BLUZAPALOOZA IS GOING TO EGYPT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 

February 19, 2009 – Memphis, Tennessee - BLUZAPALOOZA, the celebrity Blues concert tours created by Blues producers Steve Simon and John Hahn to entertain our troops, is taking the Blues to Egypt on March 24th for an historic command performance at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo and an already sold-out concert at the Cairo Opera House.  

Invited by the U.S. Ambassador to Egypt, Ms. Margaret Scobey, BLUZAPALOOZA will be honoring this Memphis native and certified “Bluesaholic” with some of Beale Street’s favorite performers.

Headlining the tour will be “The Prince of Beale Street” Mr. Billy Gibson, the incredible Memphis based Blues band Delta Highway and four time Blues Music Award nominee, Ms. Eden Brent.

“First we took the Blues to Iraq and now we are going to present the Blues just steps from the Pyramids…….how cool is that?”, stated BLUZAPALOOZA’s creator and producer Steve Simon.

“I am so very proud to be part of this momentous occasion. All of us are 2009 Blues Music Award nominees and we can’t wait to rock Cairo with the Blues,” stated Billy Gibson.

This BLUZAPALOOZA tour is presented by Armed Forces Entertainment and has been made possible with the help of The Blues Foundation, Blind Raccoon, Blues Revue, Blues Wax, Alligator Records, NorthernBlues Music,  Yellow Dog Records, Delta Groove Records, Blind Pig Records, Hohner Harmonicas, Telarc Records, Sony Corporation, Ruf Records and Bill Wax, the Proprietor of B.B. King’s Bluesville on XM Satellite Radio.

Armed Forces Entertainment (AFE) is the lead Department of Defense agency for providing entertainment to U.S. military personnel serving overseas. Founded in 1951, AFE brings a touch of home to more than 500,000 troops each year. BLUZAPALOOZA is proud to be working with AFE.

For further information contact Steve Simon at 340-643-6475 or at stevesimonlive@yahoo.com
   
Or visit: www.myspace.com/bluzapalooza