The BritBus rolled back into London today to support the UK Leg Of the European Head-To-Head Guitar Hero 5 'Jump In Jump Out’ Challenge!

To celebrate the long-awaited European release of Guitar Hero 5, countries across Europe will compete to set a new Guinness World Record for the largest number of participants to play in a single Guitar Hero session over a 24-hour period.

The BritBus featured in the press launch alongside Pixie Lott who scored a number one in the charts with Mama Do back in June.

Pitting all the European nations against one another, the record attempt will utilise Guitar Hero 5’s innovative new Party Play Mode, which allows players to jump in or drop out, or switch difficulty level at any time without interrupting the jam session. With record attempts taking place simultaneously in cities across the continent, old rivalries are sure to rear their heads as each country battles to claim the Guinness World Record and be crowned champion!

Participating Countries

UK
France
Italy
Spain
Holland
Sweden

UK Event Details
HMV, 150 Oxford Street, London, W1C 1AB

Friday 11th September
11:00am-7:00pm (Fri) 10:00am-11:00am (Sat) – Guitar Hero 5 Guinness World Record attempt at HMV, Oxford Street, W1C 1AB

We are pleased to announce the final shortlist for the UK Showcase Tour -  a big congratulations to all those who have been successful!

It has been such a difficult decision to make from such a vast number of awesome applications. For those not selected this time around, please be aware there will be further opportunities for you ahead, including more UK showcase gigs and international touring opportunities. This is by no means the end.

The final short-list is as follows:

Brighton

Jumping Ships                www.myspace.com/jumpingships

The Pretty Suspects        www.myspace.com/theprettysuspects

The Die Vibes                 www.myspace.com/thedievibes

The Perils                       www.myspace.com/theperilsarecoming

Rob the Rich                   www.myspace.com/robtherichtheband

Ice Black Birds                www.myspace.com/iceblackbirdsuk

Birmingham

Page 44                         www.myspace.com/page44

Sick City Club                 www.myspace.com/sickcityclubmusic

The Amateurs                 www.myspace.com/theamateursuk

The Musgraves                www.myspace.com/themusgraves

Strangle Kojak               www.myspace.com/stranglekojakmusic

Bristol

Paper Heroes                     www.myspace.com/paperheroesmusic

The Circus Sands                www.myspace.com/thecircussands

Joe Public                          www.myspace.com/JoePublicRock

The Following Announcement  www.myspace.com/thefollowingannouncement

The Quails                          www.myspace.com/thequailsband

The She Creatures                www.myspace.com/theshecreatures

Leeds

New Vinyl                            www.myspace.com/newvinyl1

Last Gang                            www.myspace.com/lastganguk

The Vibrants                        www.myspace.com/thevibrants

Mercia Drift                          www.myspace.com/merciadrift

The Farrs                             www.myspace.com/farrsmusic

Japanese Fighting Fish          www.myspace.com/japanesefightingfish

We Were all Made in China    www.myspace.com/wewereallmadeinchina

Manchester

Sgt Wolfbanger                    www.myspace.com/sgtwolfbanger

Bulls                                   www.myspace.com/bullsuk

Carjack Mallone                    www.myspace.com/carjackmallone

The Paris Riots                     www.myspace.com/theparisriotsmusic

The Jessie Rose Trip              www.myspace.com/thejessierosetrip

Newcastle

Radio Dynamics                  www.myspace.com/radiodynamics

This City Romance              www.myspace.com/thiscityromance

The Cheap Suits                 www.myspace.com/thecheapsuitsnewcastle

Jack Summer                      www.myspace.com/jacksummer

The Felons                         www.myspace.com/thefelonsuk

Sheffield

The Find                            www.myspace.com/thefindband

The Aviators                       www.myspace.com/theaviators06

VIDA                                  www.myspace.com/vidaofficial

Darke Horse                       www.myspace.com/darkehorsemusic

Volcanoes                          www.myspace.com/volcanoes

Liverpool

Polaris                               www.myspace.com/polariscrackstheworld

The Loose Kites                  www.myspace.com/theloosekites

The Vanities                       www.myspace.com/initiationv

10 Reasons to live               www.myspace.com/10reasonstolive

Edinburgh

The Debuts                        www.myspace.com/thedebutsmusic

The Strands                       www.myspace.com/thestrandsonline

Beatnic Prestige                 www.myspace.com/beatnicprestige

The Daze                           www.myspace.com/thesearethedaze

Our Lunar Activities            www.myspace.com/ourlunaractivities

Glasgow

The La Fontaines               www.myspace.com/thelafontainesmusic

Val Verde                         www.myspace.com/thevalverde

John Carson                      www.myspace.com/johncarson923

The Brogues                      www.myspace.com/thebroguesdundee

London

The Foxes                         www.myspace.com/thefoxesband

Tempo Shark                     www.myspace.com/temposhark

Elmor                               www.myspace.com/elmormusic

The Dirty Chimes               www.myspace.com/thedirtychimes

Trail                                 www.myspace.com/trailmusic

Prospect Lane                    www.myspace.com/prospectlane

Cardiff

Bensem                             www.myspace.com/bensem

Dreamer                            www.myspace.com/dreamermusic

Panz Agenda                      www.myspace.com/panzagenda

Supergene                         www.myspace.com/supergene

4th Street Traffic               www.myspace.com/4thstreettraffic

Graveyard Johnnys            www.myspace.com/graveyardjohnnys

Hello everyone,

After a long and very detailed review of all our applications for the BritBus Tours, we have finally selected the bands & artists for our UK Showcase Tour. We take this responsibility very seriously and have listened to every single application - which is now well in excess of 3000. It was a HUGE task and has taken several months involving our internal A&R team and Music University partners in 5 countries.

