O-Town Singer To Tie The Knot
 
(10/17/02, 5 p.m. ET) -- O-Town singer Jacob Underwood will marry his high school sweetheart at a private ceremony 
in San Diego, California before the end of October. In addition to his imminent nuptials, the groom has been very 
busy this month promoting his group's sophomore J Records album, O2, which—after several delays--will finally 
come out November 12.
 
 
LAUNCH asked Underwood if he's ready for both the upcoming wedding and the album release. "The main thing is, 
I'm the last person who would ever use my personal life for publicity reasons and try and sell records, so it's weird 
that it's happening now because my record was supposed to come out six months before my wedding," he said. 
"The wedding's been planned for
a while, but I've been ready to marry this girl since I was in high school, and it's going to be one of the best days in my life." 
 
 
LAUNCH also asked Underwood, who has 37 cousins in his family alone, if there will be any room for his O-Town
groupmates Dan Miller, Ashley Angel, Erik-Michael Estrada, and Trevor Penick in the wedding party, or
perhaps even in the band. "They're all coming," said Underwood. "But I can't afford to have them to
perform." 
 
 
"To be in a wedding party, we'd each run about $20,000," joked Estrada. "He can't really afford what
we charge."
 
 
"We're not going to be in the wedding party or the band," Miller added with a smile.
 
 
Underwood explained that his friends from his hometown of San Diego will be standing up for him. "You know
what's cool is all my best men--because Janie and I have been dating for 12 years now, or since we were
12--all my friends that have watched us grow up are going to be standing next to me, and these guys are
obviously my best friends right now, but it's a different situation in that all the people that are
there have watched us and our relationship develop from childhood until now, and it will be a cool day." 
 
 
Asked if he's already rented a tuxedo, Underwood replied: "I'm a San Diego cat, so I'm not wearing a tux. 
It's going to be casual--very me and Janie, very us."
 
 
-- Jason Gelman, New York