Green Poll is back - and it’s bigger and better than ever before. This is your chance to get the party of the summer started with a bang as we launch our annual search to find a unique, amazing and undiscovered act to open Green Man 2010.
Forget X-Factor and the tawdry TV talent shows - have you and your band got what it takes to open the festival with one of YOUR songs in front of thousands of people on August 20.
How about sharing the bill with the likes of Doves, The Flaming Lips, and Joanna Newsom and getting airplay on Green Man YouTube for a year?
Or being included in the festival promotion, giving interviews to Radio 1 and the BBC and being featured in national press and websites such as Mojo, The Guardian, NME and Drowned in Sound?
What if they threw in 6 pairs of free tickets for your family and friends to witness your big moment live on stage, just for good measure?
Their panel of top music industry judges includes Mojo editor Phil Alexander, as well as record label bosses Stephen Bass (moshi moshi) and Simon Raymonde (Bella Union).
Last year’s fantastic winners We Aeronauts went down a storm after beating an incredible 600 hopeful entrants, but can you do better? Let the music-loving Green Man public – and the esteemed panel of judges – decide!
How do I enter?
Absolutely any band or solo artist can enter Green Poll. Just go to www.greenman.net, click on the Green Poll button and upload a YouTube or MySpace video of your band performing a song – it’s as simple as that.
After four weeks of public voting a shortlist of 10 acts will go through to round two – the five bands with the most public votes from round one, and five hand-picked by legendary music webzine Drowned In Sound.
Then it’s another free-for-all public vote to whittle down the lucky five acts that will battle it out in our live final at the Camden Monarch, in London, on 8th July - will you be carrying your guitar case all the way to Green Man this summer?
And what’s more, every single voter taking part will be entered into a prize draw to win free – yes, free – Green Man tickets! So what are you waiting for? The next seven weeks could change your life forever!
BOAT PARTY... Ahoy me hearties... This is the last call for the Green Man Boat Party on Saturday 29th May... Tickets are running low and the ship is being made shipshape for our end of May bank holiday voyage along the Thames.
If you have been oohing and aahing about this day trip of a lifetime (with an after party at a secret location to boot), then now's the time to snap up your tickets.
Boarding passes are available through Ticketline / 0844 888 9991 for a bargainous £20 plus booking fee.
