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Win tickets to the Isle of Wight festival with BT

We mentioned the groundbreaking news that BT had been announced as the sponsors of the Isle Of Wight festival a little while back, and now I'm pleased to be able to point you in the direction of a competition to win tickets.

If you head to our friends at Shiny Shiny, you'll find, like, the easiest question ever. All you do, right, is answer it. And then, right, email it to them. And then, yeah, wait. And then, maybe, you'll be lucky and be on your way to see Iggy the Pop. And if you don't win, what have you lost? Nothing but time.

Enter the Isle of Wight competition at Shiny Shiny

Win tickets to Glastonbury with our delicious and refreshing friends at Gaymers

Festival season is officially upon us, folks. If you're any kind of music fan you'll probably be getting yourself along to some kind of outdoor music experience at some point during the next few months.

The daddy of them all, of course, remains Glastonbury. And despite all the debate about this year's line-up and clientèle, it's still sure to be the definitive British festival experience.

Our new friends at GaymersMusic.com have three pairs of tickets for Glastonbury up for grabs, so if you want to save yourself a packet of dosh - all the more to spend on crisp, delicious cider, see? - head to GaymersMusic.com to enter the easy-peasy competition. You have until the end of 26th May.

Five copies of Angus And Julia Stone's double EP up for grabs

While we're on the subject of our friends at Nollie, if you're a fan of delicate-but-not-mopey, chilled-out acoustic goodness, you might want to check out their latest comp.

They're giving away 5 copies of the double EP from Angus and Julia Stone, Heart Full of Wine / Chocolate and Cigarettes. Er, does a double EP equal one album? Not sure of the current exchange rate regarding formats.

Anyway, go here to enter the competition - and if you're not sure whether it's worth it, the delightful "Just A Boy", which you can hear/see over the page, should convince you.

Tell us about 'My Video Life' and win £500 or some Top Shop vouchers

You use your camera to shoot video. You use your phone to shoot video. You may even be capturing the world in high definition. Now's the time to get your footage working for you by entering our competition and scoring a great prize.

We have teamed up with Visual Networking experts, Cisco, to offer shedloads of cool prizes and all you have to do is show us a video that illustrates 'My Video Life'.

Posted by Stuart Waterman on April 30, 2025 9:34 AM in Competitions
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Moby goes for biggest guestlist ever with album launch party... fancy going?

Moby, the man that launches a thousand cars, is getting all geared up for the release of his new album. That may not be thrilling to you right now... but it could be. The 'intimate' club, indigO2, will play host to one of the "biggest club events of the year" and that's the launch party for Moby's new LP 'Last Night'. Joining him on the decks will be Mylo and Anders Trentemoller. Still not excited? Well, Moby-ites, O2 is offering customers the chance to host this launch party for Moby's album.

'Fill the Floor with Moby' gives you the chance to host the party and essentially, get to party the night away (with 1,500 guests) with Moby and his pals. So what do you need to do to be in with a chance of winning such a prize? Well, I advise you click over the jump for starters.

Posted by Mof Gimmers on April 10, 2025 1:54 PM in Competitions
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Take part in Shiny Media's survey and win an iPod Touch

Yup, you read that right. All you have to do is take part in our little survey, telling us what you think of our wee blog network - it takes approx three minutes, I timed it with my Casio stopwatch - and you could win a 16GB iPod Touch. That's £249.99 worth of gadgetness, you know. We have the lovely folk at Play.com to thank for that one. I might order a Keane live DVD from them to show my thanks. Then again, gratitude has its limits.

ANYWAY - click the link below, answer the questions and you go into the draw. Et la.

Click here to take survey

UK only. Terms and conditions apply - read them here.

Posted by Stuart Waterman on December 12, 2025 4:12 PM in Competitions
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Calling aspiring video presenters / production folk - win a Shiny Media internship in association with LG

Shiny Media, benevolent and delightful parent company of this very blog, is offering you - yes, YOU - the opportunity to win a prestigious internship as either a video presenter or video production wizard (I believe that's the correct technical term).

The LG Video Media Talent Award competition closes on 16th December. So, if you want to a) bag a trip to the 3GSM conference in Barcelona, b) learn about videoblogging from the Shiny
Media team and c) win your very own LG Viewty to document your Shiny Media internship; you need to click here quick sharp.

Some eager individuals have already stolen a march on the competition by getting their entries in early - check out the below entry from Pollyanna Woodward. If you think you can do better you know what you need to do!

Posted by Stuart Waterman on December 6, 2025 4:15 PM in Competitions
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Does Kate Nash Deserve XFM's New Music Award? Apply To Get On The Voting Panel

XFM have announced the shortlist for their New Music Award, designed to recognise the best UK debut album of 2007. Listeners have been voting for their choices recently, and the shortlist is:

Air Traffic 'Fractured Life'
The Enemy 'We'll Live and Die In These Towns'
Frank Turner 'Sleep Is For The Week'
Kate Nash 'Made Of Bricks'
Klaxons 'Myths Of The Near Future'
The Maccabees 'Colour It In'
The Pigeon Detectives 'Wait For Me'
The Twang 'Love It When I Feel Like This'
The View 'Hats Off To The Buskers'
The Wombats 'Proudly Present.. A Guide To Love, Loss and Desperation'

Weird to see Klaxons on a list of "new" albums - feels like they've been around forever already, doesn't it? Anyway, if you shuddered at the mention of Kate Nash's name, or vomited at the thought of The Pigeon Detectives receiving an award, there may be something you can do.

Come work with Shiny

We’re offering a chance to train and work with Shiny Media, the UK’s top video blogging team. This opportunity will allow unique insight into how we plan, script and shoot up to 80 videos every month. The Shiny Media videos are watched by an audience of around 50,000 every week, and this internship offers you the chance to gain skills that will help you develop your career in the video media industry.

