Nine-Week Original Series Features Interviews, Shows, and a Behind-The-Scenes
Look at the Nationwide Tour
March 1, 2005 (Press Release) --
HDNET PRESENTS 9-PART ZIPPO HOT TOUR CONCERT SERIES
Nine-Week Original Series Features Interviews, Shows, and a Behind-The-Scenes Look at the Nationwide Tour
LOS ANGELES/Bradford, PA – HDNet, the leading high-definition television network, premieres the 9-part Zippo Hot Tour Concert Series beginning Sunday, March 6, 2005 at 10:00 PM EST. The original series chronicles the 2004 ZIPPO HOT TOUR and features interviews and performances from the hottest unsigned rock bands from eight U.S. cities competing for a showcase with Island Records in New York City.
In the premiere episode, host Katie Daryl introduces the Zippo Hot Tour and takes in a performance by the 2004 kick-off band, Abloom. Each week, HDNet travels to the eight cities of the tour, including Austin, Denver, Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, W. Palm Beach, Raleigh, Detroit and San Diego, known for their live music scene, to meet the bands in the competition. Katie introduces the performances and interviews band members as they tell their struggles of getting signed by a record label. She then takes viewers on a tour of each city's bustling club scene. In the final episode, HDNet will feature the winner's showcase as San Diego’s 3against1, voted by fans as the best unsigned rock band in America, performs for Island Records in New York City.
The 2005 ZIPPO HOT TOUR, which is the only nationwide competition where the fans choose the bands, kicked off this month and bands from Austin, TX, Cincinnati, OH, Denver, CO, Memphis, TN, Orlando, FL, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, PA, Phoenix, AZ, Raleigh and Charlotte, NC, have until April 14, 11:59:59pm EST, to register at www.zippohottour.com to qualify for the first round of online competition, and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The winning prize packages, valued at nearly $100,000, includes a showcase performance with Capitol Records A & R executives in Hollywood, CA, a full equipment package from partners, Peavey Electronics, TAMA Drums, ESP Guitars, PureVolume, Discfarm, Sonicbids, and Pro-mark, cash, customized Zippo lighters, and a decked out tour bus for an all-expense paid 10-city Zippo Hot Tour with a national headlining band in November.
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About HDNet
HDNet provides viewers with exciting and topical news, sports, music and entertainment programming. The network features up to 20 hours of original programming each week, all produced in the highest quality 1080i HDTV format - more original high-definition programming than any other network. HDNet news and entertainment includes original series "HDNet World Report," "Face 2 Face with Roy Firestone," "Art Mann Presents," "HDNet Concert Series," and "True Music," as well as every episode of the acclaimed Warner Bros. series "Smallville." Live sports productions include NASCAR auto racing, National Hockey League and Major League Soccer games. HDNet Movies, the company's second network, features a wide selection of major studio's theatrical releases – all uncut, unedited, and appearing in their original aspect ratio - as well as features produced and finished in true 1080i high-definition. Co-founded by Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, and General Manager Philip Garvin, the HDNet networks are available on Adelphia, Charter, DIRECTV, DISH Network, Insight, Mediacom, Time Warner Cable and more than 40 NCTC cable affiliate companies. For more information visit
www.hd.net.
About Zippo Hot Tour
The Zippo Hot Tour is a promotional marketing initiative to support the local music industry and provide rock groups with a platform to bring their music to a national audience. The program consists of a series of online and offline activities, including a music tour visiting Austin, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Raleigh, Denver, Phoenix, Philadelphia, Orlando, Pittsburgh and Memphis. For more information on the Zippo Hot Tour contact Los Angeles based promotion agency, FUSE, at 323-871-9900.
About Zippo
Zippo Manufacturing Company was founded in 1932 in Bradford, PA. The Zippo windproof lighter has become an international icon of American ingenuity and tradition and is a treasured collectible throughout the world. The Zippo windproof pocket lighter – in addition to the traditional chrome finish – features millions of designs depicting hobbies, activities, logos and lifestyle interests. More than 400 million Zippo lighters have been manufactured in Bradford since 1932, and all are backed by Zippo’s unparalleled lifetime guarantee. For more information on Zippo, please visit the company’s web site www.zippo.com.
