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August 31, 2005
Gay.com and Club Channel 1 join forces to roll out "Come Together Across America" tour at 40 venues this fall
LOS ANGELES (Aug. 31, 2005): Club Channel 1 announced details today on their partnership with Gay.com to roll out the "Come Together Across America" tour this fall. Forty events in Club Channel 1 bars and clubs will host this party tour hitting cities coast-to-coast, beginning in September 2005 and continuing through November 2005. A complete tour itinerary, wrap-up information and pictures from the bars and clubs will be featured on Gay.com after each event.
Chi Chi LaRue's club video entertainment program, Club Channel 1, is shipping 40 promotional packages to bars and clubs in the Club Channel 1 network. The packages will include gift bag items and giveaways from the sponsors of the tour. Falcon and All Worlds Studios models will also be appearing at select events.
We're proud to team up with Gay.com and promote their "Come Together" campaign, said legendary film director Chi Chi LaRue of Channel 1 Releasing. Gay.com always knows how to push the right buttons with their brilliant marketing campaigns. Their Come Together campaign ads and billboards were are both thought -provoking and downright hot. We're taking inspiration from that campaign directly into bars and clubs, setting the stage for a great time."
Gay.com's popular Web site will feature party pages to list and promote all the stops along the party tour. Visitors to the site will be able to register for each event, see who else has registered to attend, and invite their friends. New and existing Gay.com members can also sign up to receive gift bags and enter to win door prizes at each event. Updated regularly after each event, the Gay.com party pages will feature a wrap up report, including photos, guest comments, contest winners and stories about each party.
When we initially thought of the idea of bringing the Come Together campaign directly to consumers in live events around the country, there was no other option than to have Club Channel 1 produce the events, said Sean O'Brien, director, affiliate sales for PlanetOut, Inc. They have been producing events and working directly with over 1000 bars and clubs throughout the United States for over four years. No one else has that kind of extensive database and could pull off a campaign this large.
With members in more than 100 countries and services in English, French, German, Italian and Portuguese, Gay.com offers the most extensive network to connect the gay community globally, including the world's largest gay personals section with more than 3.5 million active members and growing. Premium personals, chat, engaging content, shopping guides and community services have made Gay.com one of the largest gay online communities in the world.
Sponsors of Gay.com "Come Together Across America" tour are as follows:
Presenting Sponsor:
TLAvideo.com
Platinum Sponsors:
Unzipped
Cybersocket
Gold Sponsors:
Falcon Studios
RandyBlue.com
LiveAndRaw.com
Silver Sponsors:
MaleBoxDVD.com
CircleJerkBoys.com
GlobalMalePass.com
SexSearch.com
DontPanic.com
Bronze Sponsors:
All Worlds Video
PerfectGuyz.com
The tour will kick off with an exclusive, invitation-only VIP party Sept. 9 at 111 Minna in San Francisco, from 9 p.m. until 2 a.m. The event features appearances from Falcon Studios Exclusives Roman Heart, Erik Rhodes Tyler Marks, Derrick Vineyard and Lifetime Exclusive Matthew Rush, there to promote their yearly two-part destination film "Cross Country". Also of note: celebrity guest DJ Juanita MORE! ; open bar hosted by RandyBlue.com; gift bags/giveaways; and, local celebrities and event sponsors.
