Aaron Carter's Aaron's Party - Come Get It - CD and Home Video Certified Platinum; New Single "That's How I Beat Shaq" With Video Featuring Basketball Superstar Shaquille O'Neal

Business Wire, Dec 18, 2000

Entertainment Editors

NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Dec. 18, 2000

Aaron's Party (Come Get It), the debut Jive Records CD and Home video from Aaron Carter, have been certified Platinum by The RIAA.

Since it's release on September 26, the CD has remained firmly planted in the top 40 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums Chart. The commercial single for the title track "Aaron's Party (Come Get It)," has already been certified Gold by the RIAA.

"That's How I Beat Shaq," the second single from Aaron's Party (Come Get It), ships to CHR radio on January 1. A limited edition commercial single for "That's How I Beat Shaq" will be released on January 30. The video, which includes a cameo appearance by Shaquille O'Neal, was directed by Bernard Gourley. The video will make it's cable TV premiere on Disney Channel on December 6, and it's broadcast TV premiere on NBC's Inside Stuff on January 13.

This winter Aaron will set out on a headlining tour which will begin on February 9 at Florida State Fair in Tampa, FL and end on March 4 at Lakeland Civic Center in Cleveland, OH (see reverse for full itinerary). In addition to the tour, a Disney In Concert special will air on March 31. Aaron will be presenting at The American Music Awards on January 8 (ABC).

                           Aaron Carter
                        Winter 2001 Tour Dates

Date         City                           Venue

February 9   Tampa, FL                      Florida State Fair
February 10  Pompano Beach, FL              Pompano Beach Amphitheatre
February 11  Orlando, FL                    House of Blues
February 13  New Orleans, LA                House of Blues
February 14  Atlanta, GA                    Variety Playhouse
February 16  Philadelphia, PA               Electric Factory
February 17  Virginia Beach, VA             NorVa
February 18  Washington, DC                 9:30 Club
February 19  Morristown, NJ                 Community Theatre
February 20  Boston, MA                     Avalon
February 22  Manchester, NH                 McAllister Auditorium
February 23  Scranton, PA                   FM Kirby Center
February 24  Pittsburgh, PA                 Metropol
February 25  Detroit, MI                    State Theatre
February 27  Minneapolis, MN                State Theatre
February 28  Chicago, IL                    Rosemont Theatre
March 1      Milwaukee, WI                  Riverside Theatre
March 3      Cinncinati, OH                 Kings Island Park Theatre
March 4      Cleveland, OH                  Lakeland Civic Center