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E: 04/04 Win a pair of tickets to the festival of your choice this summer

weeowens
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edited 30 March 2014 at 1:35AM in Game Over Archives
guardian.co.uk


Thanks to misslinda for the formatting.



Only one entry per person. Entries on behalf of another person will not be accepted and joint submissions are not allowed.

Which American band are playing their first ever British festival headline slot this year?

[STRIKE]answer: ?

any ideas[/STRIKE]

answer: The Black Keys
Thanks to Maineblue at #4 below

The Prize Draw opens at 00:05 on 30 March 2014 and closes at 23:59 on 4 April 2014. Entries received outside this time period will not be considered. 8. 24 winners will be selected based on answering the multiple choice question correctly, and each winner will receive one of the following 24 prizes. Prizes will be allocated by GNM, and it will not be possible to exchange your prize for tickets to a different festival:

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  • weeowens
    weeowens Posts: 81,990 Forumite
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    edited 30 March 2014 at 1:15AM
    The Observer is offering 24 lucky readers the chance to win a pair of tickets to some of the biggest festivals this summer including Latitude, T in the Park, Wireless and Bestival. To enter, simply fill in your details, answer the multiple choice question and select your festival of choice. Please note only one festival can be chosen per entry.
    The Great Escape, 8-10 May
    Headliners include Example, Shift K3Y, Wild Beasts, These New Puritans, Kelis and Ella Eyre
    Sunrise Celebration, 29 May-1 June
    Acts include Reeps 1, The Mouse Outfit ft Dr Syntax & Sparks and MC Xander
    Parklife, 7-8 June
    Acts include Snoop Dogg, Foals, Bastille, Rudimental, Disclosure
    Field Day, 7-8 June
    Acts include Metronomy and the Pixies
    Isle of Wight Festival, 12-15 June
    Acts include Biffy Clyro, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Kings of Leon
    Download Festival, 13-15 June
    Acts include Avenged Sevenfold, Linkin Park and Aerosmith
    Cornbury Music Festival , 4-6 July
    Acts include Squeeze, Keane and Van Morrison
    Sonisphere, 4-6 July
    Acts include the Prodigy, Iron Maiden, Metallica
    Wireless festival, 4-6 July
    Acts include Kanye West, Drake, Bruno Mars
    T in the Park, 11-13 July
    Acts include Biffy Clyro, Calvin Harris and Arctic Monkeys
    LoveBox, 18-19 July
    Acts include Chase & Status Live, MIA and A$AP Rocky
    Latitude, 17-20 July
    Acts include Two Door Cinema Club, Damon Albarn, The Black Keys and Editors
    WOMAD, 24-27 July
    Acts include Bobby Womack, Fat Freddy's Drop and Alice Russell
    Camp Bestival, 31 July-3 August
    Acts include Basement Jaxx, De La Soul, James, Johnny Marr and Sin!ad O'Connor
    Kendal Calling, 1-3 August
    Acts include Suede and Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls
    Fairport's Cropredy Convention, 7-9 August
    Acts include Fairport Convention, Chas & Dave and Cara Dillon
    BoomTown Fair, 7-10 August
    Acts include the Cat Empire, Babylon Circus and Chas & Dave
    Wilderness Festival, 7-10 August
    Acts include London Grammar, Burt Bacharach and Metronomy
    V Festival, sponsored by Virgin Media, 16 - 17 August
    Acts include Justin Timberlake, The Killers, Ed Sheeran and Lily Allen
    Reading and Leeds festival, 22-24 August
    Acts include Queens of the Stone Age, Paramore, Arctic Monkeys, Blink-182
    Victorious Festival, 23-24 August
    Acts include Dizzee Rascal and Seasick Steve
    End of the Road, 29-31 August
    Acts include the Flaming Lips, Wild Beasts, the Gene Clark No Other Band, John Grant
    The Big Feastival, 29-31 August
    Acts include Fatboy Slim and Jamie Cullum
    Bestival, 4-7 September
    Acts include OutKast, Chic featuring Nile Rodgers and Foals
  • weeowens
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    8. 24 winners will be selected based on answering the multiple choice question correctly, and each winner will receive one of the following 24 prizes. Prizes will be allocated by GNM, and it will not be possible to exchange your prize for tickets to a different festival:
    a. One pair of VIP adult tickets to the T in the Park festival which takes place from 11 - 13 July 2014 at Balado, Kinross, Scotland. For full details on this festival and to see the festival's terms and conditions, please click here;
    b. One pair of adult tickets to The Big Feastival which takes place from 29 – 31 August 2014 at Alex James' farm in the Cotswolds. For full details on this festival and to see the festival's terms and conditions, please click here;
    c. One pair of adult tickets to End of the Road festival from 29 to 31 August 2014 at Larmer Tree Gardens, Wiltshire. For full details on this festival and to see the festival's terms and conditions, please click here;
    d. One pair of adult tickets to Isle of Wight festival which takes place from 12 – 15 June 2014 at Newport, Isle of Wight. For full details on this festival and to see the festival's terms and conditions, please click here;
    e. One pair of guest passes to the Great Escape which takes place from 8 – 10 May 2014 at Brighton, UK. Entrants should note that the guest passes won by the winner do not include access to The Brighton Dome headline gigs and winners of this promotion will still need to purchase the top-up wristband if they wish to attend these shows during The Great Escape. For full details on this festival and to see the festival's terms and conditions, please click here;
    f. One pair of adult tickets to Download festival which takes place from 13 – 15 June 2014 at Donington Park, UK;
    g. One pair of guest passes to Cornbury (entrance/guest passes only) which takes place from 4 – 6 July 2014 at The Great Tew Park, Oxfordshire. For full details on this festival and to see the festival's terms and conditions, please click here;
    h. One pair of adult tickets to WOMAD which takes place from 24 – 27 July 2014 at Charlton Park, UK. For full details on this festival and to see the festival's terms and conditions, please click here;
    i. One pair of adult tickets to Field Day which takes place from 7 – 8 June 2014 at Victoria Park, London. For full details on this festival and to see the festival's terms and conditions, please click here;
