Beyonce to Meet With Houston Area Media as Superstar Returns Home for SRO Concert at Reliant Stadium, Thursday, March 15

Beyonce to Meet With Houston Area Media as Superstar Returns Home for SRO Concert at Reliant Stadium, Thursday, March 15

Press Call Scheduled for 12pm, Thursday, March 15, at House of Dereon Media

Center in Houston

Who: Music World/Columbia Records superstar Beyonce What: An exclusive Houston-area media press conference preceding Beyonce's homecoming concert performance at Reliant Stadium Where: House of Dereon Media Center, 1505 Hadley Street (enter via Crawford), Houston TX 77002 When: Thursday, March 15, 12:45pm -- MEDIA CALL: 12pm

International superstar and cultural icon Beyonce is returning home to Houston, Texas, for an SRO performance as part of the 2007 RodeoHouston(TM) concert series (www.rodeohouston.com) on Thursday, March 15.

Prior to her Houston performance, Beyonce will hold a rare hometown press conference for Houston-area media at the House of Dereon Media Center (1505 Hadley Street, Houston TX 77002) at 12:45pm on March 15. The Media Call for Beyonce's press conference is 12pm. Parking is available on surrounding streets. After parking, press should enter the House of Dereon Media Center through the gate on Crawford.

Beyonce's RodeoHouston(TM) performance will give her Houston-area fans a peek at the spectacular on-stage shows planned for her upcoming 2007 world tour.

News of Beyonce's Houston press conference follows the recent announcement of the impending release of B'DAY Deluxe Edition, an expanded two-CD edition of the pop icon's best-selling Grammy-winning solo album, on Tuesday, April 3. The original edition of B'Day took home this year's Grammy for Best Contemporary R&B Album, bringing Beyonce's lifetime Grammy total up to 10 (seven as a solo artist and three won with Destiny's Child). Certified RIAA double platinum in the U.S., B'Day has sold more than 3.5 million copies around the world while peaking at #1 on Billboard's Top 200, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and U.S. Internet album charts.

Beyonce may currently be seen starring with Jamie Foxx, Eddie Murphy, and Jennifer Hudson in the Oscar and Golden Globe winning Dreamworks and Paramount Pictures film "Dreamgirls."

Beyonce became one of the most widely-recognized and highly-respected women in pop culture as a founding member of Destiny's Child, the top-selling female group of all time (according to the 2005 World Music Awards).

For more information, please contact Yvette Noel-Schure, Columbia Records, Media, New York, 212-833-4483; email: Yvette.Noel-Schure@sonybmg.com

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PRNewswire -- March 13

Source: Music World/Columbia Records

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