Logo Launches 'NewNowNext Icons' Honoring Timeless Music Legends With a Tribute to...

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Logo Launches 'NewNowNext Icons' Honoring Timeless Music Legends With a
Tribute to Stevie Nicks
"NewNowNext Icons" Joins the "NewNowNext Music" Franchise with Its Premiere
Featuring Grammy Award-Winning, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee Stevie
Nicks




NEW YORK, July 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Logo, a division of Viacom Inc.'s (NYSE: VIA
and VIA.B) MTV Networks, announced today the launch of a new series of
specials, "NewNowNext Icons," focusing on the timeless music legends that have
reached icon status in the eyes of the LGBT community and the greater world of
pop culture. The special premieres with an intimate interview by award-winning
music artist and visionary Stevie Nicks airing July 19 at 12 AM Midnight ET/PT
and LOGOonline.com.

In the premiere of this half-hour special, "NewNowNext Icons," Stevie Nicks
discusses various aspects of her career as a solo artist and part of legendary
rock band Fleetwood Mac. Nicks also opens up about her own inspirations,
future projects and her thoughts on why the LGBT community has embraced her
music and persona. Throughout the special, hit music videos including
"Landslide," "Gypsy" and "Stand Back" will be featured demonstrating her
impact in music and popular culture. Dubbed the "reigning queen of Rock and
Roll" by Rolling Stone Magazine, Nicks recently released her "Live in Chicago"
DVD celebrating her first live recorded performance since 1985, as well as the
recent release of her new CD "The Soundstage Sessions." Along with Fleetwood
Mac, Stevie has produced over forty Top 50 hits and has sold nearly 120
million albums. 

The newest show in the "NewNowNext" family takes on these legends with hosted
spots, music videos, and archival footage including rarely seen interviews
from the MTV and VH1 vaults. "NewNowNext Icons" brings the "NewNowNext"
franchise to full circle. As modern up-and-coming artists on Logo's
"NewNowNext Music" and "NewNowNext Pop Lab" attribute their inspiration to pop
culture icons, "NewNowNext Icons" offers an intimate and unique point of view
from the icons themselves on why their legendary status is synonymous with
their work and persona. Past hosts of "NewNowNext Music" and "NewNowNext Pop
Lab" including Beyonce, Jennifer Hudson, Lilly Allen, Lady GaGa, Del Marquis
of "Scissor Sisters," La Roux and Fischerspooner represent the upcoming icons
of tomorrow. "NewNowNext Icons" will consist of a series of specials
premiering throughout the year highlighting the rare few that have reached
such superstardom as headliners such as Stevie Nicks.

"NewNowNext Icons: Stevie Nicks" will premiere July 19 at 12 AM ET/PT and
LOGOonline.com. For more information about "NewNowNext Icons", go to
LOGOonline.com and NewNowNext.com.

ABOUT LOGO 
Logo is the world's leading ad-supported cable, satellite, online, mobile and
digital entertainment gay and lesbian-themed network, from MTV Networks, a
unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B). Launched in 2005, Logo's cable channel is
in more than 39 million homes across the United States and is complemented by
a federation of online properties, including LOGOonline.com,
TripOutGayTravel.com, AfterEllen.com, AfterElton.com, 365gay.com,
DowneLink.com  and NewNowNext.com. Logo's content is distributed across all
leading download-to-own, streaming and mobile services. The most influential
brand for the most influential audience, Logo provides a mix of original and
acquired entertainment as well as news, social networking and community
building that are authentic, smart, fun, entertaining, and inclusive. Logo
joins MTV Networks' roster of popular and highly targeted brands which include
MTV, Comedy Central, VH1 and Spike TV. 


ABOUT MTV NETWORKS 
MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), is one of the world's
leading creators of entertainment content, with brands that engage and connect
diverse audiences across television, online, mobile, games, virtual worlds and
consumer products. The company's portfolio spans more than 150 television
channels and 350 digital media properties worldwide, and includes MTV, VH1,
CMT, Logo, Harmonix, Nickelodeon, Nick at Nite, Noggin, The N, AddictingGames,
Neopets, COMEDY CENTRAL, Spike TV, TV Land, Atom, Gametrailers and Xfire. 
    CONTACT:
    Michael Barrett
    212-654-3060
    michael.barrett@logostaff.com


SOURCE  Logo

Michael Barrett of Logo, +1-212-654-3060, michael.barrett@logostaff.com

 

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