    j. One "family ticket" to Camp Bestival 31 July to 3 August 2014 which includes two adults and up to four children 17 and under. For full details on the festival and to see the festival's terms and conditions, please click here
    k. One pair of adult tickets to Parklife which takes place from 7 – 8 June 2014 at Heaton Park, Manchester. For full details on this festival, please click here
    l. One pair of adult tickets to Kendal Calling which takes place from 1 – 3 August 2014 at Lowther Deer Park, Lake District. For full details on this festival and to see the festival's terms and conditions, please click here;
    m. One pair of adult tickets to the Reading & Leeds Festival (the winner of this prize can choose whether to attend either the Reading or Leeds site, but both tickets must be at a single venue) which takes place from 22 – 24 August 2014 at Brahman Park, Leeds and Richfield Avenue, Reading. For full details on this festival and to see the festival's terms and conditions, please click herefor Reading and here for Leeds; or
    n. One pair of adult tickets to Sonisphere which takes place from 4 – 6 July 2014 at Knebworth Park, Hertfordshire. For full details on this festival and to see the festival's terms and conditions, please click here;
    o. One pair of adult tickets to Wilderness which takes place from 7 - 10th August at Cornbury Park, Charlbury in Oxfordshire. For full details on this festival and to see the festival's terms and conditions, please click here
    p. One pair of adult tickets to Lovebox which takes place from 18 - 19 July at Victoria Park, London. For full details on this festival and to see the festival's terms and conditions, please click here
    q. One pair of adult tickets to Bestival which takes place from 4 - 7 September at Robin HIll County Park, Isle of Wight. For full details on this festival and to see the festival's terms and conditions, please click here
    r. One "family ticket" to Fairport's Cropredy Convention which includes two adults and up to three children and takes place from 7 - 9 August at Cropredy, Oxfordshire. For full details on this festival and to see the festival's terms and conditions, please click here
    s. One pair of adult tickets to Sunrise Celebration 2014 which takes place from 29 - 1 June at Chepstow Estate, Bristol. For full details on this festival and to see the festival's terms and conditions, please click here
    t. One pair of adult tickets to the day of the winners' choice at Wireless Festival, which takes place from 4 – 6 July at London's Finsbury Park and Birmingham's Perry Park. For full details on this festival and to see the festival's terms and conditions, please click here
    u. One pair of adult tickets to Boomtown Fair, which takes place from 7 – 10 August at Matterley Estate, Hampshire. For full details on this festival and to see the festival's terms and conditions, please click here
    v. One pair of VIP adult tickets to Victorious Festival which takes place from 23 – 24 August at Castlefield, Southsea. For full details on this festival and to see this festival's terms and conditions, please click here
    w. One pair of adult tickets to V Festival which takes place from 16 - 17 August at Hylands Park or Weston Park. For full details on this festival and to see this festival's terms and conditions, please click here
    x. One pair of adult tickets to Latitude Festival which takes place from 17 - 20 July at Henham Park, Southwold, Suffolk. For full details on this festival and to see this festival's terms and conditions, please click here
    9. Only one winner per household. GNM accepts no responsibility for any costs associated with the prize that are not expressly included in the prize. In particular, GNM accepts no responsibility for the costs incurred by the winner or their guests in relation to: travel to and from the festival site, camping costs (if not included in the ticket price), camping equipment, insurance, or any food and drink.
    10. The winners will be selected by way of a random draw, with one draw taking place for each of the festivals listed above. Your entry will be entered into the random draw for the festival which you have stated that you want to attend if you answer the question correctly and your entry must have been received in accordance with these Terms and Conditions. In the event of there being no entries for a particular festival, a further random draw will take place including all entrants and one winner will be selected at random. The draws will be performed or supervised by an individual who is independent of the Promoter and the Prize Draw entrants. The draws will take place on or after 5 April 2014.
    11. The winners will be notified by phone or email on or before 11 April 2014 and given details of how to claim their prize. If a winner does not respond to GNM within 48 hours of being notified of their win, the winner's prize will be forfeited and GNM shall be entitled to select another winner in accordance with the process described above (and that winner will have to respond to notification of their win within 48 hours or else they will also forfeit their prize). If a winner rejects their prize or the entry is invalid or in breach of these terms, the winner's prize will be forfeited and GNM shall be entitled to select another winner.
    12. The prizes will be sent to the winners by two weeks before the first day of the revelant festival.
    13. The name and county of the winners can be obtained after 30 April 2014 by sending a stamped addressed envelope to the following address: Marketing Department (Observer Festivals Prize Draw 2014), Guardian News & Media Limited, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9GU.
    14.Some winners may be allocated tickets to festivals which they have not specified as their first choice. Winners should be aware that the prizes are non-exchangeable, non-transferable and not redeemable for cash or any other prize.
    15. GNM reserves the right to substitute the prize with an alternative prize of similar value in the event that the original prize offered is not available.
  • MaineBlue
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  • weeowens
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    MaineBlue wrote: »
    Thanks for the help MB.

    Never heard of them :-)
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