Local talent shines

in the UK's biggest original music competition!

 

A Little Preece and Dove from Stoke On Trent have wowed

the judging panel of the UK's biggest original music competition and sailed

through the audition stage of Live and Unsigned. A Little Preece and Dove will

be competing against the most talented bands and artists in the country at the

Regional Final Showcase of Live and Unsigned 2012 – all in a bid to make the

Grand Final at The O2!

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Little Preece and Dove battled against hundreds of auditionees to secure a spot in

the live shows. Acts that made it through auditions will now take part in a

live Regional Final Showcase in front of hundreds of spectators. The best acts

will also get the opportunity to play at some of the biggest festivals in the

UK from over 100 Festival slots including Beach Break Live, Boardmasters,

Bearded Theory, Strawberry Fields and Osfest. This year's competition also

offers acts an extra chance for exposure as it's being filmed for Sky TV in an

exclusive fly-on-the-wall documentary.

Live and Unsigned is

the biggest original music competition in the UK for unsigned bands and

artists attracting over 50,000 entries in the past five years, it has set

itself apart from its predecessors by offering and promoting originality. It's

now established as the definitive music competition for original acts and it's

open to all genres of music from Heavy Rock to Rap. 

All the acts in the

competition are battling it out for the chance to play at Live Fest at The 02

in London. The Grand Final is incorporated into London's biggest indoor

festival in July. The winners will be crowned the UK's best unsigned act.

Celebrity judges involved in previous years include former Slade front man

Noddy Holder, R'n'B star Shola Ama, Radio 1's Annie Nightingale, Ras Kwame, Tom

Deacon and Daniel P Carter, as well as members of top bands such as The

Libertines, The Bloodhound Gang, Funeral for a Friend and Kids in Glass Houses.

Acts will be competing

for the main prizes which include; £10,000 to be spent on development, a

£10,000 publicity investment, gigs at festivals in Canada, Italy and Latvia, a

UK tour of up to 100 shows and a UK festival tour including guaranteed slots at

Norfolk Spectacular, Boardmasters, Strawberry Fields Festival, Brownstock,

London Summer Jam, Lancaster Music Festival and Butserfest.

Live and Unsigned has

partnered with musician's website Music Radar to offer a comprehensive winners

prize pool. Acts will have the opportunity to win some fantastic prizes along

the way to the final including BlackStar and TC Electronic amps, Natal drum

kits, Fret King Guitars, £15,000  in

recording studio time plus music development classes.

One contestant who has

caught the eye of Judges this year is local talent A Little Preece and Dove, now competing in the Regional Final,

after making it through the auditions beating hundreds of other hopefuls. A Little Preece and Dove is now preparing for

the Regional Final Showcase on Saturday 14th April at Royal Northern College of Music for the

opportunity to progress towards the Grand Final at Live Fest at The O2 in

London.

For more information go to the website www.LiveandUnsigned.UK.com. Or better still come down and support your local talent; you can

purchase tickets from the website http://www.liveandunsigned.uk.com/tickets/purchase