Rihanna, Good Charlotte & Maroon 5 Join Kanye West For Free Concertat NFL Opening Kickoff On Sept. 8, 2005

LOS ANGELES (NFL PR) - Performers & USC Marching Band to Headline Nationally Televised Show 24 NFL Greats, Including former Super Bowl MVP Marcus Allen and Pro Football Hall of Famers to Participate Multi-platinum recording artists Good Charlotte and 17-year-old pop sensation Rihanna will join Maroon 5 and Kanye West for a free concert at the site of the NFL's first Super Bowl - the Los Angeles Coliseum - as part of NFL Opening Kickoff
presented by Sprint on Thursday, Sept. 8.
The night's festivities will take place from three cities as the league celebrates "The Road to Forty" by looking back at the history of the Super Bowl, honoring last year's champions and looking ahead to Super Bowl XL. A star-studded musical lineup will perform from just outside the Los Angeles Coliseum, Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts (home of the Super Bowl-champion New England Patriots), and Detroit (site of Super Bowl XL on February 5, 2006).

Outside the Los Angeles Coliseum, Kanye West, Maroon 5, Good Charlotte and Rihanna will headline the entertainment. Twenty-four former NFL players, including Super Bowl XVIII MVP Marcus Allen and Pro Football Hall of Famers, will take part as will the USC marching band.
Gates will open at 2:30 PM with music and festivities running through 6 p.m.
Portions of the event will air live on "NFL Opening Kickoff" from 5:00-6:00 PM PT on ABC and lead into the season opener between the New England Patriots and Oakland Raiders at Gillette Stadium.

The show will feature the first video footage from the Rolling Stones "A Bigger Bang" World Tour, which hits Detroit August 31. Festivities from Gillette Stadium will include a tribute to the Patriots and musical acts Green Day and Santana. Trisha Yearwood will sing the national anthem.
The concert will be preceded at the Los Angeles Coliseum on Wednesday, Sept. 7 by the NFL Kickoff Celebration which will include a Celebrity Pepsi Punt, Pass & Kick event, football clinics and a health fair for local youths.
Top tier sponsors for the event include Campbell's, Canon, Coors, Diet Pepsi, EA Sports and GMC. Associate sponsors include Burger King, DMI, Gatorade, Motorola and Visa.