Charlie Lico Joins Inpop Records/1-2-3 Entertainment; Lico, Wes Campbell and Peter Furler Partner in New Creative Venture.

Entertainment Editors

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 3, 2003

Charlie Lico, a 25-year veteran entertainment executive, has joined Inpop Records and has co-founded 1-2-3 Entertainment as partner and CEO of the company.

Lico, along with partners Wes Campbell and Newsboys frontman Peter Furler, will oversee the growth and direction for Inpop Records, while developing new facets of the company focused on music marketing, touring, live events and music publishing.

"Charlie Lico has been a leader and visionary both here in Nashville and in Los Angeles for many years," said Inpop Records President and Founder Wes Campbell. "His management expertise and wide range of experience will enable Inpop to deepen focus on artist development and provide many new related opportunities for our artists."

Lico most recently operated CL Entertainment Inc., a diversified artist development, management and representation agency in Franklin, Tenn. Under CL Entertainment (CLE), Lico created and implemented unique marketing concepts for major events such as the National Football League's Super Bowl Pregame and Halftime shows, served as executive producer for the record breaking "Saturn Homecoming" event at the company's headquarters in Spring Hill, Tenn., and represented artists such as Tanya Tucker, DC Talk, Bill Miller, CeCe Winans and others. Prior to CLE, Lico founded and led Pioneer Music Group, the recorded music subsidiary of Pioneer Electronics Inc. In addition, Lico functioned as an instrumental part of a team which led the rebirth of Liberty Records and the acquisition of Sparrow and Star Song Records by EMI. Most recently, Lico functioned as a consultant for Universal Music's signing of best-selling rock group Pillar.

"It's a privilege to partner with Wes and Peter in such an exciting venture. The team at Inpop has already made an immediate impact on the Christian music industry," states Lico. "There's a lot of uncertainty in the music business as a whole right now. Our vision for Inpop Records and 1-2-3 Entertainment is to use our combined resources from several different areas of the entertainment business, from music marketing to touring to live events and publishing, and to quickly adapt to the ever-changing business environment. We believe 1-2-3 Entertainment has the combined resources to create new opportunities for artists that are a part of Inpop Records and involved with 123 Entertainment as well as artists who are recording for other labels."

Founded in 1999, Franklin, Tenn.-based Inpop Records is home to a variety of recording artists including Superchic(k), Petra, Phil Joel, Shane Barnard and Shane Everett, Go Fish, Bob Smiley, Anthem and Tree 63. Inpop is part of 1-2-3 Entertainment whose businesses include recording, live event production, management and music publishing.

For more information on Inpop Records, visit www.inpop.com.