Dirty Pretty Things’ Carl Barât announced as Fifth Road to V Mentor
Submitted by: onlinefire PR Wednesday, 9 April 2008
Virgin Mobile’s Road to V (http://www.roadtov.com/) in partnership with Sony Ericsson The final mentor for Virgin Mobile’s Road to V search for bands is confirmed. Song-writer, musician and DJ Carl Barât, formerly of The Libertines and current frontman of Dirty Pretty Things, is the final addition to the panel of advisers to the ‘next big thing’ in the UK’s biggest and best search for unsigned music (http://www.roadtov.com/)al talent - Road to V. The competition is now open and two bands, mentored by our very own panel of experts, will get to open the V Festival this summer, in Chelmsford and Stafford, on the 16th August. Unsigned bands (http://www.roadtov.com/) can go to www.roadtov.com and register their entry, upload their best track and tell us a bit about themselves. All the entries will then be judged by this year’s panel of music industry experts, which includes the just announced Carl Barât, Mags Revell, the promotor of V Festival, Mark Beaumont from NME, A&R man Sav Remzi and Paul Samuels from Crown Music Management. 14 bands will go through to the live stage of the competition – all of which will go on to play at either the Carling Academy in London or Liverpool, and each gig will be broadcast during the summer on Channel 4. Each judge will then give the unsigned bands (http://www.roadtov.com/) their pearls of wisdom to make it big in the music industry the viewers then decide who wins and gets the chance of a lifetime to open one of the UK’s biggest festivals. Since 2004, Road to V (http://www.roadtov.com/) has nurtured great new talent, with bands such as The Young Knives, The Brightlights and Bombay Bicycle Club all opening the festival and going on to some major success. And with the help of industry experts, bands can get the advice they need, and also have the chance to impress the people that can help them make their talent a success. Rosie Newey, head of music sponsorship at Virgin Media said , “We are really excited to have Carl on board. We have a really high calabre of mentors from the music industry on the panel this year. They’ll be offering the bands advice about all aspects of the music industry from image to how to deliver a great perfornance, as well what scouts and management companies look for in a band. With Road to V (http://www.roadtov.com/) we’re so proud to be supporters of new up and coming talent.” -ends- For more information please contact: Issued by onliefire on behalf of Virgin Mobile: James Fell: 020 7927 9999
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