Bruce Springsteen's Holiday Show Performances to Air on SIRIUS XM's E Street Radio New Year's Day

NEW YORK, Dec. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SIRIUS XM Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI) will air Bruce Springsteen's special holiday show performances from December 2001 on E Street Radio, the exclusive and commercial-free channel dedicated to the music of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. The performances will air on New Year's Day, January 1 at 3:00 pm ET on E Street Radio SIRIUS channel 10 and XM channel 58.

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From 2000 to 20004 Bruce Springsteen played a number of holiday shows to benefit Asbury Park local area charities. The performances include various members of the "E Street family" performing a wide range of songs, including some of the band's favorite holiday tunes.

SIRIUS XM's E Street Radio will broadcast the performance from the December 7 and December 8, 2001 shows featuring Bruce and members of the E Street Band. Special guests include Max Weinberg, Southside Johnny, The Miami Horns, Bruce Hornsby, Garland Jeffreys and a special duet with Elvis Costello and Bruce of "Alison (My Aim Is True)."

The December 7, 2001 performance will air at 3:00 pm ET and the December 8, 2001 performance will air immediately after, approximately at 6:00 pm ET on E Street Radio SIRIUS channel 10 and XM channel 58.

The special performances will air following the 12:00 pm ET replay of the previous night's live airing of Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes New Year's Eve 2008/2009 performance at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, New Jersey.

SIRIUS XM recently extended the run of E Street Radio through mid-2009. This is the second time SIRIUS XM has extended the popular music channel's limited run. SIRIUS XM listeners have unprecedented access to all the music of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, including exclusive concert broadcasts, rare archival recordings as well as insider reports and breaking news.

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

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Released December 29, 2008