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English/Spanish electronic band Crystal Fighters are about to embark on an early summer US/Canada tour with Londoners Is Tropical, and we’ve got a pair of tickets up for grabs for one lucky winner!

To be in with a chance of winning tickets, just follow us on Twitter (we’ll DM if you win) and retweet our competition announcement post here.

We’ll pick a winner at random to receive tickets to their nearest Crystal Fighters show, plus we’ll also throw in a few Crystal Fighters goodies from their new US merch line.

The dates they have lined up are as follows:

May 21 / Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA

May 22 / Rock and Roll Hotel, Washington, DC

May 23 / Musical Hall of Williamsburg, NY

May 25 / Il Motore, Montreal, QC

May 26 / Wrongbar, Toronto, ON

May 27 / Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL

May 28 / 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis, MN

May 31 / Fortune Sound Club, Vancouver, BC

June 1 / Neumos, Seattle, WA

June 2 / Wonder Ballroom, Portland OR

June 4 / The Independent, San Francisco, CA

June 5 / The Echoplex, Los Angeles, CA

June 6 / Porters Pub@UCSD, San Diego, CA

The winner will be notified by direct message on Twitter on 16th May. Good luck!

Terms and conditions

1. Entrants must be at least 18 years of age.


2. All entries must be received by 15 May 2012. No responsibility will be accepted for any entries that are incomplete or illegible.

3. 1x pair of tickets plus a merch goody bag will be awarded to one winner for one of the markets.


4. A winner will be picked at random. The judges’ decision is final. No correspondence will be entered into.


5. This competition is not open to employees or contractors of Songkick, or any person directly or indirectly involved with the event or any artists on the line-up.

6. All prizes must be accepted as offered.

7. Winners will be notified by Twitter direct message on 16 May 2012.

8. For those who wish to participate without a Twitter account, please email your Songkick username to competitions[at]songkick[dot]com to be entered into the draw

Red Hot Chili Peppers return to the UK in 2012 for two massive shows this summer and we’ve got three pairs of tickets up for grabs for both events! The open-air concerts, which take place at Knebworth and the Stadium of Light, have also got great supporting line-ups:

Knebworth Park, Stevenage / Saturday, 23rd June 2012

Red Hot Chili Peppers
Dizzee Rascal
The Wombats
Reverend and the Makers

Stadium of Light, Sunderland / Sunday, 24th June 2012

Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Futureheads
The Wombats
Reverend and the Makers

To be in with chance of winning a pair of tickets to either show, just tell us which Red Hot Chili Peppers song you think would make the best encore?

Submit your entries either via:

1) Facebook – using the form here

or

2) Twitter – follow us @Songkick and tweet your entry, something like this just make sure to include the hashtags #rhcpgiveaway and #knebworth or #sunderland so we know which show you’re entering for:

Californication @songkick #rhcpgiveaway #knebworth

The competition closes on May 7th 2012, good luck!

For more info, and tickets, head to rhcp.kililive.com

Terms and conditions

1. Entrants must be at least 18 years of age.


2. All entries must be received by 7 May 2012. No responsibility will be accepted for any entries that are incomplete or illegible.

3. 1x pair of tickets will be awarded to six different winners – 3 per market (Knebworth and Sunderland).


4. A winner will be picked at random. The judges’ decision is final. No correspondence will be entered into.


5. This competition is not open to employees or contractors of Songkick, or any person directly or indirectly involved with the event or any artists on the line-up.

6. All prizes must be accepted as offered.

7. Winners will be notified by email on 8 May 2012.

Last week, we challenged you to come up with your best band name puns to be in with a chance of winning tickets to the Camden Crawl. There were loooads of amazing entries that had us chuckling, so it was no easy task narrowing it down to one winner!

Here are some of the ones that made the final cut:

Abba-Cardi and Coke - @warbzuk

’2pac’ of Supermarket own brand lager – @DPMCooney

Bacardi Weezer - @Kev_wan

Babycham-bles - @rjmlaird

But, in the end, it was this gem that we kept coming back to:

Jägerbombay Bicycle Club – @nicobryant1

So big congrats to Nico Bryant!

Thanks to everyone else who took part, great efforts all round. You can still get tickets to the festival, weekend wristbands are just under £70 quid for two full days of music.

It’s that time of year again – festival season is underway! London’s Camden Crawl is one of the first events of the summer and we’re excited to have a pair of tickets up for grabs for one lucky Songkicker.

