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First Bamboozle 2008 Bands Announced

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The first round of bands for the 2008 Bamboozle festival have been announced. The event will take place on May 3rd and 4th at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, NJ. Check out the bands announced so far below and head over to www.ducatking.com on November 23rd at noon for the pre-sale.

Chiodos
Finch
Forever The Sickest Kids
I Am The Avalanche
Jack’s Mannequin
Less Than Jake
Mindless Self Indulgence
Scary Kids Scaring Kids
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
The Starting Line
Senses Fail
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Motion City Soundtrack Conan O’Brien Performance Canceled

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Motion City Soundtrack‘s Conan O’ Brien performance set for tomorrow night has been canceled. Read a message from the band below.

Hey all,

Some bad news…

Our scheduled performance on Conan tomorrow night has been canceled due to the Writers Guild of America going on strike. The episode now airing will be a re-run.

Sorry about this, thanks for understanding

MCS

Motion City Soundtrack on Conan O’Brien

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Motion City Soundtrack will be performing “This Is For Real” on Late Night with Conan O’Brien on Thursday, November 8th. Read a message from the band below.

That’s right folks! Stay up extra late or set your Tivo because we will be performing “This Is For Real” on Late Night with Conan O’Brien Thursday, November 8th
 
We’re stoked!!!
 
Details:
Thursday, November 8th
12:35 / 11:35c
Late Night with Conan O’Brien
HOW TO GET TICKETS:
FREE tickets to attend a live taping of Late Night with Conan O’Brien are available by calling the NBC Ticket Office at (212) 664-3056. The show is taped at 30 Rockefeller Plaza (GE Building) in New York City. The normal taping schedule is Monday through Friday from 4:15 – 6:30 PM. All days and times are subject to change, possibly without notice. You may request up to four tickets, and all audience members must be at least 16 years old. You may only book tickets once every six months, and you may not book tickets in conjunction with any other groups of people.

HOW TO GET STANDBY TICKETS:
To receive a FREE standby ticket, arrive at the NBC Studios marquee on the 49th Street side of 30 Rockefeller Plaza no later than 9:00 AM on the day of the taping you would like to attend. 75 standby tickets are handed out for each taping, and only one standby ticket will be issued per person. PLEASE NOTE: A standby ticket does NOT guarantee admission.

Motion City Soundtrack YouTube Contest

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Do you find yourself singing along to Motion City Soundtrack‘s “This Is For Real” and think to yourself “Wow, I’m a way better lip syncer than Britney Spears at the VMAs, I should totally get something for this!”. Well we completely agree!

HOW TO ENTER:
Create your best lip sync video to “This Is For Real” and you could win one of three prizes! Here’s what you do:
1) Create a video of you lip syncing or dancing to “This Is For Real” by Motion City Soundtrack
2) Upload your video to Youtube
3) Tag your video with “Motion City Soundtrack Lip-Sync”
4) Email a link to the video, your name and your mailing address to contest@epitaph.com

PRIZES:

The best part is, EVERYONE who submits a video will win a free MCS poster!

Even better, three grand prize winners will win even bigger prizes as follows:
1) Most Played Video — Winner will receive a brand spankin’ new Ipod Touch!
2) Bands choice — Winner will receive a Nintendo DS!
3) Fans Choice — The top rated entry on Youtube will receive a Nintendo Wii!

So hurry up and start submitting your videos! But please, whatever you do — No Soulja Boy dance vids.

Contest ends TBA. All submissions must be made to contest@epitaph.com and be for the song “This Is For Real” by Motion City Soundtrack. Please allow 6 weeks following the completion of the contest for prize redemption, if you do not receive your prize, please contact contest@epitaph.com for more information. If under the age of 13, please get permission from Parent or Guardian before participating. All videos must be tagged with “Motion City Soundtrack Lip-Sync”.