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UPDATED: This competition is now closed!
Festivals, festivals, festivals! The summer is nearly here and the line-ups are looking really special so we thought some of you might like to win some tickets?
DrownedinSound.com has teamed up with the folks at BlackBerry® Messenger to offer you and a friend the chance to have the summer of your life. You will travel across the country to our hand-picked five favourite festivals where you can catch awesome live shows from some of the makers of our albums of 2009 (including Phoenix, Fever Ray and Grizzly Bear), some of our acts of 2010 (Vampire Weekend, The National, Gil-Scott Heron, LCD Soundsystem, Jonsi (Sigur Ros), Futureheads, Hot Chip, These New Puritans, Laura Marling, Besnard Lakes); some historic heroes (Flaming Lips, Roxy Music, Belle & Sebastian) and that's not to mention waking up to catch your choice of the hundreds of fresh-faced new bands or watching the sun set with distinguished cult figures (hello The Fall!). If all that sounds like too much music (if there is such a thing?), you can wander into woods, passing pink sheep and sit down at the back of tents to hear authors like Brett Easton Ellis or comedians including Richard Herring, to name just two. Then there's poetry, films and, er, even some opera and ballet, if the mood takes you.
And, and and.... even if you're not the lucky one who wins, we have heaps of great runner-up prizes! Plus, plus, plus... there's a special weekly give-away for BlackBerry® Messenger users.
So, without further ado, here is the low-down on what is up for grabs and how you can enter for the chance to get your face looking as elated as this for several weekends this summer...
The Prizes
The Big Prize: One DiS reader and a friend will win a pair of tickets, plus travel, to five of our favourite festivals. If that wasn't enough, the folks at BlackBerry are throwing in £1000 spending money to cover your burgers and beverages.
- Latitude (15-18th July - more info)
- Field Day (31st July - more info)
- Summer Sundae (13-15th August - more info)
- Green Man (20-22nd August - more info)
- Bestival (9-12th September - more info)
Runners Up: Each week, two runners up will win a pair of tickets to gigs from some of DiS' favourite acts.
UPDATED: This competition is now closed!
This competition closes at midday on Monday 31st May and winners will be notified via email.
BlackBerry Messenger : Each week, until the end of May, BlackBerry users have the chance to win a pair of tickets to events hand-picked by DiS.
This week's BBM prize, is the final week you can win. The prize is a pair of tickets to Field Day festival, plus £100 spending money for beverages and falafel. At Field Day this year the winner and a friend will see the makers of DiS' album of 2009 Phoenix plus more DiS favourites like Caribou, No Age, Atlas Sound, These New Puritans, Chilly Gonzales, Gold Panda, Lightspeed Champion, Max Tundra and many, many more! This year's Field Day takes place on 31st July in London.
To buy tickets and for lots more info visit fielddayfestivals.
Runners Up: Will receive a pair of Skullcandy Headphones and £50 of 7Digital vouchers