The nationwide "Come Together Across America" parties begin on Sept. 10 at AXIS in Columbus, Ohio and continue throughout November. The full list of tour dates and venues (as of Aug. 25) includes:
Friday, Sept. 9 111 Minna (VIP Kick-off party), San Francisco, CA
Sat., Sept. 10 AXIS, Columbus, OH
Sat. Sept. 17 Pittsburgh Eagle, Pittsburgh, PA
Sat., Sept. 17 Heaven, New York, NY (18 and over)
Fri., Sept. 23 Troopers, Mobile, AL
Sat. Sept. 24 Pure, Philadelphia, PA
Tues., Sept. 27 Rim job @ MJ's, Silverlake, CA
Wed, Sept. 28 Hunters, Elk Grove Village, IL
Fri., Sept 30 Hula's, Honolulu, HI
Sat., Oct. 1 Bourbon St., New Orleans, LA
Fri., Oct. 7 Station 4, Dallas, TX
Sat., Oct. 8 Charlie's, Austin, TX
Sat., Oct. 8 Club Pulse, Long Beach, CA
Sat. Oct. 8 Temple Nightclub, Tampa, FL
Sun., Oct. 9 Diesel/Chris Harris Presents, Providence, RI
Wed, Oct. 12 Club Heat, Sarasota, FL
Fri., Oct. 14 Faces on Fourth St., E. St. Louis, IL
Sat., Oct. 15 Krave, Las Vegas, NV
Fri., Oct. 21 Club Cosmos, Topeka, KS
Fri., Oct. 21 Hunter's, Palm Springs, CA
Sat., Oct. 22 NV, Kansas City, MO
Sat., Oct. 22 Boom, Milwaukee, WI
Wed., Oct. 26 Bojangles, Sacramento,CA(18+)
Thurs., Oct. 27 Bacchus House, San Diego, CA
Fri., Oct. 28 The Blazing Saddle, Des Moines, IA
Sat., Oct. 29 Pulse, Orlando, FL
Fri., Nov. 4 Club5, Madison, WI (18+)
Fri., Nov. 4 Masque, Dayton, OH
Sat., Nov. 5 George's Place, Baton Rouge, LA
Sat., Nov. 5 Vice Versa, Morgantown, WV
Fri., Nov. 11 Fubar, West Hollywood, CA
Fri., Nov. 11 Carl's Pub, Reno, NV
Sat., Nov. 12 South Beach, Houston, TX
Thurs., Nov. 17 Twist, Miami Beach, FL
Sat. Nov. 19 Insomnia, Huntsville, AL
Wed., Nov. 23 Luxe, Levittown, NY (18 and over)
Fri., Nov. 25 BOLT, Minneapolis, MN
Wed. Nov. 30 Omega DC, Washington, DC
Local Event Details
DJ David Knapp will be appearing at Pulse in Orlando with an open bar hosted by Stoli Flavors. Masque in Dayton, Ohio, will feature Falcon Model Ban Bradley. Pure in Philadelphia will host special guest DJ Randy Bettis. "American Idol" and Curb Records recording artist Kimberley Locke will make an appearance at Krave in Las Vegas. DJ Boy George will take over spinning duties at Diesel in Providence, R.I. An All Worlds Video Porn Star will appear at Bacchus House in San Diego with All Worlds Video Director and Female Impersonator Co Co Lachine. Directrix Chi Chi LaRue will man the turntables in Silverlake for "Rim Job" at MJ's. Faces on Fourth Street has Chicago DJ Greg Drescher (Hydrate). The Philadelphia Eagle will host a private pre-party from 9 p.m. until 11 p.m. with special giveaways. All Worlds and Falcon Studios models will also appear at events in Kansas City, Mo.; Topeka, Kan.; West Hollywood, Calif., Morgantown, W.V.; Miami Beach, Fla.; Tampa; and, St. Louis.
About PlanetOut Inc. and Gay.com
PlanetOut Inc. (Nasdaq: LGBT) is a leading global online media company offering consumer services, news and entertainment to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. The company serves the worldwide LGBT audience through a comprehensive group of branded businesses featuring diverse chat, news, entertainment, travel, dating, personal finance, career, shopping and community services at Gay.com, PlanetOut.com, Kleptomaniac.com and OUT&ABOUT Travel. PlanetOut, based in San Francisco, offers FORTUNE 1000 advertisers access to what it believes to be the most extensive network of gay and lesbian people in the world. Gay.com consistently ranks in the top five, among all Web sites measured, for average time spent at home online per visitor in the U.S., according to Nielsen//NetRatings' Loyalty Stickiness Report.
About Channel 1 Releasing
Channel 1 Releasing's award winning brands also include LiveandRaw.com, LiveandRaw1On1.com, and Chi Chi LaRue's ColleXXXion, a novelty line distributed by Topco Sales. For more information about Channel 1 Releasing, visit Channel1Releasing.com.
Posted by Jeremy at August 31, 2005 10:23 PM
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