We have two 6-month internships available starting from January 2008. One for a budding video presenter and one for a video production person. The internship provides:

The chance to be trained by top talent in video blogging and contribute to creating videos that are watched by an audience of 1,000s daily
An all expenses paid trip to Barcelona to cover the 3GSM World Congress
A blog to share your experiences while participating in the programme
The brand new LG Viewty mobile phone to help you on your path to shooting video on the go

You can also tell us which videos *you* think are best by leaving comments and ranking them on YouTube.

Here’s what we’re looking for:

Take photos, send photos, win LG Viewty. Easiest. Competition. Ever.

Just a reminder about the fab new moblog we've set up in conjunction with LG, and the competition we're running, through which two lucky UK-ites can win an LG Viewty mobile phone each. Pretty special, obviously!

We’re looking for two UK photo bloggers to help us by taking portrait snaps of people / places which they think best sum up the true essence and style of the UK. We’ve teamed up with blog networks from Germany, Spain, France and The Netherlands to create the ultimate pan-European blog City Clickers.

At the moment, our Euro-friends are totally kicking our butts in this comp, so show off your patriotic side by getting out there and snapping what you see. Basically, if you can post 10 photos a month then we want to hear from you! What's that you say, it's raining and miserable outside? What could possibly be more British that that? Snap it! Send it!

Winners will receive a brand new LG Viewty phone and will have their bill paid for 2 months. To find out how to enter and to see what other people have photographed, click here.

Posted by Stuart Waterman on November 20, 2025 3:29 PM in Competitions
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Win X Factor prizes with availableforpanto.com!

Our sister site, Available For Panto, is devoted to the modern marvel that is reality tv. It is written by the comic genius that is Leila Johnston, author of "How To Worry Friends And Inconvenience People", and is flaming hilarious.

Anyway, if you click over there today you will have the chance to win tickets to the X Factor tour - PLUS one lucky swine (and guest) will get to have lunch with one of the show's contestants. Why, it's a prize any stalker worth their salt would want.

Click here to see details of how to win - you only have until Sunday to enter!

The Kooks, Jarvis, Hot Chip - October sees the return of Oxjam. Guilt-free gigging ahoy!

Feel bad frittering away your hard earned cash to see random bands? Well, this is for charity! After the success of last year's events, Oxfam are returning this October to launch Oxjam, their fundraising festival featuring hundreds of local and big-name acts at events up and down the country.

To launch Oxjam a number of secret gigs will be held at London Oxfam shops in early October including performances from The Kooks, Hot Chip, Fatboy Slim, Jamelia and a gentleman who looks like he's been in a charity shop or two, Jarvis Cocker. Norman Cook (aka Fatboy Slim) told Oxfam he's donated old records to charity shops before but performing in one “will be a first”. You can win tickets for these intimate sets through the Oxfam website.

Competition launched for greener festivals

Green advice website www.agreenerfestival.com is launching a competition for festival fans to suggest new ideas to promote environmental friendliness at festivals and get events greener. The new comp', Great Green Ideas, was launched at this weekend's Bestival by the campaigning and information website AGreenerFestival.

In addition, Glastonbury Festival and Peats Ridge Festival in Australia will all be asking their fans for their best ideas. AGreenerFestival co-founder Ben Challis explained: "Some of the very best ideas that improve festivals come from fans and its time we ask people who go to events how they want to get greener. This year we have seen a huge increase in the number of tents abandoned at festivals and these, along with personal carbon footprints, are just two of the things we want fans to think about. Sometimes really simple ideas are the best so any ideas on reducing waste, recycling and preventing pollution would be really welcome as well."

Posted by Mof Gimmers on September 10, 2025 3:43 PM in Competitions
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PG tips ‘Beau-Tea’ competition - win a summer picnic pack

We all like to party and have a good time at festivals, but sometimes you just feel like a nice cuppa.

PG tips has launched a national campaign, “Beau-Tea” spots, to find the best places to enjoy an al fresco cuppa. Picnics at the seaside or at an idyllic country spot are a great way to spend time with family and friends but, with the unpredictable British climate, packing a flask of tea is a must!

With more of us choosing to holiday in the UK, PG tips is championing the UK’s ‘Beau-Tea’ spots by asking the public to nominate their ideal place to relax and sit back with a cuppa. If you would like to nominate your favourite Beau-Tea spot, or find more great places to have a cuppa, visit www.pgtips.co.uk.

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Apple to take bite out of UK festival season with free summer gigs

Firstly, apologies for the gratuitous use of the words "Apple" and "bite". Secondly, hoorah! for Apple, which will be mostly spending this summer letting punters watch the likes of Amy Winehouse, The View, Groove Amada and the quite-special-actually Black Rebel Motorcycle Club at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London. For free!

The full line-up, and it's quite exciting, is here. It's all tied up with iTunes, and the only way to get tickets will be to enter competitions for them with those shiny-computered iPod lovers.

For those who can't get tickets (that'll be most of the people who enter, then), the gigs will be available to download from iTunes, although there's no word yet as to whether you'll need to pay for them. We suspect so. Arty types who are already members of the ICA stand a slightly better chance of bagging some tickets thanks to some being reserved. The first gig will kick off on the evening of July 1st with nice-but-weird Mika.

Best festival competition in the world EVER!!!

Over at our sister site, ShinyShiny, they're celebrating the coming of summer is coming, and more specifically,the festival season! They're offering Possibly the Best Festival Survival Kit Ever. Tent? Check. Cooking implements? Check. Means for keeping in touch? Check. Tickets to the O2 Wireless Festival 2007? Check. Read on to find out exactly what we've got for you, and exactly how you can enter.

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