 TORONTO,
Canada (Coalition Records) Coalition Records / Warner Music Canada
recording artists The Waking Eyes will hit the road in February for
their first Canadian headlining tour. BenQ Presents the Video Sound
Tour encompasses 10 shows beginning February 9 in Toronto and ending
February 25 in Calgary. Joining The Waking Eyes will be The Marble
Index and Boy.
"BenQ is proud to be involved with this concert series and support the continuous development of new Canadian artists," said Jimmy Davlouros, Vice President and General Manager for BenQ Canada. "We
constantly strive for innovative ways to connect with our audience and
demonstrate our ongoing commitment of bringing enjoyment and quality to
life."
The Waking Eyes debut album, Video Sound, has already spawned one Top 10 track at Rock Radio ("Watch Your Money") and their current single, "Beginning,"
seems destined for the top of the charts as well. With a sound that is
reminiscent of The Who and the Beatles with New Rock sensibilities, the
Winnipeg-based band have already won audiences over as the opening act
for bands such as The Trews, Sam Roberts and Collective Soul.
The band's Matt Peters commented, "It's
an amazing feeling to be able to do the one thing we love the most �
playing shows. Plus having The Marble Index and Boy joining us will
make for an awesome night. BenQ cares about supporting new bands like
us and we are thrilled that they are with us for this tour."
BenQ
has retained the services of Deep Sky � Sound Marketing Ideas to be the
focal point for pulling together the logistics of the Video Sound Tour.
Deep Sky, whose specialty is in designing customized marketing
solutions for advertisers, is a division of Corus Radio. As such, the
Corus Radio stations, including Edge in Toronto, Y108 in Hamilton,
Power 97 in Winnipeg and CFOX in Vancouver, will be an integral part of
this innovative campaign to reach the mp3 consumer.
The Video Sound
Tour represents a strong start in 2005 for a multi-layered marketing
approach conceived between BenQ and Deep Sky. This campaign will
significantly boost the consumer awareness of the BenQ brand while
driving activity through BenQ's extensive dealer network.
All of
the BenQ Presents the Video Sound Tour dates will be regularly ticketed
shows except for the February 9 opening night performance at The Rivoli
in Toronto. Tickets for the Toronto show are free exclusively by
logging on to www.benq.ca or
listening to Edge102. In each of the 10 tour destinations, concertgoers
will have the chance to win a Joybee 130, BenQ's latest model of
Digital Audio MP3 player
BenQ Presents the Video Sound Tour Dates:
February 9 Toronto Rivoli
February 10 Hamilton Underground
February 11 Ottawa Barrymore's
February 12 Montreal Main Hall
February 16 Winnipeg Cowboy's
February 17 Regina The State
February 18 Saskatoon Louis
February 19 Edmonton Starlite/Victory
February 23 Vancouver Richard's
February 25 Calgary Gateway (SAIT)
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