| California’s Own Saweetie to Join Star-Studded Lineup that Includesthe Jonas Brothers, Pitbull, Em Beihold and GAYLE at LA’s Banc of California Stadium |
| LOS ANGELES – Pre-registration is now open for the 2023 edition of AT&T Playoff Playlist Live!, slated for Saturday, January 7 and Sunday, January 8 at Los Angeles’ Banc of California Stadium leading up to the 2023 College Football Playoff (CFP) National Championship. The weekend’s initial needle-drop takes place on the AT&T Playoff Playlist Live! stage on Saturday, January 7 with performances by multi-platinum selling global superstars, the Jonas Brothers and platinum-selling Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter, Em Beihold. The music continues Sunday, January 8, with international superstar and GRAMMY®-award winner Pitbull and multi-platinum 2023 GRAMMY® nominee GAYLE. The CFP also announced today that California native GRAMMY® nominee Saweetie will join the Sunday, January 8 lineup. Gates at Banc of California Stadium for the free AT&T Playoff Playlist Live! concerts will open at 6 p.m. PT each day. Fans will need to pre-register for event tickets online beginning today (Friday, December 2). Access on the day of the concert will be on a first-come, first-served basis with your digital ticket. For more information, visit collegefootballplayoff.com/ppl. Additionally, AT&T will bring the show to fans at home and on-the-go with AT&T 5G Concert Lens – an interactive livestream experience. Using AT&T 5G connectivity, this feature will broadcast multiple camera angles simultaneously, allowing fans to select the vantage point from which they’ll watch the show. The concert will be streamed in the ESPN App. The 2023 College Football Playoff National Championship will take place on Monday, January 9 at 7:30 p.m. ET / 4:30 p.m. PT. The game will air live on ESPN. For additional information on the College Football Playoff, including AT&T Playoff Playlist Live! and the 2023 CFP National Championship, visit collegefootballplayoff.com. Join the social conversation by using the hashtags #CFBPlayoff and #ATTPlaylistLive. -#CFBPlayoff- About the College Football Playoff The College Football Playoff matches the No. 1 ranked team vs. No. 4, and No. 2 vs. No. 3 in semifinal games that rotate annually among six bowl games – the Goodyear Cotton Bowl, Vrbo Fiesta Bowl, Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, Capital One Orange Bowl, Allstate Sugar Bowl and Rose Bowl Game. This season’s Playoff Semifinals will take place Saturday, December 31, 2022 at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl and Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. The Los Angeles region will host the College Football Playoff National Championship on Monday, January 9, 2023, at SoFi Stadium. |
| ABOUT THE ARTISTS JONAS BROTHERS Jonas Brothers took the world by storm in 2019 with the release of their critically acclaimed single “Sucker” following a six-year hiatus. The triple-platinum single debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100, becoming the first #1 debut from a group this century. The band went on to release Chasing Happiness, an Amazon Original film along with their third #1 album, the platinum-selling Happiness Begins (Republic Records). The trio continued to soar with their sold-out “Happiness Begins Tour,” selling over 1.2 million tickets and garnering a bevy of awards, including three Billboard Music Awards, MTV VMA and iHeart Music Awards and a GRAMMY® nomination. Jonas Brothers only accelerated this momentum in 2021 with the 44-date REMEMBER THIS Tour. Earlier this year, it was announced that the Jonas Brothers will receive their own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2023, a testament the group’s enduring star-power. PITBULL Pitbull invites disruption globally as a GRAMMY®-winning independent international superstar, education advocate, business entrepreneur and motivational speaker. With countless awards, dozens of international #1’s, hundreds of gold and platinum certifications, millions of single sales, 25 million album sales, and over 15 Billion video views, one of the most impressive careers in music history set him to make true change. Pitbull helped establish Sports Leadership Arts and Management (SLAM!) tuition-free public charter schools across the country. Pitbull became the co-owner of NASCAR team [Team Trackhouse] in 2021. He returned to the road in 2022 with the sold out Can’t Stop Us Now Tour, packing arenas coast-to-coast. Pitbull has performed for millions worldwide and even joined forces with the legendary, Tony Robbins, for engagements around the globe. He maximizes his own creative, entrepreneurial and personal freedom, yet again, on his next long-awaited English album, coming soon. SAWEETIE Northern California-born and Los Angeles-based phenomenon Saweetie has served up a string of chart-shaking smashes, including the triple-platinum “My Type,” double-platinum “Best Friend” [feat. Doja Cat], platinum “Tap In” and “Icy Girl,” and gold “Back To The Streets” [feat. Jhené Aiko], tallying over 4 billion cumulative streams and counting thus far. In addition to taking home honors at the MTV VMA, NCAAP Image Awards, BET Hip-Hop Awards, and MTV EMA, she has earned two GRAMMY® Award nominations in the categories of “Best Rap Song” for “Best Friend” and “Best New Artist.” She’s lit up Saturday Night Live and turned up on Jimmy Kimmel LIVE!, The Late Late Show with James Corden and on the hit series Grown-ish in addition to hosting NETFLIX’s Sex: Unzipped. Saweetie levels up yet again with her 2022 The Single Life EP and Pretty Bitch Music album plotted for 2023. EM BEIHOLD Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist Em Beihold sprinkles sunny melodies over sadness, sowing the seeds for pensive and powerful pop. Her debut single “Numb Little Bug” has been certified gold by the RIAA, surpassing 926 million global streams and reaching the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100. Em climbed to #1 on Billboard’s Emerging Artists Chart, capturing #1 on the Spotify Global Viral 50 Chart and hitting #1 on the Hot AC Radio airplay chart. The official music video has over 20 million views and counting. Em recently released her debut EP Egg in the Backseat to critical acclaim with V Magazine commenting, “With her unapologetically quirky attitude and unmatched flair for writing lyrics that encapsulate the feelings of an entire generation, it’s easy to understand why Beihold has found herself in the spotlight—and furthermore why it won’t be dimming down anytime soon.” GAYLE 18-year-old singer/songwriter GAYLE’s incendiary debut EP a study of the human experience volume one (Atlantic Records/Arthouse Records) features her smash “abcdefu”: a triple-platinum anthem that held the #1 spot on Top 40 radio for three consecutive weeks, topped the Billboard Global 200 AND hit the top 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. a study of the human experience volume two is a powerful new EP that doubles down on its predecessor’s unapologetic truth-telling. GAYLE’s accolades include a recent GRAMMY nomination for “Song Of The Year,” appearing on Billboard’s “21 Under 21” list, and on Variety’s “Power of Young Hollywood Impact Report” for 2022. Praised for her magnetic live performances, GAYLE will open for Taylor Swift on 15 dates of her spring 2023 stadium tour. “If my music can help other people to make better sense of themselves, to come to terms with who they are and what they’re feeling, then that means the world to me.” |
