New Avenue For Emerging Artists To Perform In Career Building Opening Support Slots
GIGGEDIN & KINGDOM SOUNDS PRESENTS
THE BONE THUGS N HARMONY SUPPORT SLOT COMPETITION
Australian promoters Kingdom Sounds and crowdsourced ticketing platform, GiggedIn have teamed up to pioneer a support slot competition concept which could soon be the new way for emerging artists to access career building opportunities to join line-ups involving the worlds biggest acts.
Playing in front of new audiences is a pivotal component of developing an artist’s career however opportunities to open for large international headlining acts have not always been readily available.
The upcoming GiggedIn Support Slot Competition will create an opportunity for 2 local hip hop acts at each city to perform for 10 out of the 13 dates involving Grammy Award winning hip hop legends Bone Thugs N Harmony on their upcoming Australian tour.
The winning artists in each city will be determined through a system where fans vote for their desired supporting act by pledging or buying a ticket to the event. When fans pledge to buy tickets they will only ever be charged if the artist they pledged for wins an opening performance.
“We’ve always wanted to find ways to create more win-wins for the industry. Our support slot competition will give motivated local talent a real chance at playing in front of big new crowds all whilst helping event organisers spread the word for the event.” says Edwin Onggo, founder of GiggedIn.
Kingdom Sounds and GiggedIn have been known for mixing up the traditional approach to touring and live shows. An example of this is was the 2013 Red Jumpsuit Apparatus ‘Choose Our Own Adventure’ Tour where 20 cities and towns across Australia battled to have the American rock band play on of their 6 scheduled tour dates at their local venue. This approach led to an increase of 13,500 fans on the Red Jumpsuit Australian tour page and led to multiple sold out shows.
Although this competition is the first crowdsourced artist ticketing execution of its kind in Australian touring history, Bone Thugs N Harmony are no strangers to supporting up-and-coming local talent. The group is continuing its talent search on a quest to discover the best un-signed Australian talent, from all genres, with the aim to sign them to their new record label.
“I’ve always thought it best to think outside of the box when it comes to music and searching for new artists. This is the reason that myself and my partner Wish Bone are moving forward with this worldwide talent search. Apart from America, Australia was first on our list because after hearing some of the artists last time we were there, Wish and myself were thoroughly impressed with the level of talent out there.” says long time member of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Krayzie Bone.
The only other execution of this competition was executed earlier this month on GiggedIn with twelve budding acts currently competing for an opportunity to play at Sydney’s UTS Winterfestival which boasts a line-up of acts such as Violent Soho, DMA’s, SAFIA and Golden Features.
Artist registrations are OPEN and tickets are available at
http://www.giggedin.com/bone-thugs-n-harmony-tour-2014
The upcoming Bone Thugs N Harmony shows each with two opening support slots include:
Saturday 9th of August – The Epsy St Kilda, Melbourne
Thursday 14th of August – The Basement, Canberra
Friday 15th of August – Studio Six, Sutherland
Sunday 17th of August – The Roller Den, Sydney
Wednesday 20th of August – Baroque Room, Katoomba
Thursday 21st of August – The Small Ballroom, Newcastle
Friday 22nd of August – The Entrance Leagues Club, Central Coast
Saturday 23rd of August – Mona Vale Hotel, Northern Beaches
Wednesday 27th of August – Coolangatta Hotel, Coolangatta
Thursday 28th of August – The Arena, Brisbane
