New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Shazam Entertainment) Shazam, the world's leading mobile discovery company, today announced it is giving one lucky Shazamer and their guest the concert experience of a lifetime to see
Coldplay perform live, as part of its 'Golden Tag' promotions.
Starting today, when fans in the US, UK and Canada* use their iOS and Android devices to Shazam any
Coldplay song, including their latest singles, 'Paradise' and 'Every Teardrop is a Waterfall,' they will receive a chance to enter and win a grand prize trip to see them in concert, including airfare and a three-night stay in a hotel.
The contest, which runs from today through midnight on 15 October will also award five Shazamers with
Coldplay prize pack which includes the band�s new album, �Mylo Xyloto.�
Entering the
Coldplay Golden Tag promotion is easy! All you have to do is:
- Activate Shazam
Friends (via the
Friends Tab in your Shazam App)
- Shazam ANY
Coldplay song between 19
September 2011 � 15 October 2011
It�s just that easy! Winners will be selected on or around 16 October 2011. Fans can follow the Golden Tagpromotion on Facebook pages for
Coldplay and Shazam.
Coldplay first rose to prominence with their award-winning 2000 debut, Parachutes, a record they followed up with 2002�s similarly successful and acclaimed A Rush Of Blood To The Head. Their next two releases - X&Y and Viva La Vida - were the planet�s biggest selling albums of 2005 and 2008 respectively. The band have won numerous awards including seven Grammys and six Brits. They have spent the latter half of 2011 finishing their new album, Mylo Xyloto, and performing much-lauded festival headline sets across Europe, Asia, Australia and North America.
Shazam �Golden Tag� promotions are one of the many ways Shazam is working with major label artists today. In addition to opportunities to meet the artist, Golden Tag promotions can include concert tickets, free downloads, song debuts and loads of other prizes. Record labels and artists work with Shazam to Shazam-enable their music videos and TV commercials, release exclusive content such as a new album, song or video, launch innovative advertising campaigns within the Shazam App, and build 3-way promotions with the help of media partners and major brands.
For consumers who don�t yet have the Shazam application on their smartphone, it can be found on iTunes App Store, Android Market, AT&T�s AppCenter, Verizon VCast app store, the Ovi Store by Nokia, Windows Phone Marketplace, BlackBerry App World, and GetJar. The Shazam free App is available with five tags per month and Shazam Encore is priced at $3.99 for a 1-year subscription or a one-time fee of $5.99 on iOS; or a one-time fee of $4.99 on all other platforms.
*Promotion open to legal residents of Canada (excluding the province of Quebec), must be 13 or older to enter.
