Angels and Airwaves to Perform Live on ESPN's New Year, No Limits: New Year's on ESPN Telecast

Robbie Maddison and Rhys Millen Training for Record-Setting Jumps

Rock band Angels and Airwaves will help usher in 2008 on New Year, No Limits: New Year's on ESPN Monday, Dec. 31, beginning at  approximately 11:15 p.m. ET following the network's coverage of the Chick-fil-A  Bowl (ESPN/ESPNHD). The band will perform their hit songs "Everything is  Magic" and "The Adventure" during the live, three-hour show from the  Rio All Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

The night will feature two Red Bull Experiments by motorsports stars  Robbie "Maddo" Maddison and Rhys Millen: a world-record motorcycle  jump the length of a football field (Maddison) and a never-before  executed back flip in an off-road racing truck (Millen). In addition,  the show will feature a music and video tribute to the late Evel  Knievel.

At the stroke of midnight Eastern Time following the telecast's  split-screen view of the Times Square ball drop, viewers will see  Maddison attempt his daring jump. Millen's feat will be performed at  midnight Pacific Time.  Co-hosted by ESPN commentators Joe Tessitore  and Mark Schlereth, with reporting by Jamie Little and Cam Steele,  New  Year, No Limits will examine the physics behind the feats, the  athletes performing them, and where they rank with other contemporary  athletes and accomplishments. In addition, the telecast will feature  high-end graphic imaging and provide the latest sports news via a  90-minute SportsCenter between jumps.

Training for the Experiments

Both Maddison and Millen have been conducting intense practice  sessions in preparation for their big night. Maddison will attempt to  jump the length of a football field with his motorcycle approaching  the take-off ramp at speeds topping 95 mph (click here for a video  clip). Millen will attempt the first-ever 360-degree back flip of an  off-road truck traveling some 50 feet high and 80 feet long (click  here for a video clip).  Both jumps will be presided over by  representatives of the Guinness Book of World Records.

Maddison said, "I've done so much to prepare for this jump.  The last  time I did a world record jump was 250 feet with a Hart attack  [trick].  And I practiced for a week for that one and now I'm  practicing for a month for this. So I'm feeling confident. I'm doing  everything I can to get over this as safely as possible."

Millen said, "Fifteen years of racing, rallying, drifting, off-  roading, Baja racing, in addition to my work with stunts, fills some  200 days a year - sliding, spinning, jumping cars.  When you've done  it all in a car effectively, what else do you do?  You tee up on a  ramp like this."