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New York, NY - Jive recording artist Justin Timberlake’s upcoming 2007 FutureSex/LoveShow, has added 30 international dates and will kick off in Belfast, Ireland at the Odyssey on April 24th. 

Additional countries that have been announced are England, Scotland, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and the Netherlands.

Following up on his sold out and critically well received SexyBack Live Listening Sessions in London,  Paris and Amsterdam where he introduced the #1 album FutureSex/LoveSounds; Justin Timberlake is gearing up to return to arenas in the UK and Europe.  Justin Timberlake accompanied by a 14 piece band and back up dancers will perform in the round, bringing the intimate mood of his acclaimed Live Listening Sessions into the arena setting and essentially making every seat a great seat and creating the ultimate 360° multi-media viewing experience.  All the latest tour information can be found at www.JustinTimberlakeFanClub.com.

On-sale dates will be announced locally in each market and dates for the complete worldwide tour will be announced shortly.

Justin Timberlake Fan Club members will be part of an exclusive pre-sale and will be able to purchase tickets for the UK and European dates from 1pm (GMT) on Friday October 27th.

Confirmed shows and dates are as follows:

July 4, 5 & 7  London, England   The O2

*All dates are subject to change.

The 4 million worldwide selling album, FutureSex/LoveSounds co-written and co-produced by Justin Timberlake, hit #1 on the Billboard charts in the U.S., United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland, Australia, Singapore, Korea, and Malaysia and broke all digital album sales records. The smash single “SexyBack” featuring Timbaland was co-produced and co-written by Justin Timberlake and the 2nd single “My Love” featuring T.I. is already top 5 at radio airplay in the U.S.  This makes Justin Timberlake the first male artist since the Nielson ratings began tracking airplay in 1993 to have 2 singles simultaneously in the American top 5 radio airplay charts.  Additional producers on the album include JAWBreakers, Timbaland and Rick Rubin.

Overseas “SexyBack” reached at #1 on both the Billboard European Singles Chart and the Nielsen MusicControl European Airplay Hit 100.  “My Love” which hit radio a few weeks ago has been reported as the #1 most added in Germany and several other European markets. The video debuted on Pro7 (Germany) and ITV2 (UK) in prime time slots.  Online it debuted to over 1 million hits on MSN UK alone. And in the UK this week, the video leaps #87 to #1 on the TV airplay chart.

Scheduled upcoming appearances by Justin Timberlake include ITV’s Parkinson, October 26th, hosting and performing at MTV’s European Video Music Awards, November 2nd, “Wetten Dass…?,” November 4th, and Canal Plus’s La Grand Journal on November 6th.

The announcement will be communicated via a bespoke outdoor campaign created by AEG Live with media including 48 sheet posters, bus side and phone box advertising appearing around the capital from today. This will be supplemented by a print campaign with further information including UK tour dates, on-sale date and ticket prices from November 2006 booked through media agency Sold Out.

Rob Hallett, Senior Vice President at AEG Live, commented: "we are excited to be able to present Justin's London concerts at Europe's only true 21st century building. With his centre stage in the round show, The O2 is ideally suited to give his fans the night of their lives!"

The O2 is operated by AEG Europe and its Chief Marketing Officer, Lesley Saville commented: "we are ecstatic to welcome Justin as our first act to go on sale at The O2. We have been working hard to realise our vision for The O2, and so it’s great to now for promoters to be able to tell consumers about the quality of artists they will be able to enjoy at our state of the art arena."

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