Partners
Gaymers Cider
Gaymers, the UK’s no 1 live music cider, will once again be headline sponsor of the Gaymers Camden Crawl. “2009 was a fantastic year and our support will make sure the Gaymers Camden Crawl 2010 continues to be the place to discover some of the hottest acts of this summer.
“As well as being headline sponsor, Gaymers cider will be hosting performances at legendary Camden venue, KOKO. We look forward to seeing you there to experience the unexpected and enjoy a taste of the West Country with a crisp, refreshing pint of Gaymers cider.” Peter Spencer, MD Gaymer Cider Company Ltd
MTV UK
MTV UK is the official television broadcast partner for the 2010 Camden Crawl, and will host the historic, 3,000 capacity Roundhouse, exclusively filming a series of extra special guests set to perform at the venue during the festival. MTV UK will air exclusive content across its network of music channels, as well as unique content on www.mtv.co.uk.
"We are excited to once again partner the Gaymers Camden Crawl," says Eric Allen, Head of Events MTV UK. "MTV took up residence in Camden over 20 years ago because it was a colourful pocket of London where great artists gathered and that hasn't changed. The 2010 Camden Crawl lineup looks to be bigger and better than ever before and MTV is proud to wave the banner for our local community as well as showcasing some of the brightest talent around, across MTV channels, throughout the UK".
Gibson
Gibson Guitar is the world’s premier manufacturer of quality instruments and leader in music technology with over 120 years experience. Gibson Guitar, headquartered in Nashville Tennessee is known worldwide for delivering unrivalled prestige, quality, innovation and playability in every instrument produced.
Gibson Guitar’s many famous guitar models include the Gibson Les Paul, Gibson SG, Gibson Flying-V, Gibson J-45, Gibson Hummingbird, Gibson ES-335 and the Gibson Robot guitar. The 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard recently marked its 50th Anniversary as the world’s most iconic guitar, played by legendary artists such as Jimmy Page, Slash, Sir Paul McCartney, Noel Gallagher, Peter Green and U2’s The Edge to name a few. The Gibson Dusk Tiger self tuning guitar represents the most significant advance in electric guitar design and innovation in over 70 years. For more information on Gibson Guitar please visit - www.gibson.com
Time Out
Time Out London is the definitive listings magazine, covering everything there is to watch, read, laugh at, listen to, shop for, eat and experience in the best city in the world.
Last.fm
Last.fm is the leader in the digital music space providing music experiences across the web, mobile and in-home entertainment devices. We offer a global music service where people discover, listen and share music. Powered by a community of over 35MM active music fans who develop the site’s rich music information, Last.fm connects you to music you love.
With Last.fm, listen to all the music you want and get personalized recommendation for music, videos, and events tailored to your music taste.
“We’ve been aware of Gaymers Camden Crawl now for many years and were delighted when we were approached to become part of next years festival. We look forward to giving artists appearing on the Last.fm Hype Chart the opportunity to perform to one of London’s most up for it crowds”
7 Digital
7digital.com are proud to be the official music download partner for the 2010 Gaymers Camden Crawl. 7digital.com is the home of MP3 downloads:
* Choice: Over 8 million MP3 tracks compatible with your iPod, iPhone, Sony Walkman, Blackberry and other MP3 players.
* Price: Hundreds of free MP3 tracks, albums from £3, new release tracks from 50p.
* Quality: High quality MP3 downloads up to 320k.
* Accessibility: Web-based, PC/MAC friendly, no need to download software.
* Security: Safe and secure back up of your downloads in your Locker
War Child
War Child is a small international charity that protects children from the brutal effects of war and its consequences. We currently work in Afghanistan, D.R. Congo, Iraq and Uganda. We're on the ground - supporting the most vulnerable children that are too often forgotten in the aftermath of conflict.
War Child has an established, proud and unique relationship with music, dating back to the 'Help!' album in 1995. Since then War Child has released an award-winning catalogue of five albums, winning gongs at The MOBOs, The Brit Awards, The Q Awards, The NME Awards and the only compilation up for the Mercury Music Prize.
Our music supporters include Sir Paul McCartney, David Bowie, Radiohead, U2, Coldplay, Bob Dylan, Oasis, Lily Allen, Stevie Wonder and Elbow. The support of these amazing artists has helped raise over £4m for War Child's work. warchild.org.uk
Camden Council
Camden Council supports the Gaymers Camden Crawl's unique volunteering scheme at the 2010 event, which this year sees greater involvement from Camden residents, with the active participation of local people in an exciting recycling project. Camden Council's Arts and Tourism team are looking to roll the volunteering scheme out across the borough if it proves a success and hope other cultural venues will adopt similar schemes to help us leave a volunteering legacy for 2012.
NME Radio
NME Radio will be the exclusive radio partner in this year’s Gaymers Camden Crawl. On air we will be reflecting the artists that will be appearing at this year’s event as well as hosting our own venue at the FREEDM Studios @ The Roundhouse. NME Radio, now on national DAB as well via NME.com will bring exclusive, up-to-date news on the Crawl as it happens.
Sonic New Media
Sonic New Media is proud to be the digital media partner for the 2010 Gaymers Camden Crawl and is the creator of this website.
