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MySpace is about to rock British crowds once again, this time with a four-city, ten band assault.  The live concert trek, called the Bleep Bleep Tour, will feature bands Hadouken, Pull Tiger Tail, Ali Love and I Say Marvin.  

Tickets are already on sale, and the tour officially starts March 11th in Leeds.  The tenth gig, […]

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Electronic Arts, MySpace, Virgin Records, and Gibson imprint Epiphone have recently joined forces to find a few unsigned gems.  The contest, called Burnout Bandslam, is currently live on MySpace at myspace.com/burnoutbandslam. 
The consortium has invited bands to compete for possible inclusion within an upcoming EA Burnout game, as well as the chance to score a Virgin […]

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In one of the better examples of real-life brands in Second Life, Ogilvy London has helped Save the Children become the first UK charity to fundraise in an aternate reality with a campaign in Second Life.
Before Christmas, via its Wish List gift range, Save the Children offered supporters the chance to buy a yak for impoverished families in […]

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In what seems to be becoming a more popular form of user generated content than music (Stella Artois, Smirnoff and Audi) , another short film competition has been launched by Film4 with MySpace.
The ‘My Movie Mash Up’ competition is open to anyone from the UK, and offers the winner a chance to help direct a feature film […]

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Vodafone has inked an exclusive deal with MySpace allowing mobile users in the U.K. access to the social networking website on the move. Under the terms of the tie-up MySpace members can access the mobile version of the site via preloaded Vodafone handsets. The service will also be available for download from the Vodafone portal.
The […]

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Politicians in the UK were recently all over the press with news about how they were employing blogs in their efforts to “connect with constituents” and show they were prepared for a new technological age.

So perhaps we might see some getting down with MySpace, following the news that in the US, MySpace has launched a […]

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Whilst the trend for offering aspiring bands the chance to perform at massive events is nothing new (Topman Unsigned Stage at Leeds festival etc.) there has been a recent surge in websites getting peers to vote for a winner (startomorrow.com with Nissan & Marc Ecko being an example).
Singapore tends be quite behind with initiatives like […]

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Nokia has signed a partnership deal with Six Apart’s Vox blogging network. All their N Series Phones can now be used for blogging and social netowrking on the Vox system.  This partnership applies to all existing handsets as well as new models going forward - simply download a file to get started.
A fantastic opportunity for […]

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“MySpace is making its first UK foray into print publishing with a deal to provide content for Marmalade magazine.
The March 2007 edition of style magazine Marmalade will be entirely made up of user-generated content drawn from the social networking website.
Users will be able to put forward their work via Marmalade’s MySpace page, while […]

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Following the many branded page takeovers in MySpace (Lynx being the best example that springs to mind) it is now the turn of YouTube to ’suffer’ a brand invasion.
We all know that YouTube has been subjected to months of brand subversion (Smirnoff Tea Party etc) but nothing as overt as this.
Coca-Cola is one of the […]

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