And here they are, the third and final group of Ernie Ball: PLAY Warped Tour winners! (We’ve previously announced Part 1 and Part 2 here on the blog). As many of you know, this is the 20th year that Ernie Ball has partnered with Warped Tour to give bands a platform to play live.
Billy Duffy of The Cult is featured on the next episode of Ernie Ball: The Pursuit of Tone, which airs Friday, July 1st at 8pm ET/PT only on Audience Music (DIRECTV ch.239 or on AT&T U-verse ch.1114). Emerging from the violent streets of Manchester during the ‘real’ punk rock wars and rolling into post punk, death rock, hard rock and back. He has played with the best, Morrissey, Jagger, Iggy et al, this kid has done more than most could ever dream. He is peerless, a tyrannical perfectionist and iconoclast. In a world of self-imposed savants and virtuosos, he has never been a self-promoter leaving that for his live performances and studio recordings.
As promised… here is the second round of our PLAY Warped Tour winners! (You can find our announcement of the first 15 winners here).
After over 11,000 entries and months of voting, we are thrilled to present the next 10 winners (stay tuned to this blog for more winners to be announced). These bands will play the Vans Warped Tour mainstage in their respective cities and will be in the running to win our grand prize – $40,000+ in cash and prizes + a 3-song EP produced by Chad Gilbert of New Found Glory.
And now for what you’ve been waiting for… the first round of our PLAY Warped Tour winners!
After over 11,000 entries and months of voting, we are thrilled to present the first 15 winners (stay tuned to this blog for more winners announced next week). These bands will play the Vans Warped Tour mainstage in their respective cities and will be in the running to win our grand prize – $40,000+ in cash and prizes + a 3-song EP produced by Chad Gilbert of New Found Glory.
We’d like to wish a sincere congratulations to longtime Ernie Ball string player, Elvis Costello, who will be inducted into the Songwriter Hall of Fame tonight!
Blink-182 premiered a new song, titled “Rabbit Hole” on Apple Music. “Rabbit Hole” is taken from the band’s upcoming album, California, which is due out July 1.
The summer NAMM show is a musical instrument extravaganza, a gathering of the industry’s top dealers who introduce their new products and organize star-studded events and concerts for the public to enjoy.
We’d like to wish long-time Ernie Ball string player, Steve Vai, a happy 56th birthday!
We’re excited for Ernie Ball artists, A Day to Remember, and their big summer coming up!
Ernie Ball string player Ilan Rubin and his band The New Republic just released an awesome new live video for their single, “We Rise, We Fall” from their last album “Exhibit B.”
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