Gym Class Heroes Scheduled to Perform At Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg;
XM Satellite Radio Presents Popular Hip-Hop Artists in Concert, Sunday, April 6

ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. (March 5, 2008) --- Gym Class Heroes, winners of the Best New Artist at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards, will bring its unique brand of hip-hop to the 2008 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. XM Satellite Radio will present the popular band in concert on Sunday, April 6, prior to the start of the 2008 Honda Indy St. Pete.
     The Gym Class Heroes concert will start at approximately 12 p.m. and will take place on the XM Stage in the Honda Plaza, located inside the race circuit adjacent to the Mahaffey Theater.  The concert is included in the race day ticket for Sunday, April 6.  Tickets for Sunday range from $40 for general admission tickets to $80 for prime reserved grandstand seats and are available at all Ticketmaster ticket centers.   
     Rightly recognized as true pioneers of live hip-hop, the Geneva, New York-based band has won popular and critical acclaim for its genre-busting jams that seamlessly meld rap, rock, R&B, and anything else that happens to strike the musically voracious outfit's fancy.   The band recently released “AS CRUEL AS SCHOOL CHILDREN,” its first project for Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen.  The album was produced by S*A*M (aka Sam Hollander, hailed for his collaborations with Method Man, the Sounds, and Earth, Wind & Fire) and Sluggo (the alter-ego of renowned session bassist Dave Katz, known for his work with Roger Daltrey) and co-produced by Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy.  The band was nominated for two MTV Video Music Awards in 2007, Best Group and Best New Artist.
     “Our music is rooted in hip-hop, but not restricted to it,” Gym Class Heroes frontman Travis McCoy says, “We play for fans of all kinds of music - from jam band to death metal to punk to hip-hop, and we're thrilled to perform for race fans today in St. Petersburg.”
     “XM proudly delivers the best of motorsports and music to open-wheel race fans around the country,” said Jeff Curry, vice president, automotive marketing, XM. “Racing and music lovers unable to make it to the track can also experience all that XM Radio has to offer in cars, at home or in the office.”

     The Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, the first street-circuit race on the 2008 IndyCar Series schedule, will be run on a 1.8-mile, 14-turn course through the streets of St. Petersburg on Sunday, April 6.  Qualifying and practice sessions will be held Friday, April 4 and Saturday, April 5.  The second running of the Acura Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg on the American Le Mans Series gets under way at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 5. 
 XM, the nation's leading satellite radio service, will is the official satellite radio network of the Indy Racing League (IRL) by broadcasting the GAINSCO Auto Insurance Indy 300, the IRL IndyCar® Series' 2008 season opener. The race will be broadcast live on XM's IndyCar Series Racing channel (XM 145) from the Homestead-Miami Speedway on Saturday, March 29. XM Satellite Radio is the exclusive home to racing's biggest stars.
     For more information or to purchase tickets contact the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg box office at (727) 898-INDY or online at www.gpstpete.com or visit Ticketmaster online at www.ticketmaster.com.
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