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Hey guys,Just to let you know that the competition to win a pair of tickets to The Great Escape festival in Brighton ends 4th May (Monday).

The winner will get a pair of tickets for the entire weekend at this years Great Escape festival, and we’ve also got 4 pairs of tickets to just the Road to V gigs in Brighton to give away as runner up prizes. That’s 2 pairs to see Just Jack perform along with the first 5 Road to V finalists on 14 May and 2 pairs to The Charlatans gig with the other 5 finalists on 15 May.

If you haven’t entered yet it’s really easy, just visit the Original post and leave a comment stating which headline band you would rather see; Just Jack or The Charlatans in case you get a runner’s up prize.

DON’T FORGET: leave the comment on the Original post, not here!

Good luck.

We’re giving one lucky winner the opportunity to head to Brighton for this year’s Great Escape Festival where you can catch Virgin Media’s Road to V gigs featuring headline performance from Just Jack and indie legends The Charlatans. Not only that but you’ll also have access to all other gigs happening across The Great Escape between 14th-16th May and with a lineup including Kasabian and British Sea Power, you’re pretty much guaranteed a good time.

• check out the full Great Escape lineup

We’ve also got 4 pairs of tickets to just the Road to V gigs in Brighton to give away as runner up prizes. That’s 2 pairs to see Just Jack perform along with the first 5 Road to V finalists on 14 May and 2 pairs to The Charlatans gig with the other 5 finalists on 15 May.

For your chance to win tickets in the prize draw, simply leave a reply to this post here, write on my Facebook wall or tweet my Twitter - saying whether you’d prefer to see the Charlatans or Just Jack if you’re picked as a runner up. How easy is that!?

Top prize:

• 1 x pair of full Great Escape weekend tickets - Brighton 14-16 May.

Runner-up prizes:

• 2 x pairs of tickets to Road to V gig in Brighton on 14 May to see Just Jack + 5 Road to V finalists
• 2 x pairs of tickets to Road to V gig in Brighton on 15 May to see The Charlatans + 5 Road to V finalists

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This one’s for all you budding Aussie rock stars. V Festival Australia wants you to show us all what you’re made of. All you have to do is pick a song from a V Festival Australia 09 artist, no matter how far back in their catalogue, and offer your own interpretation. Capture your performance on camera, upload it to YouTube and the very best (or the worst) will be posted on the V Festival Australia website and an esteemed panel will pick the funniest or the best.

The one the V Fest guys think is the best will get to be a rock star - for real! First of all Virgin Mobile Australia will make sure you get rock star treatment at the V Festival in your city where you’ll watch bands from dedicated viewing platforms, drink and eat for free and of course be on the guest list! Then afterwards you will take a Virgin Blue flight to Sydney and be on your way to LA - the home of all that rocks, thanks to Virgin Blue’s brand spanking new international airline, V Australia.

So what are you wating for? All eligible Aussies should head straight on over to vfestival.com.au to enter. Rock on…

The Kinks are back! And you can get your hands on a sought-after, not-for-sale promo version of the brand new Kinks CD box set. Picture Book is the ultimate Kinks collection - a chronologically-ordered set of 6 CDs. Compiled with the help of Ray Davies, this is a fantastic set of rarities, live versions and classic originals celebrating one of Britain’s most successful and influential bands ever. Without the Kinks - there’d have been no 90s Britpop.

Featuring the song writing genius of Ray Davies and the guitar virtuosity of brother Dave, hits like You Really Got Me, Lola, Waterloo Sunset, All Day And All Of The Night and Sunny Afternoon not only defined British cool in the sixties and seventies, but also cemented the band’s place in rock’n'roll mythology.

Picture Book includes rare demos, mono versions, alternate mixes, live renditions as well as archived BBC television and session material - alongside the classic originals of course.

So you want a very nice promo version of this box set - of the kind that you just can’t buy in the shops? It’d make a brilliant Christmas present for that discerning music fan that’s impossible to buy for…

We’ve got 3 to give away so all you have to do is add a comment below and we’ll pick 3 random names out of the virtual hat before Christmas. Go for it… easy as.

Sorry people - but the comp is now closed. Thanks for all your comments!

• read Rose’s review of Picture Book

Need some more ideas for Christmas? How about The Clash book, CD & DVD, tickets to see the Ian Dury play or  a place in the queue to see Blur’s comeback gig in Hyde Park next year?

Fan of Goldfrapp? Fancy winning yourself one of three signed Limited Edition CD + bonus DVD copies of Seventh Tree? Then read on.

Fresh from their dates at the marvellous Carling Academy this weekend - a show where Narnia meets Pagan folklore, Eleanor Conway Presents: 3 signed LE copies of Seventh Tree to giveaway.

The DVD contains tracks filmed live on the Summer Solstice at the magnificent De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill on Sea earlier this year plus backstage footage from the show. The DVD also features the fantastic videos for hit singles ‘A&E’, ‘Happiness’ (which has just been nominated for a Q Award) and ‘Caravan Girl’ as well as live performances of ‘Clowns’ and ‘Road to Somewhere’ from a TV special on Goldfrapp.

All you have to do to win is join the Eleanor Conway Presents: Facebook Fan Page before midnight (GMT) 23rd November 2008.

Also fancy a warm fuzzy feeling and the chance to win a pair of V Festival Tickets to your local festival in 2009?

Well I’m through to the last leg of the Global VPass Competition and could do with your vote to secure a 2009 reporting gig around the globe for V.

Just cast your vote here:
http://music.virgin.com/vpass-voting/?voteuser=Eleanor%20Conway
Voting closes 30th November, so please take the time if you can, cheers… xxxx