The Rolling Stones & Universal Music Link for 'Shine A Light' Soundtrack

London, Jan. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The Rolling Stones and Universal Music
Group (UMG) are delighted to announce they have signed an exclusive worldwide
recording agreement for the group's next album due for release in March 2008.
The one album deal is for the soundtrack CD from director Martin
Scorsese's film 'Shine A Light'. The movie, set for cinema release in April
2008, was shot at The Rolling Stones' acclaimed performance at New York's
Beacon Theatre in the autumn of 2006. With special guests Buddy Guy, White
Stripes' Jack White and Christine Aguilera joining the Stones onstage, the
Oscar-winning director captures an extraordinary performance from the band.
The film also integrates rarely seen archival footage of the Stones in a
unique cinema experience.
A spokesman for The Rolling Stones said, "The band are looking forward to
working with Universal Music and are excited about this new venture."
This new deal for the Rolling Stones comes on the back of their record
breaking A Bigger Bang World Tour which ended in triumph at London's O2 Arena
in August 2007.
The 'Shine A Light' soundtrack will receive a physical and digital release
across Universal Music's labels around the world. It will be released in the
US by Interscope Records.
About Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group is the world's largest music company with wholly
owned record operations or licensees in 77 countries. Its businesses also
include Universal Music Publishing Group, the industry's largest global music
publishing operation.
Universal Music Group consists of record labels Decca, Deutsche
Grammophon, Emarcy, Interscope Geffen A&M Records, Geffen Records, Island Def
Jam Music Group, Lost Highway Records, Machete Music, MCA Nashville, Mercury
Nashville, Mercury Records, Philips, Polydor Records, Universal Music Latino,
Universal Motown Republic Group, Universal South Records and Verve Music
Group, as well as a multitude of record labels owned or distributed by its
record company subsidiaries around the world. The Universal Music Group owns
the most extensive catalog of music in the industry, which is marketed through
two distinct divisions, Universal Music Enterprises (in the U.S.) and
Universal Strategic Marketing (outside the U.S.). Universal Music Group also
includes eLabs, a new media and technologies division, and Global Digital
Initiatives.
Universal Music Group is a unit of Vivendi, a global media and
communications company.
SOURCE Universal Music Group

Dennis Dennehy, +1-310-865-7934, for Interscope Records; or Fran Curtis of
Rogers & Cowan, +1-212-445-8423, for The Rolling Stones