Starting this Sunday, the musical groups will begin showcasing their talents and competing for semi-finalist status at four regional concerts. The first takes place July 11 in Los Angeles at The House of Blues on Sunset Strip where three of the bands will open for a performance by Train, the Grammy Award-winning rock [image-nocss] group from San Francisco.
The other venues where the remaining BOTB competitors contend in groups of three with each playing three songs are: Chicago: July 23 at The House of Blues, leading up to music by All Time Low, an American pop punk band from Baltimore. Dallas: August 6 at The House of Blues, before a performance by B.o.B., an American rapper, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer from Atlanta. New York: August 16 at at Irving Plaza, opening for N.E.R.D., a genre-bending alternative hip hop group from Virginia, fronted by Pharrell Williams.
Fans can view all performances live online on Slurpee's Facebook fanpage, www.facebook.com/Slurpee, and then vote atwww.slurpee.com for their favorite band for three days immediately after each event. Also, one song from each competing band's performance will be posted on Slurpee.com. The group with the winning votes from each of the four events will continue on to the next round of competition.
Four semi-finalist bands will travel to Dallas where they will each have three days to create music videos with amateur video crews. Their music videos will be shown on Slurpee.com. Again, fans will vote for their favorite music videos. The two winners from this challenge will battle it out when each performs a special engagement in their respective home towns. Live video of their performances will be streamed on the Slurpee Facebook fanpage. Fan votes will be collected over two days and the winner will be announced on September 30 on Slurpee.com.
The top band will receive the grand prize of $10,000 and a chance to record in-studio and be featured on www.wolfgangsvault.com.
Concert event tickets are on sale through Live Nation for $7.11. Tickets for the Train and All Time Low concerts are on sale now; B.o.B. performance tickets go on sale July 9, and the start of N.E.R.D. concert ticket sales is not yet determined.
The current top 12 bands competing for the "Slurpee Battle of the Bands" title and the grand prize along with their hometowns are:
Ambience, San Jose, Calif. Burning Tree, St. Petersburg, Fla. Don't Shoot The Messenger, Arlington, Texas. Fancy Me Yet , Miami. Levi Ware, Seattle. News Team Assemble, Dallas. Northpilot, Chicago. Not Like This, Saint Paul, Minn. Talain Rayne, Phoenixville, Pa. The Banana Convention, Saginaw, Mich. The Hollabacks, Los Angeles. The Welcome Home, Portland, Ore. Dallas-based 7-Eleven operates, franchises or licenses approximately 8,200 7-Eleven stores in North America. Globally, 7-Eleven operates, franchises or licenses more than 38,000 stores in 16 countries. During 2009, 7-Eleven stores worldwide generated total sales of more than $58.9 billion.
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