Buzznet Teams Up With the Vans Warped Tour To Bring Fans Inside Look Into The Lives Of Bands On Summer’s Biggest Music Tour
Web’s Largest Social Magazine and Music Lifestyle Community, Buzznet, & Music’s Most Prolific Event For Youth, Vans Warped Tour, Launch Official Online Community for Fans, Bands and Correspondents to Share Exclusive Content
Los Angeles, CA – April 21, 2011 – Buzznet.com, the web’s largest social magazine written for youth by youth, has partnered with the Vans Warped Tour to produce “The Official Warped Tour 2011 Online Community.” The Official Warped Tour Community, located at http://www.buzznet.com/groups/warpedtour2011, delivers a multi-media experience where fans, bands, Vans Warped Tour correspondents, and Buzznet reporters and photographers can post news, photos, videos and other tour coverage, delivering the most comprehensive, inside look into Summer’s biggest tour. Fans can expect to see content posted directly by the bands as they document the tour sharing stories and behind-the-scenes photos. In addition, Buzznet will be sending its stringer network of photographers and citizen journalists from all over the country to select dates to document live performances, artist meet-and-greets, festival highlights and Vans Warped Tour fashion trends. Content created by official Vans Warped Tour bloggers will also be posted to the tour community, revealing the inner-workings of the tour including production, charity programs, off-hours, travel experiences and back-stage action. Select stories will be syndicated across BUZZMEDIA’s portfolio of sites including PureVolume, Idolator, AbsolutePunk, Celebuzz, TheSuperficial and others.
To make the experience even more unique, the two companies are collaborating with the touring bands on two exclusive programs, “Rotten Tourmatoes” and “Betty Rocker’s Guide To Warped Tour Cookery,” which will deliver an even more fun, exclusive and intimate look at a side of the Vans Warped Tour rarely exposed to the masses.
“Rotten Tourmatoes” will bring out the Siskel and Ebert in every rock-star as they travel around the country on the multi-city tour. Prior to taking off, Buzznet will give a select group of bands popular films to watch on DVD on their tour buses. As the bands travel between cities, they’ll have a chance to watch the movies and create critical reviews via video blogs. Stay tuned as bands like A Skylit Drive review “Black Swan” and Hellogoodbye reveal if they’re on team Edward or Team Cullen after they watch “New Moon.”
Buzznet, the Vans Warped Tour and participating bands will also be producing a music tour cookbook titled “Betty Rocker’s Guide To Warped Tour Cookery” which will highlight many of the delicious meals that bands cook for one another while on the tour, particularly vegetarian and vegan cuisine. Bands will post recipes and photos of their meals to The Official Vans Warped Tour Community located on Buzznet.com so fans can see what goes on in the lively makeshift kitchens during mealtimes. A collection of the recipes and original photos will also be printed in a limited-edition recipe book that fans will be able to win through a contest hosted on Buzznet.com.
“While this year’s Vans Warped Tour is all about coming back to our roots, we’re excited for this unique collaboration with Buzznet,“ says tour founder Kevin Lyman. “It will bring something new to the table and help us continue to expose music fans to the full spectrum of what makes this tour so special.”
About Buzznet:
Buzznet (www.buzznet.com ) is the web’s largest social magazine and music lifestyle community created for its members by its members. Published, read and loved by millions of young people ages 13-34, Buzznet’s vibrant and creative audience is addicted to the latest music, fashion, movies, books, art, celebrity, and other pop culture topics. With its members publishing original blogs, photos and videos on the topics they are passionate about, Buzznet delivers the most engaging content for youth by youth.
Buzznet is owned and operated by BUZZMEDIA (www.buzz-media.com), the leading and fastest growing publisher of pop culture on the Internet with over 100MM Unique Users worldwide.
About VANS WARPED TOUR:
The VANS WARPED TOUR® is well established as America’s premiere music and lifestyle festival of the summer, breaking up-and-coming indie talent as well as both creating and showcasing major established artists since 1995. The nationally-renowned festival is the most eclectic traveling tour and features a diverse array of artists–with hotly tipped acts in every genre from punk, metal and indie to rock, hip-hop, rap, electronic, reggae and pop; as well as a variety of lifestyle attractions for its traditionally low ticket price. The tour has cemented its place in history by bringing punk rock/skate/action sports culture from the underground to the forefront of global youth culture, while at the same time helping those in need and being the first tour to consistently use groundbreaking environmental techniques every year on the road. The Warped Eco Initiatives (WEI) range from biodiesel fuel for touring trucks and buses, to environmentally friendly catering for bands and crew courtesy of Tada Catering. There’s even a solar-powered sound system on the Kevin Says Stage and www.vanswarpedtour.com showcases public transportation options for every tour date and carpool social media apps as well as exotic eco travel contests. For more information on the tour that Alternative Press readers voted the “Best Tour/Festival” of 2009/2010 and Rolling Stone called “America’s most successful festival” (2005). Now in its 17th year, the 44-date tour commences June 24 in Dallas, TX and finishes August 14 in Portland, OR go to: www.vanswarpedtour.com.
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