ON THE TELLY…
MTV TWO AT OXEGEN FESTIVAL 2008
There’s no easy way to say this… The crowds at Oxegen are mental. And we mean, like, properly mental! We’ve never seen anything like it in our lives, and we don’t think our new presenter Fred had either. As Oxegen Week draws to a close, here’s another chance to see some of the live performances that drove the Irish kids wild:
19:00 KAISER CHIEFS: MTV LIVE
19:30 RACONTEURS: MTV LIVE
20:00 PANIC AT THE DISCO: MTV LIVE
20:30 KINGS OF LEON: MTV LIVE
22:00 REM: MTV LIVE
22:30 OXEGEN 2008: THE HIGHLIGHTS
MAKING THE VIDEO: WEEZER ‘PORK & BEANS’
Saturday 9 August, 20:00
A look at the making of Weezer’s meme-tastic video for recent single ‘Pork & Beans’.
MTV TWO’S 100 GREATEST VIDEOS EVER
Sunday 10 August, from 12:30
Settle in for our marathon, definitive and pretty darned ace countdown of the 100 greatest videos, like, ever as chosen by MTV TWO’s panel of experts. MTV BASE and VH1 are also counting down their Top 100s this month but ours are better, obviously. You can have your say from 18 August when we put the combined Top 10s to the public vote.
VINTAGE: TOP 10 GLAD THEY REFORMED
Monday 11 August, 23:00
From Led Zep to Rage Against The Machine and The Verve we celebrate the ten most awesome bands who’ve buried the hatchet and got back together.
ROCKFEEDBACK.TV – EP 5: SXSW Part 2
Thursday 14 August, 21:30
MGMT, Jeffrey Lewis, Laura Marling, The Kills, These New Puritans and Cut Copy feature in the second instalment of the rockfeedback team’s SXSW jaunt.
ON THE WEB…
SLIPKNOT VIDEO EXCLUSIVE!
We’re exclusively showing the extended album version of the new Slipknot video for ‘Psychosocial’. Catch it on MTV TWO, premiering in Gonzo Loves tonight at midnight and online for one week at www.mtv.co.uk/music
READING AND LEEDS FESTIVALS – WIN TICKETS!
THE festival of the summer is fast approaching and with arguably the best line-up of any of the festies this year, it’s no surprise tickets sold out in record time. Not only have they got three immense headliners this year - Metallica, Rage Against The Machine and The Killers, the line-up also includes Queens Of The Stone Age, Bloc Party, Slipknot, Dizzee Rascal, Gallows, CSS and many many more!
Tried everything you can think of to get your hands on a ticket? Fear not, we’ve got two pairs of tickets for Reading and two pairs for Leeds festival to giveaway, plus a top prize of a pair of VIP tickets for Reading!
To enter the competition, get over to www.mtv.co.uk/reading, gooo!
BLOODSTOCK OPEN-AIR FESTIVAL – WIN TICKETS!
Bloodstock Open Air Metal Festival returns this year promising 66 bands, 4 djs and metal karaoke! Proving to be THE event for all metal and hard-rock fans, the hair-raising line-up includes Nightwish, Dimmu Borgir, Opeth, Helloween, Primal Fear, Soulfly, As I Lay Dying and At The Gates.
We’re giving away a top prize including a pair of VIP tickets, an X-Box, goodie bags, and a once in a lifetime chance to meet some of the artists performing at Bloodstock! Five runners-up will also win a pair of VIP tickets and the chance to meet some of the artists.
To enter, head over to www.mtv.co.uk/bloodstock now.
SEE SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO IN MEXICO!
Sol are giving you a chance to win a trip to see Simian Mobile Disco at an exclusive gig on Saturday 1st November in Tijuana, Mexico - sun shining with an ice cold bottle of Sol in your hands, what more could you want?! Arriba!
The prize includes a week’s holiday to Tijuana with flights for two people, accommodation in a 4* hotel, 2 VIP tickets to the gig and plenty of Sol on ice, yumm.
To be in with a chance of winning (entrants must be 18 or over), head to www.mtv.co.uk/sol and answer the simple question.
GONZO PODCAST EP 7: ZANE MEETS THE MIGHTY BOOSH - PART 2
The latest and Booshiest edition of the mighty Gonzo podcast awaits your clicking finger here www.mtv.co.uk/downloads
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"> REVIEWS – Lightspeed Champion, Classic Grand, Glasgow 02/05
THE MTV TWO BLOG
Gonzo on Tour, goths and god knows what else… check out what’s been bothering the brains of the MTV TWO team this week www.mtvblogs.co.uk/mtv-two
SPANKING NEW SESSIONS - ESSER
Watch the latest in our amazing series of exclusive, stripped-back sessions from multi-talented, Essex born Esser at www.mtv.co.uk/sessions.
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