April 5, 2005

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Tribeca Film Festival presents The ASCAP Music Lounge, hosted by Apple and Budweiser. ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers) is pleased to announce the artist line-up for the Music Lounge featuring three days of live performances by established, emerging and indie artists.

New to the festival this year, The ASCAP Music Lounge will feature performances by Nic Armstrong & The Thieves, Paul Buchanan, Shawn Colvin, Ivy, Ben Jelen, Damien Rice, John Trudell, and Suzanne Vega. The lounge will be open to festival badge holders from April 27 - April 29 from 2:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. at the Knitting Factory, Tap Room, 74 Leonard Street in Tribeca.

The ASCAP Music Lounge is dedicated to showcasing the exceptional talent of new, top names and emerging artists, and is a place where independent filmmakers can meet and interact with film composers and songwriters to encourage collaboration amongst all of these talents.

The artist line-up and schedule for the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival ASCAP Music Lounge is:

Wednesday, April 27
3:00 pm: John Trudell
3:40 pm: Ben Jelen
4:20 pm: Damien Rice
5:00 pm: Suzanne Vega

Thursday, April 28
3:00 pm: John Trudell
3:40 pm: Paul Buchanan
4:20 pm: Suzanne Vega
5:15 pm: Ivy

Friday, April 29
3:00 pm: Ben Jelen
3:40 pm: Nic Armstrong & the Thieves
4:20 pm: Paul Buchanan
5:00 pm: Shawn Colvin

Click here for bios and photos of the performing artists.

Festival packages and passes are currently available to the public. Individual tickets for film screenings, panel discussions and other events will be on sale April 3 to American Express Cardmembers and on April 10 to the public. For more information on the Tribeca Film Festival and to purchase tickets, the public should visit the Tribeca Film Festival website at www.tribecafilmfestival.org.

The Tribeca Film Festival was founded in 2002 by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff in response to the attacks on the World Trade Center. Now in its fourth year, the Festival's mission is to promote New York City as the world's independent film capital and to foster the economic and cultural revitalization of Lower Manhattan through an annual celebration of film, music and culture. The first three festivals attracted nearly 1 million visitors and created in excess of $125 million in economic activity for Lower Manhattan.

American Express is the Founding Sponsor of the Tribeca Film Festival. Part of a multi-year relationship, the sponsorship demonstrates American Express' dedication to the goals of the Festival and the revitalization of lower Manhattan.
The Tribeca Film Festival is pleased to announce the return of their Signature Sponsors: Anheuser-Busch, General Motors, Prada, WNBC, Delta Air Lines, The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, The New York Times, The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Vanity Fair, Bloomberg LP, Regal Entertainment Group, and Sony Electronics. The Festival is also honored to welcome the following new sponsors to the Tribeca Film Festival: Apple, Nokia, Dewar's 12 and the Tribeca Grand Hotel.


For information about media credentials please contact Lane Keough at (212) 843-9359 or email your request to Festival@rubenstein.com.

About ASCAP
Established in 1914, ASCAP is the first and leading Performing Rights Organization in the U.S., representing the world's largest repertory which totals over 8 million copyrighted musical works of every style and genre from more than 200,000 composer, lyricist and music publisher members. Additionally, ASCAP represents the works in the repertories of 70 affiliated foreign performing rights organizations created by many thousand affiliated international members. ASCAP is committed to protecting the rights of its members by licensing and collecting royalties for the public performance of their copyrighted works, and then distributing these fees to the Society's members based on performances. Unlike the other American Performing Rights Organizations, ASCAP's Board of Directors is made up solely of writers and publishers, elected by the membership every two years.

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