TouchTunes Partners With Roadrunner Records To Promote Nickelback's New Album, 'Here And Now,' Out November 21
Sweepstakes Offers Fans a Chance to Win a Trip to See Nickelback Live in Concert and Meet the Band
NEW YORK - November 22, 2011-TouchTunes today announced an exciting partnership with Roadrunner Records to celebrate the release of multi-platinum international rock band Nickelback's highly anticipated seventh studio album, Here and Now, out November 21. Timed with the release, TouchTunes will feature a promotion of the album across its network of digital jukeboxes and TouchTunesTV screens throughout the United States and Canada.
In addition, TouchTunes will promote an exclusive sweepstakes that will give fans a chance to win a trip for two to see Nickelback live in concert and meet the band. From November 21 through December 4, 2011, fans can enter the sweepstakes on participating TouchTunes Digital Jukeboxes or online at http://www.touchtunes.com/nickelback (No purchase necessary. 18+, U.S. only, void in AK, HI & RI, ends 12/4/11).
"Nickelback is a beloved jukebox classic and one of the most played artists across our network," said Vicki Saunders, TouchTunes Vice President, Digital Media and Music Marketing. "We're so excited to work with Roadrunner Records to promote Here and Now and give one lucky fan the chance of a lifetime to meet the band."
Produced by Nickelback and recorded in Vancouver, BC, Here and Now is the band's seventh studio record and is the follow up to 2008's widely successful Dark Horse. Nickelback is one of the world's biggest rock bands, having sold over 45 million albums worldwide. Since their 2001 breakthrough hit single "How You Remind Me," the band has sent 18 singles rocketing onto various Billboard charts. In support of Here and Now, Nickelback will embark on a new world tour in early 2012 with dates to be announced shortly.
"We're four people who love making music, the way we like to make it," says Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger. "We entered the studio this year with a vision and it all came together. We're extremely happy with the results and can't wait to share them with our fans."
About Roadrunner Records
Originally founded in 1980 in the Netherlands, Roadrunner Records earned its place as one of the most prominent international independent record labels. Established primarily as a hard rock label, Roadrunner, a member of the Warner Music Group family of labels, now boasts depth and variety in its artists. The label has experienced unprecedented success with multi-platinum artists Nickelback and Slipknot, platinum Theory of a Deadman, gold-certified Stone Sour and Killswitch Engage, as well as modern heavy hitters Korn, Dream Theater, Megadeth, Trivium and Opeth. Roadrunner's current roster also includes Lenny Kravitz (via a partnership with Atlantic Records), plus such diverse acts such as up and comers Young The Giant, The Parlor Mob, Black Stone Cherry and Airbourne. Loud & Proud Records, a label joint-venture with Roadrunner, is home to established rock acts including Rob Zombie, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, The Steve Miller Band and KISS (Europe and select territories). Roadrunner catalog includes now-classic albums from seminal artists such as Type O Negative, Sepultura and King Diamond. For more information about Roadrunner, visit: www.roadrunnerrecords.com.
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 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: touchtunes.com, mytouchtunes.com, facebook.com/touchtunes, twitter.com/touchtunes.
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