In a partnership with Bristol City Council and Youth Music, the Bristol Music Foundation presents the Teenage Rampage Tour Summer 09 to celebrate the opening of the new foyer at Colston Hall, Bristol.

On 19th September 2009 Teenage Rampage is taking over the main stage of the 2000 capacity Colston Hall in Bristol as part of the ‘New Generation Takeover’.

Young musicians across all genres will get the chance to take to the same stage once graced by the likes of The Strokes, U2, The Rolling Stones and even The Beatles. There will be a national headliner playing, but the support acts have yet to be decided…

Teenage Rampage Summer 09 gives young musicians the chance to:

· Play in the Colston Hall’s main hall with a national headline act on 19th Sept
· Win a session in a recording studio
· Get a song on the Teenage Rampage compilation distributed to the global music industry
· Get a music industry mentor and build a team around their act

And much more..

Regional heats will be held through July and August across the South West in the following places:

Bristol @ Mr Wolf’s on 4th July
Taunton @ Temple on 11th July
Exeter @ Phoenix Arts Centre on 24th July
Gloucester @ Guildhall on 25th July
Okehampton @ Simmons Park on 8th August
Cornwall @ Falmouth Pavillions on 13th August
Swindon @ The Furnace on 14th August
Plymouth @ White Rabbit on 15th August

A panel of experts will work with our partners across the South West via the South West Music Forum to select between 3 and 5 bands to play at each regional Teenage Rampage heat 1.

The winning acts from each regional heat will then go forward to a final selection process to pick the four best acts to play at the Colston Hall on 19th September.

All bands will be selected for the heats and judged on the day by leading music industry professionals from the board of the BMF and national industry partners.

Application forms can be downloaded from: www.bristolmusicfoundation.com/teenagerampage

Deadline for all applications forms is Monday 22nd June 2009.

Teenage Rampage Apprenticeships and Industry Insights
The BMF is committed to skills development within our industry.

The BMF will run Industry Insights sessions at each regional Teenage Rampage heat.

Young people will be given the chance to come along and meet experts from the music industry and find out about how the industry works and the great variety of careers available.

They can apply to become a Teenage Rampage Apprentice and if successful get the chance to work within a music business, work with an industry mentor, and help develop the winning band from their area ahead of the big gig at the Colston Hall on 19th September.

Teenage Rampage Summer 09
For further information please contact:

Tim Wright
Bristol Music Foundation
Unit 4.3
The Paintworks
Bath Rd
Bristol
BS4 3EH
Tel: 0117 9588849

Email: teenagerampage@bristolmusicfoundation.com / tim@bristolmusicfoundation.com

www.bristolmusicfoundation.com/teenagerampage
www.myspace.com/teenagerampageuk

With support from BBC Blast.