NFL Bridges Generations in Super Bowl XXXIX Pregame Show

NFL Bridges Generations in Super Bowl XXXIX Pregame Show Icons and Legends Team for Memorable Performances Gretchen Wilson and Charlie Daniels Band; Black Eyed Peas and Earth, Wind and Fire; Alicia Keys to Perform 'America the Beautiful' Ray Charles Tribute and Kelly Clarkson and John Fogerty From NFL Tailgate Party NEW YORK, Jan. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The NFL will pair young icons and timeless legends from a variety of music genres and link fans of all ages in the "Bridging Generations" Super Bowl XXXIX pregame show on FOX Sunday, February 6 at ALLTEL Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, the NFL announced today. In addition, the NFL will honor current and former members of the military with a special salute and performance of the National Anthem. Details will be announced shortly. The pregame show and Ameriquest Mortgage Super Bowl XXXIX Halftime Show starring PAUL MCCARTNEY reflect the overall Super Bowl XXXIX theme of "Building Bridges," which represents both the Jacksonville landscape with its many bridges and the many ways the NFL unites communities and people of all ages around their passion for football and the Super Bowl. Country star GRETCHEN WILSON, who earned the 2004 Billboard Music Awards for both female country artist and new country artist of the year and is nominated for four Grammys, will team with the legendary CHARLIE DANIELS BAND, which has thrilled audiences for more than 40 years. BLACK EYED PEAS, who are nominated for four Grammys, including record of the year, will perform with EARTH, WIND AND FIRE, one of the world's most enduring and adored R&B groups. Grammy-award winning ALICIA KEYS will perform "America the Beautiful," in a special tribute to the legendary RAY CHARLES, who grew up near Jacksonville and passed away in June 2004. She will be accompanied on Charles' signature song by 150 members from the St. Augustine-based Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, which Charles attended in his youth and where he developed his passion for music. FOX also will bring viewers inside the NFL Tailgate Party where 2004 Grammy nominee and double platinum recording artist KELLY CLARKSON and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame great JOHN FOGERTY will be performing. Watched by a record 144.4 million viewers in the U.S. last year, the Super Bowl is annually the nation's highest-rated TV program and the most-watched single-day sporting event. Don Mischer Productions will produce the pregame show in addition to the Ameriquest Mortgage Super Bowl XXXIX Halftime Show. Kenny Ortega, who worked with Don Mischer Productions during the 1996 Summer and 2002 Winter Olympics, will serve as pregame show producer and field director. Source: NFL CONTACT: Brian McCarthy of the NFL, +1-212-450-2069, mccarthyb@nfl.com; or Steve Brener of Brener Zwikel & Associates, +1-818-344-6195, ext. 103, for the NFL; or Dan Bell of FOX, +1-310-497-7613 ------- Profile: International Entertainment