David has announced his new stunt - he will hang upside down above New York's Central Park for three days and two nights.

During the order David will be deprived of food as he is suspended six storys up on a highwire for his Dive of Death, which will be filmed to air on U.S. TV on 24 September 2008.

It is reported that David's performance in Knoxville will be featured in his new special. The yet-untitled Blaine special will air at 9 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 24, on WATE, Channel 6.


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David Blaine: Penniless in Knoxville! By Knox News
Morrow: Blaine Adds Knoxville to ABC Special By Knox News

Knox News reports that David suprised passers by in Knoxville at Market Square "Eyewitnesses say the edgy illusionist performed small feats - free of charge - for folks walking around Market Square" - David also made time to visit the Preservation Pub where he continued his amazing tricks to an estimated 50 people.


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Insider: David Blaine Whips Up Tricks on Market Square By Knox News

The Pittsburgh Tribune Review has published an article on the science behind holding your breath and how David conquered the breaking point of 2 minutes for a normal human. “The reason most people can't hold their breath for more than two minutes is because there are sensors in our lungs that detect the rising carbon-dioxide level”

 

The article further talks about the training David went through to accomplish his feat, and again the biology behind the training.

A similar article has also been published by Time Magazine


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Holding Your Breath Takes Training By The Pittsburgh Tribune Review
How David Blaine Held His Breath By Time Magazine

Time Magazine got their foot in at the chance of interviewing David just after his breath holding ordeal.

Within the article titled "Q & A: Talking with David Blaine" they ask him about his past stunts, and which were his favorite. The training behind his ordeals.

Blaine states that he would like to be remembered "as a guy who brought magic to the people [and] pushed the boundaries of wonder."

And for his next stunt he states that "I'm going to go 11.57 days without sleep, which is 1 million seconds, or 16,666 minutes. Everyone can help keep me awake. I won't use stimulants. I think that defeats the whole purpose."

--- Where? "I want to use Central Park"

--- When? "That is the next one, in September"


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Q & A: Talking with David Blaine By Time Magazine
Q&A: TIME Talks to David Blaine By Time Magazine

An article in The Orion written by Sarah Kelly talks about how every person has a dream which they want to achieve in their life and how people like David Blaine "is living proof there is hope for us all to achieve our dreams."

She describes how it was HIS "lifelong dream" to hold his breath longer than anyone else; and how he is an inspiration to all.


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Breaking Records Busts Degree's Hype By The Orion

David Blaine set a new world record today on the Oprah Winfrey Show LIVE when he held his breath underwater for 17 minutes and four seconds.

Guinness Book of Records official Stuart Claxton was at the show, Blaine climbed into a water-filled sphere to beat the record set by a Swiss man in February 2008.

As you all know it wasn't the first time Blaine had attempted to set a breath-holding record - he had to be rescued by divers after seven minutes during a similar stunt in 2006, which came after he spent a week living underwater.

But this time Blaine trained with the world's best free divers and embarked on a rigorous air-deprivation and work-out programme to build his red blood cell count and train his body to cope with a lack of oxygen.

David remained underwater for 17 minutes and four seconds, beating the previous record - set on February 10th by Swiss Peter Colat - by 32 seconds.

""I actually started to doubt I was going to make it because I'd never done it with such a high heart rate," he added."

Whats Next? His next death-defying feat will be to attempt to stay awake for longer than any other person - over 11 days: "That would be a million seconds, that's the goal."

Blaine stunned onlookers at a New York restaurant by smashing a glass - and proceeding to eat it piece by piece.

He was recently out dining with a group of friends, including professional poker player Phil Ivey, at the Tao eaterie, when Ivey asked Blaine to provide some unusual entertainment - in return for $10,000 (GBP5,000).

A source tells the New York Daily News, "David was doing a bunch of tricks, but Phil wanted to see something spectacular. He offered David $10,000 to eat a glass from the table."

So Blaine broke a large glass and then ate every shard, much to the horror of fellow diners.

And the star's representative confirmed that the stunt was genuine, saying, "This did happen and was completely real."

David has unveiled plans for his next death-defying stunt - holding his breath underwater for more than 16 minutes.

Blaine will now try his hand at going underwater without oxygen in a bid to break the Guinness World Record of 16 minutes and 14 seconds.

Blaine will perform the stunt on 30 April 2008 LIVE on The Oprah Winfrey Show.