'Today' Show Announces Summer Lineup
Fri, 03 Apr 2009 10:40:06
NBC's Today show has announced the lineup for its 14th annual summer concert series. The first come, first serve events happen early in the morning outside the Today studio, beginning on May 1 with No Doubt. Other artists set to perform throughout the coming months include Dave Matthews Band, All-American Rejects, Rascal Flatts and Fall Out Boy.
"This will be our third time so its old hat to us," Tyson Ritter, All-American Rejects' vocalist/bassist, told Billboard.com. "I guess they know four boys from Oklahoma aren't really going to make that much trouble at five in the morning."
"It's an honor," Flo Rida said about his Today show debut. "I'm getting goosebumps just even thinking about it. I always do something real big every time I get on TV, but since this is my first time on Today I definitely have to set the mark very high."
The 2009 "Toyota Concert Series on Today" lineup is:
May 1: No Doubt
May 8: New Kids On The Block & Special Guest
May 15: Jennifer Hudson
May 22: Fall Out Boy
May 29: Taylor Swift
June 5: The Dave Matthews Band
June 12: Black Eyed Peas
June 19: Jonas Brothers
June 26: The Fray
July 3: Rob Thomas
July 10: Rascal Flatts
July 17: The All American Rejects
July 24: Katy Perry
July 31: Kings of Leon
Aug 7: Jason Mraz
Aug 14: Flo Rida
Aug 21: Natasha Bedingfield
Aug 28: TBA
—The ARTISTdirect Staff
04.03.09














