JO DEE MESSINA TO HELP RING IN CHRISTMAS SEASON AT ROCKEFELLER CENTER TREE-LIGHTING CEREMONY LIVE ON NBC-TV WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2;

STAR-STUDDED LINE-UP INCLUDES ROD STEWART, ROB THOMAS, THE MUPPETS, MICHAEL BUBLE, ARETHA FRANKLIN, ALICIA KEYS, BARRY MANILOW AND MORE

THEY WILL ALL JOIN IN THE HOLIDAY FUN TO LIGHT UP THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS CHRISTMAS TREE FOR NBC'S 12TH ANNUAL 'CHRISTMAS IN ROCKEFELLER CENTER' SPECIAL ON DECEMBER 2 (8-9 P.M. ET/PT)

Jane Krakowski ("30 Rock") and Zachary Levi ("Chuck") To Co-Host

NBC Universal and The Arbor Day Foundation Team Up to Add More Green to the 77th Annual Live Holiday Celebration with an Interactive Viewer Experience

Just three days before her own two Christmas shows in Nashville, multi-platinum country singer/songwriter JO DEE MESSINA will perform at Rockefeller Center in New York City for NBC-TV’s live tree lighting ceremony. The program--which airs from 8 to 9:00 PM (ET/PT)--features a stellar line-up including Rod Stewart, Rob Thomas, The Muppets, Michael Bublé, Aretha Franklin, Alicia Keys, Barry Manilow, The Roots, Shakira and NBC-TV’s Taylor Schilling and James Tupper (“Mercy”), Brian Williams (“NBC Nightly News”), Jane Krakowski (“30 Rock”) and Zachary Levy (“Chuck”). more!

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ALL PROCEEDS TO BENEFIT HARVEST HANDS

Multi-platinum country singer-songwriter JO DEE MESSINA has just announced she will add a matinee show December 5 from at 4:00 PM at Brentwood United Methodist Church to raise funds for Harvest Hands Community Development Corporation (CDC), a non-profit, faith-based organization in South Nashville.

JO DEE’s 7:00 PM show “sold out” with all 1800 free tickets claimed. The church and Harvest Hands subsequently received immediate inquiries as to whether more tickets would become available. JO DEE graciously agreed to another show with hopes to raise twice as much money for the organization. Tickets for the matinee show are available now free-of-charge at http://www.jodeemessina.com/tickets. Concert-goers are asked to donate a “love offering” for this incredible cause.

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With nine #1 singles to her name, country superstar Jo Dee Messina has the ability to raise lots of money and awareness for the biggest of charities — and she has, from St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital to the Special Olympics. But this Dec. 5, she's opening her heart and lending her talent to something smaller: Messina is throwing a concert in Nashville to aid a tiny church organization called Harvest Hands, a Community Development Corporation that's focused on improving the inner-city neighborhood of South Nashville in country music's capital.

"This concert is for the little guy!" Messina tells Tonic. "It's like the independent charity vs. the major-label charity," she adds with her big hearty laugh.

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DECEMBER 5 CHRISTMAS SHOW IN NASHVILLE TO BE STREAMED LIVE


This past Saturday night (11/14), over 140,000 fans tuned in to Ustream.com to chat with country star JO DEE MESSINA and see all the behind-the-scenes action at a stop on her “Music Room Series” tour in Southern California. Over the course of three hours, the 140,000 viewers were able to chat live with JO DEE, catch her and the band warming up, and tag along for the nightly fan meet and greet. As an added bonus, viewers got to walk with JO DEE and her band from the bus onto the stage and see portions of the show from a unique backstage perspective.

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Twitter users are use to seeing Jo Dee Messina's Tweets everyday telling what she is doing and sending twitpics of her day's discoveries. She has even let fans know when she was inspired to write a song and let them take a listen. She has taken them on a journey of recording that song waiting to see if will become a single and now that it will be a single the first of next year she has let her fans listen to the final mix before it even goes to radio.

It is no wonder fans have started nominating her for Mashable's 2009 Open Web awards as their pick of Best Musical Artist to Follow. Click on the Mashable logo above to cast your vote as well.