From the people who bring you The Underground HK, comes the next promotion vehicle and music showcase for emerging homegrown talent to gain international exposure and springboard to worldwide success.
One Hong Kong (including Macau) band will have the chance of a lifetime to perform in front of rock royalty, thousands of fans and top band headliners to be held at the Envol et Macadam -
Quebec, Canada's top alternative music festival from Sept 6 th – 8 th 2012. In the past years, Bad Religion, Mastodon, Sum 41, Pennywise, Karkwa, The Sounds, Metric, Malajube, Raekwon and Bloc Party are but a few of the well-known artistes that have played and delighted festival goers at Envol et Macadam. This year, over 30 bands joined the competition in China. Each participating band uploaded an MP3 of one of their original songs on to Planetrox website. From these entries, a panel of international industry judges shortlisted the participants to 10 semifinalists.
Currently a public voting process allows fans and online audiences to view the 10 semifinalists' videos and cast their votes. The semi-finalists are:RefiyHazdeneliBOMBER鐵樹蘭 (tie-shue-lan)VenueShandyHungry Ghosts MusicLennyTurtle Giant (Macau) The results of this public vote combined 50/50 with the Envol et Macadam judges' vote to determine the final five who will compete in a live Finale on July 7 th at Backstage, Central.The prize for the PLANETROX winner includes a live performance of 20 minutes on one of the outdoor stages of the Envol et Macadam Festival 2012, airfare tickets for the winning band members plus internal travel, four-star accommodation in central Quebec City for four nights, free pass for the Festival and promotion of their band in festival communications. Voting period ends on 8 th June 2012.
Vote Now:
http://www.envoletmacadam.com/ en/planetrox/china/semi- finalists-videos/
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