TouchTunes Interactive Networks and Universal Republic Records Announce the Furriest Giveaway Ever

 

Fans of Saturday Night Live’s The Lonely Island Can Enter For A Chance To Win the White Furry Couch Featured on the Cover of the Band’s New Album, Turtleneck & Chain

NEW YORK - August 29, 2011 - TouchTunes Interactive Networks, the largest interactive in-venue entertainment network in North America, has partnered with Universal Republic Records to give The Lonely Island fans the once in a lifetime opportunity to take a piece of the band home with them.

Beginning August 29, fans of the band (and furniture lovers everywhere) will have a chance to win The Dudes’ white furry couch as seen on the cover of The Lonely Island’s second album, Turtleneck & Chain. Fans can enter to win the couch on participating TouchTunes digital jukeboxes or by visiting www.touchtunes.com/thelonelyisland.

“This is a great opportunity for music buffs and couch potatoes everywhere,” said Vicki Saunders, TouchTunes Vice President, Digital Media and Music Marketing. “We’re so excited to partner with The Lonely Island on this exclusive giveaway. There’s nothing like listening to great music on a great couch and this is a chance for one lucky winner to have it all.”

The Lonely Island, Saturday Night Live’s trifecta comprised of Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and Jorma Taccone, released Turtleneck & Chain, their sophomore album for Universal Republic Records on May 10, 2011. A follow up to the band’s debut album Incredibad, the trio has upped the ante with Turtleneck & Chain, teaming up with even more of the music industry’s biggest heavy hitters and A-list celebrities including Akon, Justin Timberlake, Nicki Minaj, Rihanna and Michael Bolton, who in May premiered the wildly popular SNL digital short for “Jack Sparrow (feat. Michael Bolton.).”

For more information and to enter The Lonely Island Couch giveaway, visit www.touchtunes.com/thelonelyisland.

For more information on The Lonely Islands second album, visit their website at www.TheLonelyIsland.com.

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About Universal Republic Records
Universal Republic Records, launched in 1995 by Monte and Avery Lipman, has quickly evolved into one of the most successful new labels of the last decade. A division of Universal Music Group, the world’s largest music company, Universal Republic is home to a diverse array of superstar artists as well as innovative imprints and digital business ventures. It is comprised of Universal Republic and Republic Nashville Records, and is in partnerships with Big Machine, Cash Money, Lava Records, Downtown Records, and Simmons Records among others. The company’s roster boasts such chart-topping artists as Taylor Swift, The Rolling Stones, Enrique Iglesias, Amy Winehouse, Colbie Caillat, Florence + the Machine, Hinder, 3 Doors Down, Owl City, Godsmack, Jack Johnson, and Damian Marley among many others.

About TouchTunes Interactive Networks
TouchTunes Interactive Networks is the largest interactive out-of-home entertainment network in North America. TouchTunes provides entertainment and marketing solutions to 50,000 bars and restaurants. Since TouchTunes introduced the world’s first digital downloading, pay-per-play jukebox, the network has become the largest of its kind with close to 2 million songs played, on average, across the network every day. TouchTunes has a growing music library of more than three million licensed tracks, and delivered more than 750 million songs in 2010 alone. The company also provides TouchTunesTV, a unique, screen-within-a-screen interactive television experience that wraps around regularly scheduled programming and provides custom advertising capabilities, venue promotions and social networking opportunities. TouchTunes is a privately held U.S. corporation with offices in New York City, Arlington Heights, Illinois and Montreal, Canada. For further information please visit us at:
http://www.touchtunes.com
http://www.mytouchtunes.com
http://www.facebook.com/touchtunes
http://twitter.com/touchtunes

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