TouchTunes Interactive Networks Launch Exclusive Promotion with Alternative Rock Band Jimmy Eat World

 

Following Jimmy Eat World’s Performance at the Unveiling of TouchTunes Virtuo in Las Vegas, TouchTunes Promotes ‘Best of Jimmy Eat World’ Playlist and Sweepstakes

NEW YORK — April 18, 2011—TouchTunes Interactive Networks, the largest interactive out-of-home entertainment network in North America, today announced a national promotion for Jimmy Eat World with a custom playlist that highlights the band’s greatest hits including "The Middle," "Pain" and "Big Casino." Fans will also have the chance to enter to win a Fender Telecaster signed by Jimmy Eat World. The sweepstakes and playlist will run from April 16 through April 29, 2011.

Jimmy Eat World helped kick off TouchTunes’ unveiling of its new SmartJuke, Virtuo, at the 2011 Amusement Expo in Las Vegas. To date, Jimmy Eat World has released seven studio albums including Invented, which was released in 2010. The national jukebox promotion is timed to their current world tour that includes performances in Australia and New Zealand before appearing at Coachella on April 17 and touring across the United States in May and June. Members of the band include Jim Adkins (lead vocals, guitar), Rick Burch (bass & background vocals), Zach Lind (drums) and Tom Linton (guitar, vocals).

Fans can enter to win the Jimmy Eat World sweepstakes at participating TouchTunes Digital Jukebox locations or online at www.touchtunes.com/jimmyeatworld. The "Best of Jimmy Eat World" playlist includes:

  • "The Middle"
  • "Pain"
  • "Big Casino"
  • "Sweetness"
  • "Hear You Me"
  • "Bleed American"
  • "Coffee and Cigarettes"
  • "Rockstar"

"TouchTunes is thrilled to work with Jimmy Eat World to celebrate their success across our network," said Vicki Saunders, TouchTunes Vice President, Digital Media and Music Marketing. "After an incredible live performance with us in Las Vegas, we wanted to bring Jimmy Eat World’s music to all of our fans across the country in a big way."

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 more than 45,000 bars, restaurants and retailers. 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 2009 alone. In 2010 TouchTunes launched myTouchTunes, a new way for consumers to interact with the jukebox by allowing them to create playlists and play them on TouchTunes Digital Jukeboxes. myTouchTunes includes jukebox functionality, an online experience, and a new mobile app. The myTouchTunes mobile app has since been named one of the Top 15 4G Apps That Will Matter in 2011 according to PC World Magazine 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

For more information about Jimmy Eat World, visit:
www.jimmyeatworld.com
www.facebook.com/jimmyeatworld
www.twitter.com/jimmyeatworld

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