The Danish trio, Mew have confirmed their plans to pay it forward to local U.S. bands on their upcoming tour. Throughout Mew’s touring career in the states, the band has been given numerous and critical opportunities to open for some of the biggest names in music. And now it’s their chance to do the same for one lucky band in each of
the 8 selected markets on their Fall 2009 tour.
Mew will be giving local bands in 8 different markets on their upcoming headlining tour this fall (see asterisked dates below) an opportunity to submit themselves to be chosen as direct support for Mew. Mew and Columbia Records have teamed up with Absolute Punk to host, "Open for Mew," in the following markets: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, Boston, Portland, and New York City.
Absolute Punk is one of the biggest online music communities and sites in the alternative world. Absolute Punk has created a forum to give up and coming bands the opportunity to submit their music to Mew, who will hand select a winner in each of those cities listed above.
In Philadelphia, the readers of Phrequency.com will get to weigh in with their picks. The site has selected their 5 favorite local bands who have submitted themselves for the contest and will allow readers to vote for their favorite. The readers votes will help whittle it down to the top 3 bands in Philadelphia for Mew to make the final decision on who they will share their stage with.
Phrequency.com, a division of Philly.com is a hyper-local music community dedicated to connecting fans, bands and editorial through a variety of interactive channels. Visit their site for more information: http://www.phrequency.com/contests/openformew
