Coheed & Cambria Opening Act Contest

Coheed and Cambria announced yesterday a contest to pick a local opening act for each date along the 16-city U.S. and Canadian tour this October.  The contest will take place on the band’s official Facebook Page.

Coheed vocalist Claudio Sanchez explained:

“When we first started touring, local bands were a very important part of the process.  Almost every tour had local openers on each show, but now it’s much more common to have a set national package of bands touring through all the cities. While that can be easier at times, it makes it tough on local bands, and local scenes haven’t flourished like they once did.  Hopefully this helps bring awareness to some good up and coming music.”

Bands and artists wishing to enter should go to Coheed and Cambria’s Facebook Event Pages and post a link to their music as a comment on the show they are eligible for. Next, they will need to get friends and fans to vote by “liking” their link.

Coheed and Cambria will select a winner out of the top 3 “liked” bands in each market.

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