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Country Superstars Toby Keith & Willie Nelson Join Welcome to Houston & Spirit of Texas Super Bowl Pregame Show. NEW YORK, Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ - Country music superstars Toby Keith and Willie Nelson will join Aerosmith for the Super Bowl XXXVIII pre-game show entitled "Welcome to Houston -- The Spirit of Texas" on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2004 at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas. Houston will be home to the Super Bowl for the second time in history, the first coming 30 years ago. The pre-game show will spotlight the musical talents, as well as the spirit, hospitality and unity of the great city of Houston and the state of Texas. Super Bowl XXXVIII will be televised by CBS to an expected 130 million viewers in the United States, and a potential worldwide audience of 1 billion viewers. The Super Bowl is annually the nation's highest-rated TV program and the most-watched single-day sporting event. Game time is 6 p.m. EST/5 p.m. CST/3 p.m. PST. Sunday, February 1st, 2004 marks the first anniversary of the loss of Columbia and her crew. The NFL will salute NASA and honor the seven Columbia crew members, who gave their lives in America's efforts to explore space. Crew members from the next Space Shuttle mission, STS-114, will join international star Josh Groban on the field as part of the NFL's salute to NASA as Groban sings his hit, "You Raise Me Up" joined by a local choir of 80 Houston high school singers prior to the national anthem. The pre-game show line-up features the talents of Aerosmith, Keith and Nelson. In addition to Groban, multi-dimensional superstar Beyonce Knowles, who hails from Houston, will perform the National Anthem. A Black Hawk helicopter fly-over by the 1st of the 149th Army Aviation Battalion stationed in Houston will follow the anthem. More than 1,500 local performers also will be a part of the show executive produced by Bob Best and produced by Michael T. Fiur. A Texas Joint Services Honor Guard from Camp Mabry in Austin will be part of the ceremonies. Keith dominated the country music scene in 2003 with two albums earning multi-platinum certification and a ranking as one of the top earning entertainers of the year. His current release, "Shock'n Y'all" was certified triple platinum and his previous album, "Unleashed" was quadruple platinum. The Los Angeles Times' list of top-earning entertainers ranked Keith as the top ranked country superstar at No. 4 with a combined album sales and concerts grossing $106.6 million for the year. Pollstar Magazine had Keith the second top ticket seller, second only to Bruce Springsteen. The American music icon Nelson, who has recorded more than 100 albums in his career, just keeps on rolling. A winner of eight Grammys, the Texas native Nelson was nominated for four more awards for this year's Grammy's. The 70-year-old Hall of Famer just kicked off an extensive U.S. concert tour of the east coast and southern states, which also includes a stop in Houston for the Super Bowl. His album along with Ray Price, "Run That By Me One More Time," was nominated as Best Country Album and three other nominations came from "Willie Live & Kickin'," an album that was recorded during his ratings-smashing USA Network Memorial Day cable television special, featuring performances from music's biggest superstars. Both artists are nominated for a Grammy in the Best Country Collaboration with Vocals category for their chart-topping single "Beer For My Horses." Keith is also credited for being a songwriter of the track with a nomination in the Best Country Song category.
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