Sonic has a team of unique talents, from designers and graphic artists through to copywriters, video production specialists and web editors. They put them together to produce fantastic entertainment-based websites without the need for scary budgets. They publish some of the world's best niche music websites from Clickmusic to This Is Fake DIY, and are constantly adding more to the list.
They also offer their online publishing experience and resources to others, helping bring popular offline titles like Rock Sound and Artrocker to the internet. Working with sister set-up Sonic Network, they are better placed than anyone to monetise these sites with everything from traditional ad revenues to video pre-rolls and sponsored content.
The Sonic Network is a network of sites which act as an online gateway to over four million teen to young adults which can be communicated with through over 40 teen, student, and music websites with a focus on music. It is the biggest network of independent music sites by genre in the UK - indie, urban, rock and pop.
viagogo
As the Official Ticket Exchange partner of Gaymers Camden Crawl 2010, VIAGOGO is proud to be a part of the two days of musical mayhem that will take over Camden on the 1st and 2nd of May this year.
VIAGOGO is an online ticket exchange that allows its users to buy and sell live event tickets in a guaranteed way, ensuring that all transactions are fully tracked and offer efficient customer support.
Lyle & Scott
Lyle & Scott Vintage is excited to announce its sponsorship of the Gaymers Camden Crawl for the second year running.
After last years hugely successful partnership Lyle & Scott Vintage has once again joined with the Crawl as part of their ongoing commitment to support up-and-coming talent in the music industry. ‘We are proud to be supporting the 2010 Gaymers Camden Crawl event and the great array of emerging musical talent that is involved again this year. I am sure this year's event will be even more successful' says Derrick Campbell, Lyle & Scott’s Managing Director.
Barefoot Wine
Epitomising California cool and relaxed easy-drinking, Barefoot is the wine to be seen with, and is creating excitement wherever it steps. Forget about ‘bouquets of freshly cut grass with undertones of soil’, Barefoot is all about great tasting wines and having fun with your mates. All five wines in the collection are easy drinking, light, bright and fruity. Barefoot has been a supporter of live music across the UK since it launched in 2007, so the Barefoot Community is very proud to support Gaymers Camden Crawl in 2010! See you at the front!
Red Bull Bedroom Jam
Red Bull Bedroom Jam - the weekly live webcast - has returned for 2010! The new, revamped season, which kicked off on Feb 15th, will offer young bands throughout the UK a three part opportunity to 1) perform on the live webcast, 2) play the country's hottest festivals, 3) spend 2 weeks in Red Bull's state of the art new London studio AND tour the UK with a high profile rock act.
All you need to do is upload a video of your band performing to www.redbullbedroomjam.com, Each week a band will then be chosen by a new Buzz Radar system, taking into account the level of interest on the Red Bull Bedroom Jam site as well as other social media buzz such as Myspace and Twitter. A total of sixteen bands will then go on to play across as many weeks. Each of the 16 will then move from the Buzz chart to the Festival chart...On 7th June the band at the top of the Festival Chart will be confirmed to play on the Red Bull Bedroom Jam stage at Download, T In The Park, Underage Festival and maybe more! They'll be joined by seven other bands selected from the rest of the competition by our esteemed panel of judges which this year will include Andy Copping, Vice President of Music at Live Nation, Charlie Simpson from Fightstar and Beckie Sugden from The Agency Group.
The final three then go up for another viewers’ vote, the winner of which will secure a two week recording session at Red Bull’s brand new, state of the art studio in London with a top producer as well as a UK wide tour
As with last year the live Red Bull Bedroom Jam show will continue to feature some of the biggest names in alternative music each week, with Feeder, Machine Head and Lacuna Coil all making an appearance.
So, if you're in a band head over to www.redbullbedroomjam.com and get your video uploaded, if you're a fan, get voting for your favourite act and tune in for the live webcast every Monday live at 5pm...
Holiday Inn - Camden Lock
After last years successful partnership the Holiday Inn London - Camden Lock has once again partnered with the Crawl. As part of our commitment to Camden Town and supporting up-and-coming talent in the music industry, we are proud to be the official hotel partner. Located within a short walking distance to all venues this year and located on Regents Canal. We have double, twin or penthouse rooms available for a great nights sleep during the event.
www.holidayinncamden.co.uk
Korg
Korg UK are distributors of some of the worlds biggest musical instrument brands and provide the sound behind many of today’s top artists.
Providing pure British guitar tone at venues throughout the event will be Vox Amplification. Loved by everyone from the Beatles to U2 and now a whole new generation of guitar heroes.
Vox will also be powering up the Red Bull Live Stage and will be joined by Korg , in the form of the retro styled SV-1 piano, Hartke Bass Amplification and Mapex drums.
Music is our passion and that’s why we are thrilled to be involved in the Gaymers Camden Crawl this year.
Yelp
Launched in London early 2009, Yelp has since exploded into the capitals go-to online resource for people to find, recommend and talk about what’s great (and not so great) in their neighbourhoods.
Trusted and honest opinions from these locals on Yelp have supplanted other mediums to become the most reliable source of current knowledge about the places they know best, including restaurants, nightlife, boutiques, doctors, health clubs, and just about any and every local business or service. With over 30 million users coming to the site, worldwide, each month, to decide where to spend their time and money, Yelp is the fastest growing way that people connect with great local businesses!
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