Nintendo GameCube: PHOTOCALL: allSTARS

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NintendoPosted: April 25th, 2002. To appear OUTSIDE HMV, Covent Garden: 40-42 King Street, London WC2
Thursday 2nd May at 11.00am – 11.30am

The latest teen sensation, allSTARS, are set to make a very special appearanceoutside HMV, Covent Garden on Thursday 2nd May as they perform tracks from theirforthcoming album inside Nintendo’s enormous Clear Cube!

Nintendo, the world’s leading video games company, will be taking to the streetswith enormous Clear Cubes brimming with all kinds of entertainment in London,Birmingham and Glasgow as the Nintendo GameCube takes over the UK. At sevenfeet cubed, the clear casings will draw audiences for 24 hours continuously fromFriday 26th April to Thursday 2nd May. Taking place outside Nintendo GameCube’sofficial retail partner HMV, the enormous Clear Cubes will make a hero of theconsole’s unique cubist design and will stage a fixture of diverse and unparalleledentertainment and live performances that will capture the eyes and imaginationof passers by of all ages.

Onlookers on Thursday will be entertained by a live performance within the cubefrom the allSTARS, a band who are the most exciting thing to happen to pop ina long, long time. The quintet are all bright, beautiful, and crazy (and don’tforget amazingly talented) and have already have three hit singles and a massivehit TV show (STARStreet) to their name.

allSTARS were brought together two years ago by one of pop’s most successfulmanagement companies, Byrne Blood (Steps, A1), and released their first single,Best Friends, in June 2001. Their debut album, due out in May, has been co-writtenand produced by the likes of Peter Cunnah (D:Ream), Ray Hedges (Boyzone, BryanAdams, Westlife) and Andrew Frampton (STEPS, Emma Bunton), and features an arrayof future pop classics. As well as an album and a new series of STARStreet tolook forward to, allSTARS have also just released their fourth single, anincredible Cathy Dennis penned mid-tempo ballad called ‘Back When’, and issure to be their biggest hit yet.

allSTARS will be entertaining crowds from Nintendo’s cube on Thursday 2nd Mayso don’t be a cube and miss out!

Nintendo GameCube launches across Europe on May 3 2002 and is expected toretail for £129.