New Figure Skating Special to air on NBC in December and Bravo in February

NBC Kurt Browning's Gotta Skate featuring Andrea Bocelli will air on December 18, 2005 (Sunday before Christmas) from 4PM - 6PM to over 7.5 million people. The show features songs from the new CD and will be re-broadcast on Bravo twice in February. Thursday February 2 (8:00 - 10PM) and Saturday February 4 (Noon - 2PM)

AMORE-album out January 31, 2006
The world's most romantic songs
sung by the world's most romantic voice
The gift of music

Romance. Passion. Emotion. These words are synonymous with the voice of Andrea Bocelli. Almost ten years ago he exploded onto the international music scene with Romanza and has since sold nearly 50 million albums worldwide. Amore - released amongst the glamour of the Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy (where he will perform at the closing ceremony) and the romance of Valentine's Day finds Andrea straying from the carefully groomed classical ground that he is most familiar with. The concept of the album came from famed producer and longtime Bocelli fan David Foster, along with co-producers Humberto Gatica and Tony Renis, who posed the question: Why not take the most beautiful love songs of the world and pair them with the most romantic voice in the world? The result is a flowingly beautiful album of pop standards that Foster has publicly claimed is "one of the most beautiful records I have ever been part of."

Amore unveils a fresh sensuous sound that gently moves Bocelli into new territory. Spanish guitars flourish, traditional Latin percussion seductively keeps the tempo, accordions and harmonicas provide charming melodies, while sometimes Andrea shares the spotlight with just a grand piano. Amore marks the only album David Foster has made outside of his Californian studio complex in two decades. This was also the most musically gratifying album to date for Andrea: "I've been presented with opportunities I once could only dream of, challenges I longed to confront and experiences I will cherish forever. But while recording this album I realized that now is the perfect moment to arrive at an album of this repertoire, with the perfect producers, the perfect musicians and the perfect selection of songs."

While creating the perfect track listing for Bocelli's first-ever album of popular songs, Andrea and his producers searched the musical eras from the1920's to1980's for songs in Italian, Spanish and French. Andrea also added some of his favorite international pop songs including the Italian classics "L'Appuntamento" and "Quando M'Innamoreo," Latin American hits "Besame Mucho" and "Solamente Una Vez" and the French standard "Les Feuille Mortes" which has become the much loved English standard "Autumn Leaves." "Solamente Una Vez" (a hit as "You Belong To My Heart" for stars including Elvis Presley and Bing Crosby) and "Somos Novios" (famously an English language hit as "It's Impossible" for Perry Como) are also highlights of the album.