|
Five For Fighting On 'Sports Illustrated' Awards
12/15/2001 10:00 AM, Yahoo! Music
Kastle
(12/15/01, 10 a.m. ET) -- Five For Fighting performed at Sports Illustrated's Night Of Champions earlier this month, which was pre-taped for a television special that airs Saturday night (December 15) on NBC. The band, led by singer/songwriter John Ondrasik, performed "Superman (It's Not Easy)," from its album America Town.
Ondrasik told LAUNCH the event was one of the highlights of the year for him. "We just did the Sports Illustrated awards, and after we played 'Superman' I look out and there's Magic Johnson crying. You know, we rubbed elbows with Ali."
Five For Fighting has a sports connection--its name comes from hockey terminology. Five minutes for fighting is the penalty a player gets for throwing punches.
The band is currently on a radio festival tour.
-- Darren Davis, New York
For more news at LAUNCH, click here.
Got news tips, comments, or questions? Send them to launchnews@yahoo.com.
|
