiration and celebration to one of the biggest events of the year – the Super Bowl,” says Melanie Few-HarrisonCreator & Executive Producer of Super Bowl Gospel Celebration. “Each year we aim to touch lives in a meaningful way and make the Super Bowl Gospel Celebration bigger than the last with artists and special guests. We look forward to kicking off Super Bowl 52 in Minneapolis and making our mark as the best most uplifting event we’ve had in our 19-year history!”

For more information about Super Bowl Gospel Celebration, visit: www.SuperBowlGospel.com

Facebook & Twitter: @SuperBowlGospel

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About The Super Bowl Gospel Celebration:

The Super Bowl Gospel Celebration was launched in Miami in 1999 during Super Bowl XXXIII weekend. The event became the first, and remains the only Gospel concert sanctioned by the National Football League (NFL). The show has drawn crowds in the thousands and has demonstrated growth year-after-year, selling out venues in major Super Bowl host cities including Dallas, Tampa, Detroit, Jacksonville, Houston and Phoenix.

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Caitlin Cook’s Musical Bathroom Odyssey Hits the UK

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What do cowboy dicks, milk pistols, and public toilet walls have in common? They all find a strange kind of poetry in The Writing on the Stall, the wildly inventive musical comedy from US performer Caitlin Cook, landing in the UK this summer. After sold-out runs Off-Broadway, at Edinburgh Fringe, and in London, the New York Times Critic’s Pick returns for a short UK tour—playing Brighton’s Komedia (31 May & 1 June) and Soho Theatre, London (4–7 June).

Set entirely in a public bathroom, The Writing on the Stall is anything but private. In this whip-smart and wickedly funny one-woman musical, Cook dives into the scrawled messages and mysterious wisdom etched on cubicle walls and turns them into something bold, bizarre, and unexpectedly moving. The songs are catchy, the jokes are razor-sharp, and the show isn’t afraid to get its hands dirty—literally.

Armed with a guitar and a knack for digging gold out of the obscene, Cook crafts a genre-defying hour that’s part stand-up, part cabaret, and all catharsis. This is confessional comedy with clever hooks, pitch-perfect melodies, and enough surprises to keep your eyebrows permanently raised. Expect satire, sincerity, and some surreal props—rumour has it a pair of slingshotted knickers makes a cameo.

Caitlin Cook isn’t your average musical comic. She’s Oxford-educated, New York-hardened, and streaming in the tens of millions. She’s also collaborated with some of comedy’s finest, directed offbeat hits, and performs as one-half of the musical duo 2/3rds of a Threesome. With this new UK run, she’s not just touring a show—she’s building a movement that blurs the lines between comedy, theatre, and performance art.

If you missed her during her Edinburgh frenzy, this is your chance to catch the musical everyone’s been whispering about in pub toilets and shouting about in five-star reviews. You might come for the laughs, but you’ll stay for the songs that (fair warning) may live rent-free in your head for months.

Caitlin Cook: The Writing on the Stall
🗓️ Brighton Komedia: May 31 & June 1 at 2:30pm
🗓️ Soho Theatre, London: June 4–7 at 7:15pm
🎟️ Tickets available via venue websites:
https://sohotheatre.com/events/caitlin-cook-the-writing-on-the-stall/
https://www.komedia.co.uk/shows/caitlin-cook-the-writing-on-the-stall/

Photo credit: Mindy Tucker

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