Nelly Kicks Off 'Sweat/Suit: Up Close & Personal Tour'

Multi-Talented Rapper Kicks Off 'Sweat/Suit: Up Close & Personal Tour'

            With Fat Joe, T.I. and The St. Lunatics on March 19th



    NEW YORK, March 15 -- Multi-talented rapper, actor, entrepreneur Nelly is 

slated to release The Longest Yard soundtrack on his Derrty Ent. imprint, a 

venture with Universal Records.  In addition to co-starring in The Longest Yard 

movie (Paramount Pictures), Nelly is the executive producer on the soundtrack 

which will feature songs by Eminem, D-12, Lil Wayne, Akon, Murphy Lee and 

introduces new up and coming Derrty Ent.  artists Jung Tru and King Jacob.  

The lead single from The Longest Yard soundtrack is Nelly's "Errtime" produced 

by Jazze Pha. The soundtrack will hit stores on May 17th and the movie will be 

in theaters on Memorial Day weekend.

    Nelly co-stars in the re-make of the 1974 comedy The Longest Yard with an

all-star cast that includes Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, and Burt Reynolds.  In

his first major movie role, he plays a convict/football player named Earl

Maggit. The comedy/drama is a story of a jailed pro quarterback (Sandler) and

former college champion/coach (Reynolds) who are asked to put together a

football team comprised of inmates.

    On heels of the movie release, Nelly is also gearing up for a national

"Sweat/Suit: Up Close & Personal" tour with Fat Joe, T.I. and his fellow St.

Lunatics members Murphy Lee, Ali and Kyjuan.  The tour kicks off in Cleveland,

Ohio on March 19th.

    Last year, the St. Louis native made musical history when he became the

first solo artist to have two albums debut in the two top spots of Billboard's

"Top 200 Albums" chart (Suit #1, Sweat #2), putting him in the elite company

of The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, Guns N' Roses and other global superstars.

Earlier this year, he continued to make history when he became the first

hip-hop artist ever to receive two CMT (Country Music Television) award

nominations for his #1 hit "Over & Over" with Tim McGraw. "Over & Over"

recently rose to #1 on the UK singles chart.

    SWEAT/SUIT TOUR: UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL TOUR DATES:



    MARCH

    19                State Theater                        Cleveland, OH

    20                Fox Theater                          Detroit, MI

    23                Star of Texas Rodeo                  Austin, TX

    24                Ford Park                            Beaumont, TX

    25                Dodge Arena                          Hidalgo, TX

    26                Cohen Stadium                        El Paso, TX

    28                William R. Coliseum                  Nacogdoches, TX

    30                Roberts Stadium                      Evansville, IN

    31                Memorial Hall                        Kansas City, MO



    APRIL

    3                 Savvis Center                        St. Louis, MO

    7                 Northrup Auditorium                  Minneapolis, MN

    8                 Arie Crown Theater                   Chicago, IL

    9                 Jack Breslin Center                  Saginaw, IL

    10                Dow Event Center                     Saginaw, IL

    12                Theater at Harbor Yard               Bridgeport, CT

    14                Tongas Arena                         Boston, MA

    15                Theater at Madison Square Garden     New York, NY

    16                Liacoras Center                      Philadelphia, PA

    18                Constitution Hall                    Washington, DC

    21                Civic Center                         Atlanta, GA

    26                Hard Rock Live                       Orlando, FL

    27                Interstate Expo                      Tampa, FL



    MAY

    10                Budweiser Event Center               Fort Collins, CO

    12                Dodge Theater                        Phoenix, AZ

    13                Universal Amphitheater               Los Angeles, CA

    14                San Jose Event Center                San Jose, CA

    16                Memorial Auditorium                  Sacramento, CA

    18                Qwest Event                          Seattle, WA

    21                Aladdin Hotel                        Las Vegas, NV