Oliver Kahn gives the TITANflex Sun label from Eschenbach Optik a touch of luxury and world-class sport. His endorsement is designed to appeal mainly to "men with their own personal lifestyle". The TITANflex Sun special edition shows what is important to him. It has just come from being premiered at the OPTI in Munich and is now available at selected opticians. The edition has three models and is being marketed with the slogan "unmistakable" and a photo of Oliver Kahn. In hooking up with Oliver Kahn, Eschenbach Optik aims to highlight the attributes that the soccer goalie stands for in the public eye: distinctive, indestructible, reliable and high performance.

Quality of life and an attractive appearance for "best agers" – that is what the perfect combination of material and form offers that
comes with the fineline glasses from Eschenbach. And Eschenbach is now proving that looking good is not a matter of age with its
new testimonial from Sybille Beckenbauer. With her elegant and sporty appearance she embodies the characteristics of fineline:
sporty, natural, aesthetically appealing and timeless.
The contemporary design of these new ultra light models underline the personality of the wearer and help your eyes shine.

The world-class director Robert Wilson, who was again wildly celebrated in 2007 for his staging of the Threepenny Opera in Germany's Berliner Ensemble, is now represented by Playce, worldwide and exclusively.

What is more, Robert Wilson will also direct "Jewels of Ballet", a premium event initiated and produced by Playce.

The new US5 album "IN CONTROL RELOADED" will be released on 14 December 2007.
Alongside the "old" songs that have been re-recorded with Vince singing lead, the album also contains a number of new tracks.

Mikel left the band in October to pursue a solo career, and was replaced by the curly-headed Vincent Tomas ("Vince") from Los Angeles, California, who had performed his way into the band ahead of 2,000 hopefuls in a series of castings in the USA. He sang his way into the hearts of the jury with a rendition of "What goes around…Comes around" from his idol Justin Timberlake, and by November he was exciting the US5 fans on tour with his amazing voice and talent as an entertainer.

Tickets for Hansi Hinterseer's two open-air concerts on 22 and 23 August 2008 in the Kitzbühel Tennis Stadium were sold out in record time: 23 minutes.

Hansi Hinterseer was very happy to hear about the enthusiasm of his fans and friends, but regrets that many others didn't manage to get tickets.

His concerts in Kitzbühel fill the Tennis Stadium for two days every year with a total of 10,000 people. Fan clubs from all over Europe and the USA come to see their star perform. The hotel stays that the concerts generate are the biggest summer tourist event in the region.

On 22 September 2007, Hansi Hinterseer was awarded the Goldene Stimmgabel as the "Most Successful Folk Music Soloist" for the 9th time.

The GOLDENE STIMMGABEL is the most coveted award in the German entertainment industry, with the winners being selected, not by a jury, but on the basis of the number of albums sold.

Alongside Hansi Hinterseer, other artists were honoured such as Andrea Berg in the category "German Pop", Semino Rossi as "Most Successful German Pop Soloist", LaFee as "Shooting Star of the Year" and Tokio Hotel in the category "Most Successful Pop Group - International".

The German state television channel ZDF will be broadcasting the awards ceremony on 3 October 2007 from 9.15 pm.

NICI feat. US5

US5 have entered into a cooperation with NICI / Devil & Angel as of 24 August 2007.

The product line Devil & Angel will be available in all NICI stores starting in October. It encompasses numerous soft toy products (e.g. for key rings and college bags) stylish cushions, Devil & Angel postcards, pillboxes and coffee mugs. NICI/Devil & Angel will also be a partner of the US5 "IN CONTROL TOUR 2007" which is scheduled to start on 20 November 2007.

For more information go to www.us5-nici.com




US5 Player from TREKSTOR

The exclusive US5 Audio and Movie Player from TREKSTOR has been on the market since 31 August 2007. The US5 Player includes an unpublished bonus track, two exclusive videos and a special photo shoot of the band. It is available in a 1 and 2 Gigabyte (GB) version and has a 2 inch TFT display. The US5 Player plays the audio formats MP3, WMA, WMA-DRM-9 and WAV, videos in AVI format, displays JPEG photos, receives FM radio and can be used as a dictating machine.

