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ZIPPO HOT TOUR 2005
WWW.ZIPPOHOTTOUR.COM
WWW.DOWNFALLROCK.COM
RALEIGH, NC
ONLINE VOTING IS OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC UNTIL JUNE 30TH!!!
***** VOTE ONCE A DAY - EVERYDAY *****
SUPPORT THE LOCAL MUSIC INDUSTRY
HELP ROCK GROUPS WITH A PLATFORM TO BRING THEIR MUSIC TO A NATIONAL AUDIENCE
New York/ Bradford, PA � May 2nd, 2005 � Registration closed April 15th for unsigned bands to sign up for the 2005 Zippo Hot Tour and the response this time around has been staggering.
Last year�s edition of The Zippo Hot Tour featured 120 bands for music fans to choose from, this year 290 bands have made the cut and the first round of online voting began on May 1st at www.zippohottour.com. All of these bands are competing for a shot at showcasing their talent to Capitol Records, almost $100,000 in prizes from the impressive lineup of partners, and the group will also join an 11-city tour with a national headlining band in their very own decked out tour bus in November.
�I really think The Zippo Hot Tour is a fantastic event for bands trying to get a shot at the big time,� Evanescence guitarist John LeCompt commented. �I wish when I was a young struggling musician that I had a competition like this I could have entered!�
Online voting is open to the general public until June 30th; and the 80 semi-finalists that will perform in the showcases will be announced shortly after that.
The showcases will take place in ten cities across the country beginning in September in: Austin, TX, Charlotte, NC, Cincinnati, OH, Denver, CO, Memphis, TN, Orlando, FL, Philadelphia, PA, Phoenix, AZ, Pittsburgh, PA, and *** Raleigh, NC ***. Details on these showcases will be announced at a later date.
Emerging from the showcases, the winning band from each city will be posted at www.zippohottour.com beginning in October and the winner of the online voting will be flown to Hollywood, California to showcase for A&R executives at Capitol Records at the conclusion of the contest.
Some of the other great prizes the Grand Prize winning band will receive include a five-piece TAMA Drum set with 24-inch BD kit with hardware and a full line accessories package, feature placement on the PureVolume homepage, one thousand conventional audio-only CDs from DiscFarm, and 50 customized Zippo lighters with band logos. Select bands may also get the opportunity to appear in a nationally televised special as HDNet TV returns to the Zippo Hot Tour to chronicle the competition and present the Zippo Hot Tour Concert Series later this year.
Zippo Manufacturing has teamed up with ESP Guitar, Capitol Records, Peavey Electronics, TAMA Drums, PureVolume, Discfarm and Pro-Mark for the 2005 Zippo Hot Tour.
About Zippo Hot Tour
Launched in 2004, the Zippo Hot Tour is a promotional marketing initiative to support the local music industry provide rock groups with a platform to bring their music to a national audience. The program consists of a series of online and offline activities, including a music tour visiting Austin, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Raleigh, Denver, Phoenix, Philadelphia, Orlando, Pittsburgh and Memphis. The Hot Tour is a collaborative venture between Zippo and its promotion agency, FUSE, based in Los Angeles. For more information, FUSE can be contacted at 323-871-9900.
The Zippo Hot Tour, now in its second year is quickly becoming the Worlds HOTTEST band competition. Zippo is dedicated to exposing the best emerging talent and supporting the local music scene. Currently we are in Round 1 for band registration.
Here is the deal:
Round 1:
(2/14 � 4/14) Bands register for their chance to be a part of the Zippo Hot Tour.
Round 2:
(5/1 � 6/30) The qualifying bands from Round 1 will be posted on the Zippo Hot Tour website and fans will VOTE on which Bands are HOT. The top 8 bands from each city receiving the most votes will advance to the semi-finals round.
Round 3:
(9/9 � 10/1) The top 8 bands from Round 2 will compete live onstage at local showcases in their city. During this performance, each band will be voted on by music industry judges and music fans. The band from each city that receives the most votes in this round will advance to the finals in Round 4.
Round 4:
(10/7 � 10/31) Fans from around the country will vote on the 10 finalists that emerged from Round 3. The band to receive the most online votes in this round is the hottest Zippo band for 2005 (as chosen by the fans) and wins the grand prize package.
Round 5:
(November) The Zippo Hot Tour hits the road for a 10-city tour featuring the Grand Prize winner as they open for a national headlining act.
SUPPORT THE LOCAL MUSIC INDUSTRY
HELP ROCK GROUPS WITH A PLATFORM TO BRING THEIR MUSIC TO A NATIONAL AUDIENCE
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