ADVISORY/Photo Opportunity: Lee Ann Womack Appears At Sam Goody Central; Country Music Star Slated to Perform and Autograph Copies of Her New Album `Something Worth Leaving Behind'.

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ADVISORY...for Saturday (Aug. 31)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

    WHAT: Country music star Lee Ann Womack is slated to appear at Sam
        Goody Central on Saturday, August 31, where she will perform
        and autograph copies of her new album, Something Worth Leaving
        Behind.

    WHO: Born in Jacksonville, Texas, Lee Ann Womack became infatuated
        with music at an early age. In 1990 she settled in Nashville
        where she began performing her own showcase concerts and
        singing on songwriting demos.

        In 1995 she was spotted by Tree Publishing at one of her
        showcases and was signed as a permanent staff writer. By 1997,
        Womack released her self-titled, debut album. Shortly after
        its release the album reached platinum status.

        In  1998, Womack was awarded CMA's Vocalist of the Year award
        after her second album release, Something's I Know. I Hope You
        Dance was released in 2000 and gave Womack the opportunity to
        sing at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony and the Orange Bowl.

        Something Worth Leaving Behind will be released nationally on
        August 20, and contains hit singles "Something Worth Leaving
        Behind" and "When You Gonna Run To Me."

    WHEN: Saturday, August 31, at 2:00 p.m.

    WHERE: Sam Goody Central
           Mall of America
           Bloomington, Minn.