Category: Contests

Contest: Win tickets to see The Fixx at the House of Blues in Anaheim, Calif.

Contest: Win tickets to see The Fixx at the House of Blues in Anaheim, Calif.

Sure it’s still December, not even Christmas yet, but if you’re in the Southern California area and have April 25 free on your calendar, we’re giving three lucky Slicing Up Eyeballs readers each a pair of tickets to see classic New Wave rockers The Fixx play the House of Blues in Anaheim, Calif., next spring.

Contest: Win a copy of Morrissey’s ‘Autobiography’ — U.S. hardcover edition

Contest: Win a copy of Morrissey’s ‘Autobiography’ — U.S. hardcover edition

The publication of Morrissey’s autobiography this fall has been a major event in both the musical and literary worlds, and for those who’ve yet to pick up the aptly titled “Autobiography,” now’s your chance: Publisher G.P. Putnam’s Sons has given us 5 copies of the U.S. hardcover edition to give away to Slicing Up Eyeballs readers.

Contest: Win tickets to see MGMT with Dinosaur Jr at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center

Contest: Win tickets to see MGMT with Dinosaur Jr at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center

Indie-rock legends Dinosaur Jr help cap off a year of busy touring with a big show in Brooklyn, New York, in support of MGMT — and we’ve got a pair of tickets to give away to one lucky Slicing Up Eyeballs reader who can get him or herself to the Barclays Center on Dec. 13.

Contest: Win a David Bowie ‘The Next Day’ 6-disc CD/DVD/10-inch vinyl prize pack

Contest: Win a David Bowie ‘The Next Day’ 6-disc CD/DVD/10-inch vinyl prize pack

To help celebrate the huge comeback this year from the legendary David Bowie — not to mention the recent reissue of his widely acclaimed current album The Next Day with five new songs and a pair of remixes added on — we’ve got a killer prize back to award to one very lucky Slicing Up Eyeballs reader in the U.S.

Contest: Win a copy of Ben Vendetta’s music-obsessed novel ‘Wivenhoe Park’

Contest: Win a copy of Ben Vendetta’s music-obsessed novel ‘Wivenhoe Park’

Longtime music journalist Ben Vendetta has just published his debut work of fiction, a novel called “Wivenhoe Park” that’s set in the mid-’80s and follows an American Anglophile who relocates to the U.K. as the indie/post-punk scene blows up with bands like The Smiths, The Jesus and Mary Chain and more.

Contest: Win tickets to see Johnny Marr in Anaheim, Calif., on Halloween

Contest: Win tickets to see Johnny Marr in Anaheim, Calif., on Halloween

Johnny Marr will commemorate both Halloween and his 50th birthday this Thursday by opening his second U.S. tour this year in support of his new solo album The Messenger with a show at the House of Blues in Anaheim, Calif. — and we’re giving away three pairs of tickets to see the legendary co-founder of The Smiths.

Contest: Win David Bowie’s ‘Sorrow’ 40th anniversary 7-inch picture disc

Contest: Win David Bowie’s ‘Sorrow’ 40th anniversary 7-inch picture disc

October sees the release of a new 7-inch picture disc commemorating the 40th anniversary of David Bowie’s single “Sorrow” — a cover of a 1965 song by The McCoys that became a hit when The Merseys recorded it the following year — and we’ve got copies to give away to 5 lucky Slicing Up Eyeballs readers.

Contest: Win vinyl test pressing of Mazzy Star’s new album ‘Seasons of Your Day’

Contest: Win vinyl test pressing of Mazzy Star’s new album ‘Seasons of Your Day’

The reunited Mazzy Star — David Roback of Rain Parade and Opal plus singer Hope Sandoval — next week will release Seasons of Your Day, their first new album in 17 years, and distribution company INgrooves has hooked us up with a purple test pressing of the album to give away to one lucky Slicing Up Eyeballs reader.

Contest: Win tickets to see The Mission at New York’s Irving Plaza on Sept. 5

Contest: Win tickets to see The Mission at New York’s Irving Plaza on Sept. 5

Next month, The Mission will embark on its first North American tour in 11 years, previewing its forthcoming new album The Brightest Light and a sizable dose of goth-rock classics. We’ve got a pair of tickets to the Sept. 5 concert at New York’s Irving Plaza to award one lucky Slicing Up Eyeballs reader.

Contest: Win Jane’s Addiction’s new ‘Live in NYC’ on double vinyl or Blu-ray

Contest: Win Jane’s Addiction’s new ‘Live in NYC’ on double vinyl or Blu-ray

Jane’s Addiction last month released Live in NYC, a multi-format document capturing 12 songs performed at the band’s July 25, 2011, concert at New York City’s Terminal 5 — and we’ve got one copy each of the new release on double-vinyl and Blu-ray to give away to two lucky Slicing Up Eyeballs readers.

Contest: Win tickets to see Erasure’s Vince Clarke play a DJ set in Toronto on June 22

Contest: Win tickets to see Erasure’s Vince Clarke play a DJ set in Toronto on June 22

Vince Clarke — he of Erasure, and former stints in Depeche Mode and Yazoo, of course — has been playing the occasional DJ set of late, and he’s got another one booked for June 22 at Velvet Underground in Toronto. And guess what? We’ve got a pair of general-admission tickets to give away to one lucky Slicing Up Eyeballs reader.

Contest: Win R.E.M.’s ‘Green: 25th Anniversary Edition’ on double CD or 180-gram vinyl

Contest: Win R.E.M.’s ‘Green: 25th Anniversary Edition’ on double CD or 180-gram vinyl

R.E.M.’s ‘Green’ will be reissued this month in a deluxe 25th anniversary edition, and the fine folks at Rhino Records have provided us with five copies of the expanded 2CD edition and five copies of the 180-gram vinyl reissue to award to 10 lucky Slicing Up Eyeballs readers.

Contest: Win Simple Minds’ ‘Celebrate: The Greatest Hits+’ double-, triple-disc best-ofs

Contest: Win Simple Minds’ ‘Celebrate: The Greatest Hits+’ double-, triple-disc best-ofs

To celebrate this month’s American release of Simple Minds’ impressive new best-of set Celebrate: The Greatest Hits+, the band’s label has hooked us up with two copies of the deluxe 3CD, 50-song edition as well as two more copies of the 2CD, 36-song edition to give away to four lucky Slicing Up Eyeballs readers.