The event takes place over the weekend of 4th-6th May, and features the likes of The Cribs, Death in Vegas, The Futureheads, Glasvegas and many many more.

To be in with a chance of winning the tickets, we want you to get your pun heads on. All you have to do is give Songkick and Camden Crawl a quick follow on Twitter (we’ll DM if you win), and then tweet us drink-themed band names (Camden Crawl…Pub Crawl), making sure to include the hashtag #camdencrawlgiveaway:

eg: Tonic Youth #camdencrawlgiveaway @songkick

Here are a couple of other examples to get the ball rolling:

Beerhunter

Prosecco and the Bunnymen

Laura Carling

…

Your turn!

The winner will be announced on Friday 20th April, good luck

Terms and conditions
1. Entries must be via Twitter, and entry into the Draw implies acceptance of these conditions


2. Entrants must be at least 18 years of age.


3. All entries must be received by 19 April 2012. No responsibility will be accepted for any entries that are incomplete or illegible.

4. The first prize is 1x pair of weekend tickets.


5. The judges’ decision is final. No correspondence will be entered into.


6. This competition is not open to employees or contractors of Songkick, Camden Crawl or any person directly or indirectly involved with the festival or any artists on the line-up.

7. All prizes must be accepted as offered.

8. Winners will be notified by Twitter direct message on 20 April 2012.

9. This promotion is hosted and run by Songkick.com, and is no way affiliated with Twitter.

You and one lucky friend could be off to this year’s Governor’s Ball Music Festival on Randall’s Island, New York City, where the likes of Beck, Passion Pit, Modest Mouse and more will be playing.

The two day event is the place to be for epic summer times in New York City. With a rocking schedule, an awesome location and possibly the best line-up announcement video around, (see below..) you don’t want to be doing anything else on 23-24 June:

(if this isn’t enough to make you want to go then we don’t know what will..)

Given that the event’s taking place on an island of sorts, to be in with a chance of winning the tickets, all you have to do is tell us which band/artist you’d most happily be stranded on a desert island with (and why, if you want to stand an extra chance, bonus points if you make us laugh!):

To enter either:

1) Follow us on Twitter (we’ll DM if you win) and tweet us your entry – something like this, just make sure to include the hashtag and both twitter accounts:

Beck #desertislandcompanion @govballnyc @songkick

2) Like us on Facebook and leave it as a comment on the Facebook announcement post here.

The winner will be announced on 13 April.

Good luck : )

Terms and conditions
1. Entries must be via Twitter or Facebook, and entry into the Draw implies acceptance of these conditions


2. Entrants must be at least 18 years of age.


3. All entries must be received by 13 April 2012. No responsibility will be accepted for any entries that are incomplete or illegible.

4. The first prize of 1x pair of VIP tickets (where VIP gives you access to VIP Lounge with shade, seating, massage service, and more. Access to special VIP food concessions. Access to special beer, wine and spirits services. Exclusive viewing area at both stages. Access to special VIP restrooms) will be awarded to the individual winner picked at random on 28 March 2012.


5. The judges’ decision is final. No correspondence will be entered into.


6. This competition is not open to employees or contractors of Songkick, Governor’s Ball or any person directly or indirectly involved with the festival or any artists on the line-up.

7. All prizes must be accepted as offered.

8. Winners will be notified by either Twitter direct message or Facebook message on 13 April 2012.

9. One entry per person, multiple entries by the same person will not be counted

10. This promotion is hosted and run by Songkick.com, and is no way affiliated with Twitter or Facebook.

11. Transport to and from the festival is not included in the prize, it is the winner’s responsibility to arrange this.

Last month, we launched a pretty epic giveaway of  a pair of tickets PLUS flights to the Bilbao BBK Live festival in Spain. With a line-up including the likes of Radiohead, The Cure, Garbage, Bloc Party and a ton more all in the Spanish sunshine, what’s not to like?! To enter, we asked you to tell us what your perfect soundtrack would be en route to the festival – we picked one winner a week and today made the final draw:

(it was meant to be pulled out of a hat but we were lacking on the headwear front, so instead pulled it out of a Songkick tote)

And the winner was:

ANDREW DEHANY!

“During the 2hr flight to Bilbao I would listen to the 4m27s of Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol TWENTYSEVEN TIMES”

Congrats to Andrew and whoever his lucky chosen companion is, we hope they have a great time.

