REDMOND, WA. (Micorsoft) - MSN
Music ( https://music.msn.com ) is offering music fans the chance to live like rock stars during the 14-week summer long MSN(R)
Music Road Tour, which kicked off June 10 at the Bonnaroo
Music & Arts Festival 2005 in Manchester, Tenn. Six winners recently selected to tour the country from June 9 through Sept. 5 on a customized high-tech MSN
Music tour bus will be hitting major music festivals and concerts all summer long. Content from the summer Road Tour is available at https://music.msn.com/roadtour.
Participants were screened through an online application that focused on a passion for the lifestyle of music. The 45-foot-long customized MSN
Music bus is equipped to sleep all six "road stars" for the summer and will transform into an MSN
Music Lounge that will be open to the public along the tour route, stopping in 37 states and giving road stars access to more than 100 live music acts.
The tour bus is equipped with state-of-the-art laptop computers, plasma-screen TVs, high-end stereo equipment and high-speed Internet. The road stars will be chronicling their experience by maintaining blogs on MSN Spaces where they can post photos, write reviews and share interviews with some of their favorite musicians that they will meet along the way. Fans of the experience will get a glimpse into the life of these music extremists, plus offer blog feedback and comments. Since the road stars were chosen based on their music expertise, people from across the U.S. will be able to connect to their playlists via MSN Spaces and then map back to https://music.msn.com to purchase downloads of songs they've just read about on a roadie's Space. The Spaces are scheduled to be live by the end of June.
MSN
Music road stars will be giving away free download cards to MSN
Music and portable music devices throughout the summer at the hottest summer music festivals nationwide as part of MSN Music's Meet New
Music campaign. As the road stars attend major music festivals and concerts, they will post onto https://music.msn.com/roadtour festival reviews and artist interviews in addition to updating their blogs with playlists highlighting their favorite tracks from MSN Music.
The experience is designed to tap into the passion of music fans and offer people everywhere the ability to meet, hear and experience new and exciting music through MSN Music.
"The MSN
Music Road Tour represents the ultimate all-access pass to music all over the country and a dream come true for the music fans who have been selected," said Rob Bennett, senior director of MSN Entertainment. "These music fans will be empowered to share their tastes, opinions and passion for music with not only the thousands of people they come in contact with throughout the country, but potentially with millions more through their daily blogs and journals from the road."
The six road stars were selected from a nationwide search and chosen based on their passion for music and obsession of a particular genre:
- Rebecca Foster, 22, is a country girl at heart. She has been a music promoter and worked with small local labels.
- Shea Rose, 29, is a jazz enthusiast from
Boston and is closely tied to the area's vibrant underground music scene.
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Christopher Hart, 24, moves to the groove of electronica. He is from New York City, where he is involved in the music and club scene and works as a local music promoter.
- Justin Gayle, 24, is hip-hop all the way. He grooves in San Francisco and exemplifies a hip-hop attitude with his everyday style.
- Joel Voorman, 21, is a classic rock fan from Ohio. Joel loves to share his opinion about the local music scene by updating his blog regularly.
Profiles of each of the participants will be available at https://www.music.msn.com/roadtour .
MSN
Music Road Tour Dates and Cites: First Leg (dates and locations subject to change)
- Cleveland, Ohio: June 15
- Washington, D.C.: June 17
- Philadelphia, Pa.: June 19
- New York, N.Y.: June 20 and 21
- Atlanta, Ga.: June 24
- Miami, Fla: June 25 and 26
- Tallahassee, Fla.: June 27
- Memphis, Tenn.: July 4
