Contest Promoter Issues

To the winners of the Cartel contest (who have been previously notified), I apologize for the failure of the promotional company to provide your prizes. You have all expressed thanks for the alternative prizes and I truly appreciate your understanding.

The promoter promised to send me the prize packs prior to the end of the media hype so that I could announce winners here on Any Given Tuesday contemporaneously with the exit from the bubble by the band. That never occurred. I asked more than once when I might expect those prizes, and was told the prizes were coming from the sponsors of the contest, but had not yet arrived. More recently, I inquired about the prizes since we were well past the end of the contest and explained that I would prefer to avoid reporting to my readers that the company fell through. I regret to report that M80 neglected to respond to my email and have therefore neglected to satisfy their end of our agreement.

As a small-time blogger like myself, it is hard to burn a bridge with a promo/PR agency, but I will not take lightly a failure to come through on a promise both to this site and, by proxy, its readers. Without an explanation and clarification for my readers why the prizes fell through, I will no longer provide press for that company. Nor will I post any information about contests unless and until I either have the prizes in hand to give to the readers, or a contract or other enforceable writing indicating how fans will receive their prize.

Thanks again to the contest winners for graciously accepting your back-up prizes. I hope you enjoy them, and all future contests will not end in this fashion.

Cartel Become the Band In A Bubble Today! Enter to win prizes!

Today, Cartel enters the Bubble to record their next album. Be sure to enter Any Given Tuesday's Cartel contest for your chance to win cool prizes from the band.

Band In A Bubble featuring Cartel; Win A Prize Pack From Cartel, Dr. Pepper, and M80

Dr. Pepper and M80 have informed Any Given Tuesday about a project called Band In A Bubble featuring Cartel. Cartel will be sealed inside a huge transparent bubble on Hudson River Park's Pier 54 in New York City from May 24 through June 12, and every move they make will be live for the world to see as they eat, breathe, sleep and record the follow-up to their debut album, Chroma.

Cartel will be trapped inside the bubble for the duration of recording, with webcams streaming, and there will be a music special in four 30-minute episodes aired on MTV.

As for the bubble itself, it is a 40-by-40 foot state-of-the-art recording studio equipped with everything Cartel needs to record their next album. Designed by international firm TPG Architecture, the 2,000-square-foot structure will consist of 55,000 pounds of steel truss and quarter-inch-thick fireproof rigid fiber glass. Three semi-circular steel arches will loop the bubble and act as light trusses to provide a glowing effect. While in the bubble, Cartel will have access to a custom kitchen and dining room, a casual lounge area and a spa-like bathroom as well as a “Sleeping Bubble,” or mezzanine level, which will be a giant pod elevated nine feet off the ground and hung in place with airplane hanger cables, that will house the band's sleeping quarters.

Click the banner above to check out the Band In A Bubble. You can also join the Band In A Bubble Street Team.

To top it all off, Cartel, M80 and Dr. Pepper have been generous enough to offer a Cartel prize pack (containing CDs, posters, and more) for giveaway on Any Given Tuesday. Leave a comment or send Any Given Tuesday an email and you'll have the chance to win something out of the prize pack when Cartel comes out of the bubble!

Massive Bamboozle Fest 2007 Lineup Announced

Bamboozle is coming to The Meadowlands in East Rutherford, New Jersey on May 5 and 6 this year. Headlining bands, as previously announced are My Chemical Romance (May 5) and Linkin Park (May 6). The lineup doesn't name Kelly Clarkson as rumored, but there are still names to be announced, people. I know I've got my fingers crossed.

The full lineup, so far:

Saturday, May 5:
My Chemical Romance
Andrew WK Pep Rally 2007
Bayside
Between The Trees
Biker Women
Boys Like Girls
Captured By Robots
Cartel
Cute Is What We Aim For
Great American Freedom Machine
Hellogoodbye
Hit The Lights
Hot Rod Circuit
Houston Calls
Lordi
Lydia
Madina Lake
Mae
Making Babies
Maylene And The Sons Of Disaster
Meg And Dia
Men Women And Children
Moros Eros
Muse
New Found Glory
Paramore
Phil Bensen
PlayRadioPlay
Ronnie Day
Secondhand Serenade
The Almost
The Locals
The Receiving End Of Sirens
The Spill Canvas
The Starting Line
This Providence
Valencia
Whole Wheat Bread feat. Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock

Sunday, May 6:
Linkin Park
All Time Low
Anberlin
Armor For Sleep
Brand New
Captured By Robots
Catch 22
Circa Survive
Daphne Loves Derby
Envy On The Coast
From First To Last
Haste The Day
Hit The Lights
It Dies Today
Jack’s Mannequin
Norma Jean
Plain White T’s
Relient K
Revolution Mother
Saves The Day
Say Anything
Scary Kids Scaring Kids
Schoolyard Heroes
Sherwood
Silverstein
State Radio
The Bled
The Blood Brothers
The Dear Hunter
The Devil Wears Prada
The Early November
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
The Rocket Summer
The Sleeping
Thrice
Uncle Kyle Is My Hero
"Weird Al" Yankovic
Yellowcard
Young Love

Tickets are $35 for each day