SIRIUS Satellite Radio to Broadcast Exclusive JAY-Z Concert from Current Tour

The concert will air on JAY-Z Nation, the exclusive one-week channel dedicated to JAY-Z, and feature appearances by Kanye West, Freeway, and Beanie Sigel

NEW YORK, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SIRIUS Satellite Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) announced today that it will broadcast an exclusive concert from music icon and mogul JAY-Z recorded live at the House of Blues in Chicago on his five-city tour in support of his new album American Gangster. The concert features guest appearances by Kanye West, Freeway, and Beanie Sigel and will air on JAY-Z Nation channel 40 on November 10th at 10 pm ET with a replay on Sunday, November 11th at 8 pm ET.

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JAY-Z Nation, the exclusive twenty-four hour, commercial-free music channel dedicated to JAY-Z, launched on November 5th for one week in support of the release of JAY-Z's new album American Gangster. The channel continues SIRIUS' tradition of creating exclusive artist branded channels dedicated to iconic figures at the top of their game. Recent exclusive channels launched on SIRIUS include Grateful Dead Channel, E Street Radio and Garth Brooks Radio, among many others.

American Gangster, JAY-Z's tenth studio album, is inspired by the film with the same title based on the life of drug kingpin Frank Lucas. After screening the film, JAY-Z was inspired to create, American Gangster, his first 'conceptual album' depicting the birth, rise and fall of a hustler.

To learn more about JAY-Z Nation please visit www.sirius.com.