Grand Prize Winning College Town Receives Private Concert Featuring Hot Chelle Rae & Sammy Adams
College & University Pressroom
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Calling all college students! Music Choice, the multi-platform video and music network, is teaming up with Comcast Cable, a global media and technology company, to find the best college town in the US! ?Amp Your Campus? pits 40 campus locations against each other to claim bragging rights and win the ultimate ?Amp Your Campus? prize ? a private concert right in their community featuring RCA Recording artists Hot Chelle Rae and Sammy Adams.
?The ?Amp Your Campus? social media challenge is an awesome opportunity for college towns around the country to show us what they?ve got and win the ultimate prize of a private show with Hot Chelle Rae and Sammy Adams?
Beginning Thursday, Feb. 28th, college students from eligible communities can vote for their town and enter for a chance to win a ticket to the big show by logging on to the Xfinity4College Facebook page.
The top ten college towns will be announced on Mar. 13th. Of the top ten, the town that garners the most points by Mar. 22nd will win the ultimate prize. Students who cast a vote for the winning town will be entered into a random drawing to receive a chance to win a ticket to the event, which will take place in May 2013.
?Artists like Hot Chelle Rae and Sammy Adams really matter in the college music market place and we are delighted to have them as part of our curated music experience,? stated Damon Williams, VP Programming at Music Choice. ??Amp Your Campus? is an exciting partnership we have with XFINITY TV. We are excited to be working with them on delivering a memorable music experience to our ever growing college audience.?
?The ?Amp Your Campus? social media challenge is an awesome opportunity for college towns around the country to show us what they?ve got and win the ultimate prize of a private show with Hot Chelle Rae and Sammy Adams,? said Matt Lederer, Director of Marketing, Comcast Cable. ?XFINITY TV is the best place for college students to experience entertainment and this exciting collaboration with Music Choice, with its leadership in providing the hottest music across TV, online and mobile device platforms, takes that one step further.?
XFINITY TV offers tools to manage and personalize TV viewing whenever and wherever you want. With over 100,000 TV and movie choices for viewing across TVs, PCs and mobile devices, XFINITY TV lets you watch your favorite shows On Demand or online, set your DVR remotely with mobile devices and stream thousands of choices instantly across platforms.
Students voting in the ?Amp Your Campus? social media challenge will also be entered for a chance to win weekly prizes between Feb. 28th and March 22nd, including a tablet, digital music player, guitars autographed by big name artists, headphones, and much more.
A full list of sweepstakes rules and eligibility can be found by visiting the Xfinity4College Facebook page. To vote, students must be 18 years of age or older, reside in an eligible college community, be enrolled as a full or part-time student at an accredited two or four-year public or private university as of February 25, 2013 and be a member of Facebook. The ?Amp Your Campus? sweepstakes and exclusive concert event is being produced by college marketing experts GMR Marketing.
About Music Choice:
Music Choice, the multi-platform video and music network, delivers its music programming to millions of consumers nationwide through their televisions, online and mobile devices. MC programs dozens of uninterrupted music channels; produces MC Originals that feature today?s hottest established and emerging artists; and offers thousands of music videos. MC is a partnership among subsidiaries of Microsoft Corporation, Motorola, Inc., Sony Corporation of America, EMI Music and several leading U.S. cable providers: Comcast Cable Communications, Cox Communications and Time Warner Cable. www.MusicChoice.com | Twitter: @MusicChoice | Facebook: www.facebook.com/MusicChoice
Hot Chelle Rae
Winners of the 2011 American Music Awards for Best New Artist, Hot Chelle Rae released their sophomore album WHATEVER that same year, which features their mega-smash hits ?Tonight Tonight? and ?I Like It Like That? and sold over 6 million singles. Earlier this month, the band released a brand new song ?Hung Up,? which was produced by Andrew Goldstein, Dan Book and Alexei Misoul and written by Hot Chelle Rae?s lead singer Ryan Follese and lead guitarist Nash Overstreet, along with Andrew Goldstein, Dan Book & Alexei Misoul, part of the team behind their massive hit single ?I Like It Like That.? The band is currently in the studio recording a brand new album for RCA Records set for release later this year. Hot Chelle Rae spent much of last year on a worldwide headlining tour and support dates with Demi Lovato. They have performed on Dick Clark?s New Year?s Rockin? Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2012 Live from Times Square, The American Music Awards Red Carpet Show, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Today Show Summer Concert Series Live in Rockefeller Plaza, Live with Kelly!, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and CBS Early Show. Hot Chelle Rae is lead singer/guitarist Ryan Follese, lead guitarist Nash Overstreet, bassist Ian Keaggy and drummer Jamie Follese. More at www.hotchellerae.com
Sammy Adams
Adams is currently in the studio working on his debut RCA Records album coming later this year and is about to set off on a headlining tour with T.Mills. Adams recently co-wrote and was featured on Enrique Iglesias? single ?Finally Found You? which made it to the Top 10 on Billboard?s Hot 100 chart. Last summer, Adams premiered the official video for his explosive summer single, ?Only One,? across VEVO and performed it on 90210. In early 2012, Adams debuted the music video for his first single, ?Blow Up,? on VEVO and made his nationwide television debut on ?Conan.? Adams burst into the music scene in 2010, after releasing his breakthrough single ?I Hate College? ? a cheeky remix of Asher Roth?s ?I Love College,? which he recorded in his dorm room at Trinity College in his home state of Connecticut. He then went on to independently release album Boston?s Boy which shot to the top of the iTunes Hip-Hop/Rap chart on its first day out in March 2010, selling over 100,000 copies in the U.S. after its release. His independent viral videos have garnered millions of YouTube views, including ?I Hate College? (6 M) and ?Driving Me Crazy? (3.4 M). He has performed over 250 shows and sold out theatres across North America in the last year. Adams has graced the stage at Lollapalooza, Bamboozle, Global Dance and has sold out shows at New York City?s Terminal 5 and Roseland Ballroom.