YuuZoo and The Break launch in Australia

Bands battle it out to win chance to play alongside Bon Jovi, Foo Fighters and more at The Bamboozle Festival this May!
Global social networking platform YuuZoo, which launched in Australia at Sydney’s Hard Rock Café on Wednesday with its first local partners, NRL team West Tigers and recording artist Shannon Noll, is thrilled to reveal details of The Break in Australia. An international contest, The Break will potentially provide one local band with the chance of a lifetime; jetting off to America to play the annual Bamboozle Festival at Asbury Park, New Jersey, in May!

A ‘battle of the bands’ style competition uniquely positioned on a social media platform, The Break asks unsigned bands to register with YuuZoo and upload their clips to the social networking platform. They then activate every friend and contact in their universe, enlisting their support and encouraging them to join or “friend” them on YuuZoo, with the act that accrues the most number of friends deemed the winning entrant. This band, which could come from Perth through to Paraguay and anywhere in between, will join four US based acts, to take the stage at The Bamboozle Festival in New Jersey, which runs from 18th – 20th May.

Ron Creevey, YuuZoo co-founder, said today, “The Break is already active in USA, where over 600 bands are battling it out as we speak.  We are excited to bring this to Australia and attract talented local bands to a global stage. The Break presents a unique opportunity for some of Australia’s most talented musicians to showcase their abilities on the international stage." As an additional bonus for Australian entrants, the band with the strongest figures will have the opportunity to perform to a live stadium audience in excess of 20,000 at a West Tigers home match at half time this year.  Three runners-up will also have a YuuZoo platform built for them, utilising all of the expertise of YuuZoo’s social media team.

Featuring over 100 bands across three days, Live Nation’s The Bamboozle Festival 2012 boasts a killer line-up that includes Bon Jovi, Foo Fighters, Incubus, Blink 182 and Skrillex along with loads more!

Think you’ve got what it takes to blow The Bamboozle 2012 out of the water? Don’t delay! Head to http://www.yuubreak.com.au/ to enter and http://www.thebreakcontest.com/ for more information.

Lenny Kravitz will be joined by Irish chart-toppers The Cranberries, and Aussie rockers Wolfmother

Get ready to rock Australia! McManus Entertainment in association with F1 Rocks is thrilled to announce the return of rock icon Lenny Kravitz to Australia in March 2012. Marking his first concert appearance in the country in 18 years, Lenny will be joined by Irish chart-toppers The Cranberries, and Aussie rockers Wolfmother. In addition to playing Melbourne’s Sidney Myer Music Bowl during the Australian Grand Prix weekend, Lenny Kravitz, The Cranberries and Wolfmother will also be playing shows in Sydney, Wollongong, Brisbane and Perth.

“Not only will rock fans around Australia get to enjoy these three great artists, highlights of Lenny’s performance will be broadcast around the world via the F1 Rocks network to a huge international audience. It’s been 18 years since Lenny Kravitz last toured Australia. Lenny is an international superstar and it’s a pleasure to bring him back here. And it’s perfect timing for those that are at the Grand Prix in Melbourne. Fans can conveniently walk over from the track to the Sidney Myer Music Bowl and enjoy a great night of rock in Melbourne,” says promoter Andrew McManus.

Regarded as one of the preeminent rock musicians of our time, Lenny Kravitz has transcended genre, style and class into a 20-year musical career, one which revels in the rich influences of '60s and '70s soul, rock and funk. Lenny Kravitz is a four-time GRAMMY Award winner and has sold more than 35 million albums worldwide. The artist’s multiple talents as a writer, producer and multiinstrumentalist have resonated through eight studio albums into a timeless catalogue. Lenny Kravitz released his ninth studio album earlier this year, Black and White America (out now through Roadrunner Records). Marking his first release of new material in three years, Black and White America is a rich rock and funk-infused collection filled with Lenny’s signature guitar riffs, compelling melodies and the undeniable anthemic lyricism that has been his trademark over the course of his 20-year career. In addition to the release of his new album, Lenny Kravitz will appear in the upcoming motion picture "The Hunger Games" set for release in March 2012.

“I am excited to return to Australia after so many years away,” says Lenny. “It's going to a great show and I cannot wait to see all my fans there. We are going to bring it!”

The Cranberries, fronted by Dolores O’Riordan, lit up the charts around the world for more than a decade with classics such as Linger, Dreams and Zombie. They have sold more than 30 million records and have had two number one albums in Australia, No Need To Argue (1994) and To The Faithful Departed (1996). Other live favourites include Free To Decide, When You’re Gone, Salvation, Ode To My Family and Ridiculous Thoughts. After taking a few years off to raise their families, the band are thrilled to be back with their new album, Roses (released next year through Shock Records on February 10), their first record in more than ten years since Wake Up And Smell The Coffee in 2001.

In 2007 Aussie rockers Wolfmother won a GRAMMY Award for Best Hard Rock Performance for their single Woman. This followed ARIA Award wins for Best Group, Best Breakthrough Album and Best Rock Album for their debut self-titled album. The album Wolfmother has been certified 5 x Platinum in Australia (as well as Gold in the US, UK and Canada). Their latest album, Cosmic Egg, was released in 2009 and debuted at number three in the Australian charts (as well as charting in Europe and US).