BATTLE OF THE BANDS

Are you interested in playing live in the summer's largest lifestyle music festival in the USA? If so, it's time to signup for the 11th Ernie Ball Vans Warped Tour Battle of the Bands! Over 200 unsigned bands will have the opportunity to play live at their hometown venue of the 2007 Vans Warped Tour. Let's see if some of you USA based "Laptoprockers" can make it out there! You'll have to be quick, the deadline for signing up is May 18th, 2007!

The Ernie Ball Music Man Battle of the Bands began in 1996. Over the course of the last ten years the contest has grown significantly. Beginning with a few hundred bands and handful of spots on the Warped Tour, the contest has expanded to include multiple festivals and over one hundred cities worldwide. In 2000, Ernie Ball unveiled it's Mobile Stage, a self contained 25,000 watt concert on wheels that travels throughout North America with the Vans Warped Tour providing even more opportunities for bands to perform. Since it's inception, the Ernie Ball Music Man Battle of the Bands has played host to acts like Story of the Year, Bowling for Soup, Circa Survive, Avenged Sevenfold, Cartel, Throwdown, Mute Math, The Fall of Troy, The Receiving End of Sirens and many more.

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