Category: Contests

Contest: Win Peter Gabriel’s ‘Live Blood’ — new 2CD orchestral live album

Contest: Win Peter Gabriel’s ‘Live Blood’ — new 2CD orchestral live album

Today marks the release of Peter Gabriel’s new ‘Live Blood’ — featuring performances of classics such as “Solsbury Hill,” “Don’t Give Up” and “Red Rain” with a full orchestra recorded in London last year — and we’ve got three copies of the album to award to lucky Slicing Up Eyeballs readers.

Contest: Win The Smiths’ ‘Complete’ 8CD box set — featuring band’s entire discography

Last September, we gave away a copy of the CD-and-vinyl version of The Smiths’ ‘Complete’ box set to one lucky Slicing Up Eyeballs reader, and now, with the newly remastered albums released individually, the fine folks at Rhino Records have provided us with three copies of the 8-disc CD box set to give away.

Contest: Win The B-52s’ ‘With the Wild Crowd! Live in Athens, Ga.’ live DVD

Contest: Win The B-52s’ ‘With the Wild Crowd! Live in Athens, Ga.’ live DVD

Last fall, we gave away a handful of copies of The B-52s’ first-ever live album, and now that the companion concert film is nearly here, the fine folks at Universal Music Group have provided us with three copies of the ‘With the Wild Crowd! Live in Athens, Ga.’ DVD to award to lucky Slicing Up Eyeballs readers.

Contest: Win Peter Gabriel 12-album prize pack, plus signed ‘New Blood’ lithograph

Contest: Win Peter Gabriel 12-album prize pack, plus signed ‘New Blood’ lithograph

We’ve got a whopper of a Peter Gabriel prize pack to give away to one lucky Slicing Up Eyeballs reader: 12 CDs, including his latest album, the orchestral ‘New Blood,’ which represents nearly his entirely discography, plus a lithograph of the ‘New Blood’ cover signed by Gabriel himself — all courtesy of EMI Music.

Contest: Win The Japanese Popstars’ ‘Take Forever’ 12-inch featuring Robert Smith

Contest: Win The Japanese Popstars’ ‘Take Forever’ 12-inch featuring Robert Smith

The Japanese Popstars next week will release a 12-inch with remixes of ‘Take Forever,’ the track they recorded with Robert Smith on vocals — and thanks to the fine folks over at Astralwerks, one Slicing Up Eyeballs reader can win that plus a signed copy of the group’s remix 12-inch with an exclusive Depeche Mode mix.

Contest: Win Peter Gabriel’s ‘New Blood: Live in London’ orchestral concert DVD

Contest: Win Peter Gabriel’s ‘New Blood: Live in London’ orchestral concert DVD

Peter Gabriel this week released his new concert film ‘New Blood: Live in London’ — which captures a performance earlier this year with his New Blood Orchestra — and to commemorate the release, the fine folks at Universal Music are providing us with four copies of the new DVD to give away to lucky Slicing Up Eyeballs readers.

Contest: Win a Jane’s Addiction ‘The Great Escape Artist’ signed guitar — and new CD

Contest: Win a Jane’s Addiction ‘The Great Escape Artist’ signed guitar — and new CD

To celebrate the release of ‘The Great Escape Artist,’ alt-rock pioneers Jane’s Addiction have teamed up with Slicing Up Eyeballs to give away a Paul Reed Smith SE Custom 24 guitar signed by Perry Farrell, Dave Navarro, Stephen Perkins, and bassist Chris Chaney.

Contest: Win The B-52s’ ‘With the Wild Crowd! Live in Athens, Ga.’ live CD

Contest: Win The B-52s’ ‘With the Wild Crowd! Live in Athens, Ga.’ live CD

The B-52s next week will release their first-ever live album — the 18-track With the ‘Wild Crowd! Live in Athens, Ga.’ — and the folks at Universal Music Group have provided us with three copies of the disc to award to lucky Slicing Up Eyeballs readers.

Contest: Win The Bangles’ ‘Sweetheart of the Sun’ — first new album in 8 years

Contest: Win The Bangles’ ‘Sweetheart of the Sun’ — first new album in 8 years

The Bangles — featuring original members Susanna Hoffs, Debbi Peterson and Vicki Peterson — returned to record racks this week with ‘Sweetheart of the Sun,’ and Universal Music has provided us with three copies to award to lucky Slicing Up Eyeballs readers.

Contest: Win The Smiths ‘Complete’ box set — 8 CDs, 8 LPs, 25 7-inches, 1 DVD and more

Contest: Win The Smiths ‘Complete’ box set — 8 CDs, 8 LPs, 25 7-inches, 1 DVD and more

While initially announced as U.K.-only, Rhino Records has decided to release a limited number of The Smiths’ ‘Complete’ box sets in the U.S. exclusively through Rhino.com. Even better: They’ve given us a copy of the deluxe CD-and-vinyl edition to give away to one very lucky Slicing Up Eyeballs reader.

Contest: Win R.E.M.’s ‘Lifes Rich Pageant’ expanded 25th anniversary reissue

Contest: Win R.E.M.’s ‘Lifes Rich Pageant’ expanded 25th anniversary reissue

Today marks the release of the 25th anniversary reissue of R.E.M.’s ‘Lifes Rich Pageant,’ and to help celebrate, the fine folks at EMI Music have provided us with a copy of the set — featuring a whopping 19 previously unreleased studio demos — to award to one lucky Slicing Up Eyeballs reader.

Contest: Win ‘David Bowie: Starman,’ new biography of the Thin White Duke

Contest: Win ‘David Bowie: Starman,’ new biography of the Thin White Duke

Next week, Little, Brown and Company will publish ‘David Bowie: Starman,’ an exhaustive 544-page biography of the Thin White Duke by former Mojo magazine editor Paul Trynka — and the publishing house has been kind enough to offer up copies for three lucky Slicing Up Eyeballs readers.

Contest: Win free Lollapalooza tickets

Contest: Win free Lollapalooza tickets

Our partners at GroopEase are giving away two pairs of three-day passes along with $500 cash to see The Cars, Big Audio Dynamite, Foo Fighters and more at the massive Lollapalooza festival in Chicago’s Grant Park on Aug. 5-7.