Nine-Week Original Series Features Interviews, Shows, and a Behind-The-Scenes Look at the Nationwide Tour
LOS ANGELES/Bradford, PA – HDNet, the leading high-definition television network, premieres the 9-part Zippo Hot Tour Concert Series beginning Sunday, March 6, 2005 at 10:00 PM EST. The original series chronicles the 2004 ZIPPO HOT TOUR and features interviews and performances from the hottest unsigned rock bands from eight U.S. cities competing for a showcase with Island Records in New York City.
In the premiere episode, host Katie Daryl introduces the Zippo Hot Tour and takes in a performance by the 2004 kick-off band, Abloom. Each week, HDNet travels to the eight cities of the tour, including Austin, Denver, Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, W. Palm Beach, Raleigh, Detroit and San Diego, known for their live music scene, to meet the bands in the competition. Katie introduces the performances and interviews band members as they tell their struggles of getting signed by a record label. She then takes viewers on a tour of each city's bustling club scene. In the final episode, HDNet will feature the winner's showcase as San Diego’s 3against1, voted by fans as the best unsigned rock band in America, performs for Island Records in New York City.
The 2005 ZIPPO HOT TOUR, which is the only nationwide competition where the fans choose the bands, kicked off this month and bands from Austin, TX, Cincinnati, OH, Denver, CO, Memphis, TN, Orlando, FL, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, PA, Phoenix, AZ, Raleigh and Charlotte, NC, have until April 14, 11:59:59pm EST, to register at www.zippohottour.com to qualify for the first round of online competition, and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The winning prize packages, valued at nearly $100,000, includes a showcase performance with Capitol Records A & R executives in Hollywood, CA, a full equipment package from partners, Peavey Electronics, TAMA Drums, ESP Guitars, PureVolume, Discfarm, Sonicbids, and Pro-mark, cash, customized Zippo lighters, and a decked out tour bus for an all-expense paid 10-city Zippo Hot Tour with a national headlining band in November.
# # #
About HDNet
HDNet provides viewers with exciting and topical news, sports, music and entertainment programming. The network features up to 20 hours of original programming each week, all produced in the highest quality 1080i HDTV format - more original high-definition programming than any other network. HDNet news and entertainment includes original series "HDNet World Report," "Face 2 Face with Roy Firestone," "Art Mann Presents," "HDNet Concert Series," and "True Music," as well as every episode of the acclaimed Warner Bros. series "Smallville." Live sports productions include NASCAR auto racing, National Hockey League and Major League Soccer games. HDNet Movies, the company's second network, features a wide selection of major studio's theatrical releases – all uncut, unedited, and appearing in their original aspect ratio - as well as features produced and finished in true 1080i high-definition. Co-founded by Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, and General Manager Philip Garvin, the HDNet networks are available on Adelphia, Charter, DIRECTV, DISH Network, Insight, Mediacom, Time Warner Cable and more than 40 NCTC cable affiliate companies. For more information visit
www.hd.net.
About Zippo Hot Tour
The Zippo Hot Tour is a promotional marketing initiative to support the local music industry and provide rock groups with a platform to bring their music to a national audience. The program consists of a series of online and offline activities, including a music tour visiting Austin, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Raleigh, Denver, Phoenix, Philadelphia, Orlando, Pittsburgh and Memphis. For more information on the Zippo Hot Tour contact Los Angeles based promotion agency, FUSE, at 323-871-9900.
About Zippo
Zippo Manufacturing Company was founded in 1932 in Bradford, PA. The Zippo windproof lighter has become an international icon of American ingenuity and tradition and is a treasured collectible throughout the world. The Zippo windproof pocket lighter – in addition to the traditional chrome finish – features millions of designs depicting hobbies, activities, logos and lifestyle interests. More than 400 million Zippo lighters have been manufactured in Bradford since 1932, and all are backed by Zippo’s unparalleled lifetime guarantee. For more information on Zippo, please visit the company’s web site www.zippo.com.
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