Lionel Richie's career spans more than 35 years, and on February 1 this year he was awarded the GOLDENE KAMERA award from the magazine HÖRZU for his life's work in music. With Top-Ten hits like "All Night Long" and "Say You, Say Me" this "outstanding American artist has conquered the hearts of generations of fans".

In the 70s he was one of the founding members of the Motown act "The Commodores". After this legendary funk-pop group broke up he began his spectacular solo career. In 1984 Lionel Richie opened the Los Angeles Olympic Games with a rendition of "All Night Long" that was broadcast across the globe and seen live by more than 2.3 billion people. In 1985 he wrote the song "We Are The World" for "Live Aid" together with Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones. It earned millions of dollars for starving people in Africa. In 1986 Lionel Richie was awarded an Oscar for the title song "Say You, Say Me" to the film "White Nights". In 2000 this charismatic singer made a comeback to the music scene with a new album and has been playing to ecstatic fans around the world ever since.

Lionel Richie has sold more than 100 million records and had 22 hits in the US Top Ten.
 

Playce has the exclusive worldwide marketing rights to one of the hottest boy bands on the planet.
US5 was founded by the US music maker Lou Pearlman (also founder of the Backstreet Boys, N’Sync. O-Town and Natural) and is made up of 2 Germans (Chris Watrin and Michael Johnson), 2 Americans (Izzy Gallegos and Richie Stringini) and a Brit (Jay Khan).
US5 came to international renown through the television series "Big in America". Their first songs, produced by the Triple-M-Music team, shot right to the top of the market. The first album "Here We Go" went Gold and Platinum. The singles "Just Because Of You", "Come Back To Me Baby" and "Mama" placed in the Top 5 of the charts. In October 2006 their fifth single "In the Club" from their second album "In Control" came onto the market. The "US5 Style" with a strong R&B influence is easy to recognize in it, and it debuted at No. 2 on the single charts, with the album starting at No. 6. The second single "One Night With You" that came out in January 2007 peaked at No. 2 on the German single charts.

To date US5 have sold more than 2 million copies of their recordings!

The Scorpions, one of the longest-standing, most successful and most famous rock bands in the world, are marketed exclusively by Playce. Formed in 1965 around Klaus Meine and Rudolf Schenker, the Scorpions are still today Germany's most successful music export. In 1992 they were awarded the World Music Award in Monaco for most internationally successful German act. The band has also won the "Goldene Europa" award twice and with 30 Platinum and 78 Gold albums to their name, they are among the ten most successful rock bands the world has ever seen. Their gig in 1991 as the first rock band to play Red Square in Moscow is legendary, and "Wind Of Change" is still closely linked to the fall of the Iron Curtain and the Berlin Wall. .

The Scorpions have sold more than 80 million records!

SEAT has launched a pan-European, multi-media advertising campaign to coincide with its sponsorship of Shakira's 2007 "Oral Fixation" European tour. The slogan "Catch the Fever" unites the two brands SEAT and Shakira with an "S" logo created for the campaign and the series of concerts. Together with the colourful campaign layout, these elements all combine to provide the perfect stage for Shakira as an ambassador for SEAT. As well as television commercials, the campaign also utilises other typical advertising media such as cinema, radio, print and billboard. And a website was launched in mid December that informs about the Shakira tour and SEAT special offers.

More information at: www.catch-the-fever.com

On February 1st, Oliver Kahn was awarded the Goldene Kamera 2007 for the TV advertisement "Auf der Bank ist’s doch am schönsten” (The bench is the best place to be). The jury's decision was a reward for his courage and sense of humour after his surprise demotion to reserve German goalie shortly before the 2006 FIFA World Cup. This popular and now award-winning commercial was developed and produced by the advertising agency KemperTrautmann and Oliver Kahn's management, Playce AG, for Paulaner, Bavaria's largest brewery.

More information at: www.oliver-kahn.de

Hansi Hinterseer presents a 16 page section in the new Quelle catalogue "There's no place like home". The catalogue has been out since December 2006 and Hansi's section is dedicated to country living.


More information at: www.quelle.de