Thanks to everyone else who took part, the good news is that tickets are still available and at a pretty darn reasonable price as well – just £88 for 3 days, including camping. Get yours quick!

Fancy winning a weekend away to catch the likes of Radiohead and The Cure in sunny Spain, with flights from Heathrow and a camping pass thrown in? Of course you do!

Bilbao BBK Live takes place over the weekend of 12-14th July and we’re excited to have this awesome prize up for grabs for one lucky Songkicker and their friend.  The line-up also features Snow Patrol, Band Of Skulls, Noah & The Whale, The Kooks and Glasvegas, amongst others, with more still to be announced!.

To be in with a chance of winning, all you have to do is tell us what you’d pick as your flight soundtrack en route to the festival?

To enter, either:

1) Follow us on Twitter (we’ll DM if you win) and tweet us your entry – something like this, just make sure to include the hashtag:

Radiohead – Kid A #flymetoBilbaoBBK @songkick

2) Like us on Facebook and leave it as a comment on the Facebook announcement post here.

We’ll be picking one entry a week throughout the month to go into a final draw (you only need to enter once), with the lucky winner pulled out of a hat on March 30th!

Good luck : )

Terms and conditions
1. Entries must be via Twitter or Facebook, and entry into the Draw implies acceptance of these conditions


2. Entrants must be at least 18 years of age.


3. All entries must be received by 28 March 2012. No responsibility will be accepted for any entries that are incomplete or illegible.

4. The first prize of 2x pair of camping passes + flights + festival tickets will be awarded to the individual winner picked at random on 28 March 2012.


5. The judges’ decision is final. No correspondence will be entered into.


6. This competition is not open to employees or contractors of Songkick, Bilbao BBK, or any person directly or indirectly involved with the festival or any artists on the line-up.

7. All prizes must be accepted as offered.

8. Winners will be notified by either Twitter direct message or Facebook message on 30 March 2012.

9. One entry per person, multiple entries by the same person will not be counted

10. This promotion is hosted and run by Songkick.com, and is no way affiliated with Twitter or Facebook.

11. Flights will be from Heathrow to Bilbao, return. To be organised by Fast Track PR once the winner has confirmed acceptance of prize

Swedish indie/electro popsters Miike Snow are back with new album ‘Happy To You. Why?’, and new live dates in both the UK and US.

They’ll be bringing their fresh material to London’s Brixton Academy on 31st May and we’ve got a pair of VIP tickets, plus awesome merch including a paint-by-numbers kit (!!) up for grabs.

There are also VIP tickets going for two runners up, so even more chance of getting lucky.

To be in with a shot at winning, all you have to do is get your pun head on and come up with bird/animal band names (…they have a song called Animal, their logo is a rabbit with antlers aka a Jackalope and they’re supported by the awesome Niki and the Dove – see what we did there..).

So to get the ball rolling, here are a few gems that we’ve come up with here at Songkick HQ:

‘Clap Your Hands Say Bear’
‘Laura Starling’
‘Cattles’
‘Washed Trout’

….you get the drift.

To enter, either:

1) Follow us on Twitter (we’ll DM if you win) and tweet us your entry – something like this, just make sure to include the hashtag:

Washed Trout #animalbandsMiikeSnow @songkick

or

2) Like us on Facebook and post it as a comment on the competition announcement here.

The winner will be announced on Tuesday 28th February. Make sure you spread the word, the more people you get to enter, the greater your chances of winning.

Good luck!

Terms and conditions

1. Entries must be via Twitter or Facebook, and entry into the Draw implies acceptance of these conditions.
2. Entrants must be at least 18 years of age.
3. All entries must be received by 27 February 2012. No responsibility will be accepted for any entries that are incomplete or illegible.
4. The first prize of 1x pair of VIP + Paint By Numbers + Mug + Poster will be awarded to the individual winner picked at random on 28 February 2012.
5. The second prize of 2x pair of VIP tickets will be awarded to the individual winners picked at random on 28 February 2012.
6. The judges’ decision is final. No correspondence will be entered into.
7. This competition is not open to employees or contractors of Songkick, Sony, or any person directly or indirectly involved with Miike Snow.
8. All prizes must be accepted as offered.
9. Winners will be notified by either Twitter direct message or Facebook message on 28 February 2012.
10. This promotion is hosted and run by Songkick.com, and is no way affiliated with Twitter or Facebook.