Cingular Asks America to Sound Off and Music Group 30 Seconds to Mars Wins!
06 Septembre 2006 - 5:41PM
PR Newswire (US)
Los Angeles Rock Band Garners Most Votes in Cingular Wireless and
Conde Nast Media Group Sponsored Battle NEW YORK, Sept. 6
/PRNewswire/ -- After weeks of voting by Cingular customers, Virgin
Records' 30 Seconds to Mars has garnered the most votes in the
Cingular Wireless and Conde Nast Media Group's Want You To Sound
Off contest. The group will play atop the marquee at Radio City
Music Hall on Thursday, September 7 at 6:30 pm ET at the third
annual Fashion Rocks(TM) concert in New York. For the past six
weeks, six bands -- 30 Seconds to Mars, Angels and Airwaves, Blue
October, Ima Robot, The Pink Spiders and The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
-- have been competing to land the coveted spot of performing on
the legendary Radio City Music Hall marquee, live, at Fashion
Rocks(TM). Fans who have been viewing exclusive interviews and
video diaries from many of the bands online at cingularsource.com
or via Cingular's 3G video service, have been casting their votes
via text message short codes on their wireless phones, resulting in
a win for 30 Seconds to Mars. "The Cingular-Conde Nast "Sound Off"
contest demonstrates the power of texting and its relevance in
young people's lives," said John Burbank, vice president of
marketing for Cingular Wireless. "Thanks to thousands of Cingular
customers who chose to 'sound off' via text messaging, 30 Seconds
to Mars will be performing at one of the hottest concerts of the
year. And, through our partnership with Conde Nast Media Group, we
are able to offer our customers a front row seat, so to speak, to
many of the happenings at the (TM)concert via their wireless
phones." Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray will kick off the performance at
6:30 p.m. after which 30 Seconds to Mars will play a short set. The
marquee is located on Avenue of the Americas, between 50th and 51st
Streets. Fans will be able to watch the concert for free, online at
blueroom.att.com beginning September 9. Shortly thereafter,
Cingular 3G customers will be able to watch exclusive video
excerpts of the show from their mobile phone. In the second voter
driven competition Virgin Records' 30 Seconds To Mars won this
week, the first being the MTV2 Award for "The Kill" at the 2006 MTV
VMAs, the band will perform atop the marquee at Radio City Music
Hall as the winner of the Cingular Sound Off contest. 30STM
released the certified gold record A Beautiful Lie on August 30,
2005 to critical acclaim. Alternative Press said, "... they just
might be rock's best-kept secret." "The Kill," which is the second
single from their album, has become a top three hit at Modern Rock
Radio while the video has just won the MTV2 Award at the VMAs after
being nominated for two -- "Best Rock Video" and the MTV2 Award.
Continuing to tour through the end of 2006, they recently completed
their first ever headlining tour which sold out across the country;
they also played Bamboozle, Lollapalooza, and this summer's Warped
Tour. They will soon announce a big Fall tour and play Bamboozle
West as well as KROQ's Inland Invasion. For more information visit
http://www.30secondstomars.com/. Cingular will offer its customers
exclusive content from the live performances, as well as backstage
and red carpet activities from the star- studded concert. Cingular
also will offer selected ringtones, wallpaper and graphics from
Fashion Rocks performances, including Elton John, Beyonce, Jay- Z,
Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Bon Jovi, Christina Aguilera, Jamie Foxx,
The Black Eyed Peas, Rhianna, Pussycat Dolls, Kanye West, Scissor
Sisters and others. Additionally, fashion expert Robert Verdi will
host a red carpet pre-show and conduct backstage interviews, which
will be available to Cingular Video subscribers within days after
the concert. Cingular Video is Cingular's on- demand streaming
video service that delivers fast, personalized access to
high-quality video clips on consumers' 3G phones. How To Access
Fashion Rocks Cingular customers can access Fashion Rocks content
from their wireless handsets in three simple steps: 1) Choose the
MEdia Net option on your phone's main menu 2) Click on
Entertainment 3) Click on Fashion Cingular Video subscribers can
access Fashion Rocks video content from their wireless handsets
with three simple steps as well: 1) Choose the Cingular Video
option on your phone's main menu 2) Click on Entertainment 3) Click
on Fashion Pricing To access Cingular Video content, consumers need
to purchase a 3G phone and sign up for the $19.99 MEdia Net
Unlimited package. For more information on this package or other
MEdia Bundles for additional cost savings when using other Cingular
devices, check out http://www.cingular.com/media. About Cingular
Wireless Cingular Wireless is the largest wireless carrier in the
United States, serving 57.3 million customers. Cingular, a joint
venture between AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) and BellSouth Corporation
(NYSE:BLS), has the largest digital voice and data network in the
nation -- the ALLOVER(TM) network -- and the largest
mobile-to-mobile community of any national wireless carrier.
Cingular is a leader in third generation wireless technology. Its
3G network is the first widely available service in the world to
use HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) technology. Cingular
is the only U.S. wireless carrier to offer Rollover(R), the
wireless plan that lets customers keep their unused monthly
minutes. Details of the company are available at
http://www.cingular.com/. Get Cingular Wireless press releases
emailed to you automatically. Sign up at
http://cingular.mediaroom.com/ . The Conde Nast Media Group, a unit
of Conde Nast Publications, includes corporate sales, marketing,
interactive and direct sales efforts for all of Conde Nast's
consumer magazines and websites. The Conde Nast Media Group is
recognized as an industry leader for its creation and execution of
large- scale, integrated-multiplatform advertising programs and
events. DATASOURCE: Cingular Wireless CONTACT: Deb Bernardini,
+1-718-468-0940, , or Susan Portnoy, +1-212-286-6047, Web site:
http://www.cingular.com/ http://cingular.mediaroom.com/
http://www.cingular.com/media http://www.blueroom.att.com/
http://www.30secondstomars.com/
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