If you have not heard from us by now, then I am afraid you have not made it onto the shortlist for the May & June Showcase tour.  If you have heard from us, please disregard this email.

It is such a difficult decision to make from such a vast number of awesome applications - but please understand there will be further opportunities for you ahead, including more UK showcase gigs and touring opportunities. This is by no means the end.

As we still have a few bands to schedule for the showcases, we will publish the FULL list of shortlisted bands in the coming days once all locked down. However, our ticket page on the website will list the bands currently confirmed.

Just because you have not been selected for this showcase tour, does not mean you will not be for the next. We continually refer back to the entries on the BritBus website to see the comments and reviews on your band entries and listen to any updates on your MySpace page. We will also accept new demos and band information on the UK Showcase Tour.

We have listed all the Showcase dates on the BritBus website and MySpace page - so hope to see as many of you as possible at our gigs. We have also created a list of events on our Facebook page: BritBus Facebook Group

Our touring and record label team will be attending all these gigs are very willing to meet with you and discuss the BritBus Tours , accept new demos and help provide some solid advice on how you can further your music career. We expect considerable demand for this opportunity to meet the team so would appreciate if you could let us know in advance. Our bus will also be visiting your city centre, so please do come along and say hello - we will send out details on this too.

On the night of the gigs, after the bands have played, we will also be running a Guitar Hero stage (our UK sponsors) and you are all welcome to come and play - at then end the tour we will be giving away 2 tickets (courtesy of Virgin Atlantic) to New York for the best player! We will also be giving away Guitar Hero World Tour games, plus the opportunity to win a Gibson Guitar...plus much more!

Tickets are available via the venue websites and our site at: http://www.gigantic.com/britbus

Finally, thanks once again for your support and look forward to meeting you in the coming weeks. Again, if you have not been shortlisted this time around, be patient, there will be more opportunities in the coming months as we add new tours!

We look forward to meeting as many of you as possible on the Showcase Tour.

Regards,

The BritBus Team

Hello everyone,

We are pleased to announce that we have finally completed the new BritBus website. All your band entries have now been included in the website database - so please go and check it out now. If you do not find your entry, don't panic, there could be two key reasons:

1. You applied after the current deadline for the first round of showcases. If so, your data will be included in the database after the showcase tour.

2. You inputted the wrong MySpace address into your application form.

If it is the second reason, please drop us a line and we will include you in the database. The website is also still being tested, so you may still encounter a few glitches! If you do find any, we would be very grateful if you could let us know.

We review applications on an ongoing basis, so it is important to keep us informed of any developments - you can specifically do this by using the comments section in your website band entry (you need to register with the website and be logged-in to do this). If you add a new song, have an exciting tour or indeed, are splitting up, this is place to tell us. The more information and activity around your entry the better, it demonstrates you are active and a hard working band.

We are also encouraging people who visit the site to review and rate the bands on the database. This provides a very useful way of showing how much support you have or indeed what people think our your band and songs. Please note, this is only one method by which we review applications and not a direct indication of whether you get on a tour - but it does all help with our research and selection, so let all your friends and fans know ASAP!

The UK Showcase Tour will be held in May & June '09 - we have almost finalised the tour dates and venues - which you will also see on the website. These dates are still open to change and tickets are NOT yet on sale. We will let you know as soon as these dates are final and tickets are on-sale. We should also have the BritBus merchandise available very soon - in the meantime we have some fun British gifts from our partners Crest of London.

Finally, we will also be announcing via email the bands shortlisted for the first UK Showcase Tour in May & June - so please make sure you add us to your safe senders list on email.

If you have any further questions, please drop us an email and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

Kind regards,

The BritBus Team

Hello everyone!

Firstly, thank you for your support and application to The BritBus Tour. The standard of entry has been really impressive and we look forward to some very exciting tours ahead. There is so much musical talent in the UK we are confident we will take the world by storm!....

Now we are finally into 2009, our communications will be more frequent as we move closer to the UK Showcase Tour. I would also ask you to ensure you have subscribed to our blog at www.myspace.com/thebritbus - this way you can be sure to receive updates and regular communications about the tours and events on offer during 2009, plus notification of the short-listed bands.

We are currently reviewing all the applications - and certainly have a huge number to review! I can reassure you that each and every application is listened to and given careful consideration. In a couple of weeks we will launch our new website (we will email you directly when this site goes live) where each and every band/artist that has applied will be listed. In March we will also publish the short-listed bands on this site, with notifications on our Myspace and Facebook Groups:

Facebook Group 1

Facebook Group 2

The UK Showcase Tour will be held in May & June '09 and we are currently finalising the venues and we look forward to publishing these dates and venues very soon.

On the subject of communications, we have also just created a twitter account, so for those already twittering, please feel free to follow us at: http://twitter.com/TheBritBusTour.

If anyone has any further questions, please drop us an email and we will get back to you as soon as possible.....

Kind regards,