NEW YORK, Dec. 23, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- SIRIUS XM Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI) announced today that it will celebrate the new year with a wide-ranging lineup of live concerts, special performances, exclusive DJ sets, a special New Year's Eve music channel and various year-end countdowns.

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SIRIUS XM will broadcast Eminem's sold-out "Home & Home" concert, recorded live at Comerica Park in the rap legend's hometown, Detroit, MI, exclusively on his SIRIUS XM channel, Shade 45, SIRIUS channel 45 and XM channel 66. The highly acclaimed concert features appearances by 50 Cent, Drake, B.O.B. and Dr. Dre. The concert will air on Friday, December 31 at 8:00 pm ET.

Listeners will also hear a special encore broadcast of Paul McCartney's performance from the world famous Apollo Theater from December 13. The concert, which celebrated SIRIUS XM reaching 20 million subscribers, was broadcast live on six SIRIUS XM channels. The special encore broadcast will air on The Bridge, SIRIUS channel 33 and XM channel 27, on Friday, December 31 at 9:00 pm ET.

SIRIUS XM listeners will hear live concert broadcasts from all over the country featuring an eclectic lineup of world-class talent, including Furthur's concert from Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, CA; The Disco Biscuits' concert from the Tower Theatre in Philadelphia, PA; Southside Johnny at Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, NJ; Patti Smith at Bowery Ballroom in New York City, NY; The Avett Brothers' at Ashville Civic Center in Asheville, NC; Phil Vassar's concert from downtown Nashville, TN; Drive By Truckers' concert from Terminal 5 in New York, NY; Pitbull's concert from House of Blues in Las Vegas, NV; and Little Feat's concert at the Keswick Theatre in Glenside, PA.

SIRIUS XM listeners will also hear broadcasts of historic and special concerts by Bruce Springsteen, Willie Nelson, Frank Sinatra, David Bowie, Flaming Lips, Jack Johnson, Phoenix, Bachman & Turner, Peter Noone, Gerald Albright and Vampire Weekend.

Internationally-renowned DJ Paul Oakenfold will spin live from Rain in Las Vegas and Swedish House Mafia's Steve Angello will DJ live from Roseland in New York, NY. In addition, listeners will hear DJ sets by Paul van Dyk, Armin van Buuren, Swedish House Mafia's Axwell, as well as a special presentation of Tim Berg presents "Avicii LEV7LS" on New Year's Eve. The DJ sets will air on Electric Area, SIRIUS channel 38 and XM channel 80.

Real Jazz, SIRIUS channel 72 and XM channel 70, presents NPR's 30th "Toast of the Nation" featuring live jazz, coast to coast, with performances from Dianne Reeves, Lionel Loueke Trio, Jon Faddis Jazz Orchestra with Nnenna Freelon, Jimmy Heath, Cyrus Chestnut, Nicholas Payton and Benny Green.

Metropolitan Opera Radio, SIRIUS channel 78 and XM channel 79, will present a live broadcast of the new production premiere Verdi's:  La Traviata.

SIRIUS XM's New Year's Nation channel, SIRIUS channel 3 and XM channel 23, is custom-created to serve as the ultimate soundtrack to New Year's Eve parties around the country and will feature the biggest, upbeat party hits from genres across SIRIUS XM's music platform. The channel will launch on Friday, December 31 at 12:00 pm ET and will air through Saturday, January 1 at 11:59 pm ET.

SIRIUS XM's various decades and wide-ranging genre channels will each offer special New Year's Eve programming, including countdowns, the best of in-studio performances, interviews and more.

For more information, please visit www.sirius.com or www.xmradio.com.

About SIRIUS XM Radio

SIRIUS XM is America's satellite radio company, broadcasting more than 135 channels of commercial-free music, and premier sports, news, talk, entertainment, traffic, weather, and data services to more than 20 million subscribers in cars, trucks, boats and aircraft, and through a wide range of mobile devices.

SIRIUS XM offers an array of content from some of the biggest names in entertainment, as well as from professional sports leagues, major colleges, and national news and talk providers. SIRIUS XM programming is also available at sirius.com and xmradio.com, and on Apple iPhone and iPod touch, BlackBerry and Android-powered mobile devices using the SIRIUS XM Premium Online App.

SIRIUS XM has arrangements with every major automaker and its radio products are available at retail locations nationwide, as well as shop.sirius.com and shop.xmradio.com.

This communication contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements about future financial and operating results, the combined company's plans, objectives, expectations and intentions with respect to future operations, products and services; and other statements identified by words such as "will likely result," "are expected to," "will continue," "is anticipated," "estimated," "intend," "plan,"  "projection," "outlook" or words of similar meaning.  Such forward-looking statements are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of SIRIUS XM's management and are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are difficult to predict and generally beyond the control of SIRIUS and XM.  Actual results may differ materially from the results anticipated in these forward-looking statements. 

The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from the anticipated results or other expectations expressed in the forward-looking statement:  our dependence upon automakers and other third parties, the substantial indebtedness of SIRIUS and XM; the useful life of our satellites; and our competitive position versus other forms of audio and video entertainment.  Additional factors that could cause SIRIUS' and XM's results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements can be found in SIRIUS' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ending September 30, 2010 and  XM's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ending September 30, 2010, which are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and available at the SEC's Internet site (http://www.sec.gov).  The information set forth herein speaks only as of the date hereof, and SIRIUS and XM disclaim any intention or obligation to update any forward looking statements as a result of developments occurring after the date of this communication.

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