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Pictured L-R: Bryan Bradley - Guitar Center, Susan Kittleson - Dell, Jay Pinkert - Dell, Kurt Kirsch - Dell, Billy Bob Thornton, Kristen Nolte - Dell, Michael Lambert - Dell, Alan Luecke - Dell, Michael Pantzer – Dell. Photo by Myriam Santos-Kayda.

Pictured L-R: Bryan Bradley - Guitar Center, Billy Bob Thornton, Susan Kittleson - Dell, Alan Luecke - Dell, Kristen Nolte – Dell. Photo by Myriam Santos-Kayda.

 

 

BILLY BOB THORNTON ROCKS THE DELL LOUNGE

— Dell chronicles a behind-the-scenes look at Billy Bob Thornton’s music career at www.delllounge.com

— VIP party with Guitar Center kicks off the latest wave in Dell’s engagement with the music industry through technology, partnerships and experiences —

At a VIP party at Capitol Studios in Hollywood, Dell announced a partnership with Guitar Center and introduced Billy Bob Thornton as the public face of the Dell Lounge. Fans of Billy Bob Thornton can participate in his passion for music online at the Dell Lounge – www.delllounge.com. For the next year, Dell Lounge online visitors can accompany Billy Bob on a multi-media journey as he records and produces his own music in a home studio powered by Dell.

The Dell Lounge is an interactive, experiential Web site offering exclusive content for a range of online communities, including music, gaming and entertainment.

“Billy Bob Thornton is a natural role model for the Dell Lounge and its community of fans and aspiring musicians,” said Susan Kittleson, director of global category marketing for Dell’s consumer business. “We are proud to partner with Billy Bob to bring his musical talents to life on the Dell Lounge, offering visitors around the world a rich experience of his music and the process of crafting it.”

Billy Bob Thornton has written, recorded and played music since learning drums at age 9. The most recent of his four solo albums, Beautiful Door, is currently in stores. Among his achievements is a performance on the GRAMMY® -winning album The Wind by Warren Zevon. He has also collaborated with artists such as Tim McGraw, Earl Scruggs, and Styx, as well as contributing vocals to the recently released June Carter Cash tribute album, Anchored in Love: A Tribute to June Carter Cash.

The year-long gig at the Dell Lounge was celebrated Tuesday evening, November 13, 2007, at a private event in Los Angeles marking the availability of Dell desktop and notebook products through Guitar Center. From avid amateurs to platinum-selling professionals, Guitar Center can now match Dell systems with music editing software and interface hardware in a comprehensive, one-stop solution designed to be simple to set up and use for anyone passionate about making music.

Guitar Center initially will be offering Dell™ Inspiron™ 1521 notebooks and Inspiron 531 desktops.


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Pictured L-R: Bryan Bradley - Guitar Center, Susan Kittleson - Dell, Jay Pinkert - Dell, Kurt Kirsch - Dell, Billy Bob Thornton, Kristen Nolte - Dell, Michael Lambert - Dell, Alan Luecke - Dell, Michael Pantzer – Dell. Photo by Myriam Santos-Kayda.

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Pictured L-R: Bryan Bradley - Guitar Center, Billy Bob Thornton, Susan Kittleson - Dell, Alan Luecke - Dell, Kristen Nolte – Dell. Photo by Myriam Santos-Kayda.


About Dell
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) listens to customers and delivers innovative technology and services they trust and value. Uniquely enabled by its direct business model, Dell is a leading global systems and services company and No. 34 on the Fortune 500. For more information, visit www.dell.com, or to communicate directly with Dell via a variety of online channels, go to www.dell.com/conversations. To get Dell news direct, visit www.dell.com/RSS.

About Guitar Center
Guitar Center is the leading United States retailer of guitars, amplifiers, percussion instruments, keyboards and pro-audio and recording equipment. Our retail store subsidiary presently operates more than 200 Guitar Center stores across the U.S. In addition, our Music & Arts division operates more than 100 stores specializing in band instruments for sale and rental, serving teachers, band directors, college professors and students. We are also the largest direct response retailer of musical instruments in the United States through our wholly owned subsidiary, Musician's Friend, Inc., and its catalog and Web site, www.musiciansfriend.com. More information on Guitar Center can be found by visiting the Company's Web site at www.guitarcenter.com.

The Guitar Center logo is a registered trademark of Guitar Center, Inc. Other brand or product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated.

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