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By ThinkInElectronic / Wednesday, September 17, 2014 / No comments /

YOU VOTED! YOU CHOSE! PHFAT WILL OPEN VODACOM IN THE CITY

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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Vodacom is thrilled to announce the highly anticipated winning band for this year’s Open The City competition. While it was a tight race, electronic rap duo <b>P.H.fat</b> received the most public votes and will now have the honour of being the only local act to perform at Vodacom In The City alongside the international lineup of Rudimental, MGMT, Crystal Fighters and The Presets.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The competition saw thousands of votes come in via SMS and online from music fans eager to see their favourite band on stage. For several fierce (but fun) weeks, P.H.fat went beat-for-beat against fellow Open The City finalists Bye Beneco, The Plastics and The Kiffness to rally their fans’ support in a bid to win. This culminated in the energetic Open The City Session event, where the finalists had one last chance to sing for their votes.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">On <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1446403526" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">3 October</span></span>, P.H.fat will take to the Vodacom In The City stage to shake things up with their “homemade” explosive mish-mash rap sound. The fresh and talented duo deliver an incredible live performance that encourages massive crowd participation and will be sure to get fans charged up and ready to party.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">They are best known for their current blow-out hit single ‘Lights Out’, which play-listed on more than 12 radio stations across the country from <span style="color: #00000a;">their most recent </span>17-track full-length album, ‘Happiness Machines’.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Shout-outs to Vodacom and all the Homies who voted for us. We're really excited to put together a show that takes the crowd somewhere brand new," says P.H.fat’s Smooth Mike. <u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“Vodacom has been empowering South Africans for the past 20 years and the Vodacom Open The City competition continues in this spirit of giving South African bands a platform to entertain and engage with international talent on home ground. The calibre of the entries this year has surpassed all expectations and truly shows the level of great talent we have in this country,” says Rowen Gangulu, Vodacom Brand Manager for Sponsorship and Regional Marketing.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">See P.H.fat perform live at Vodacom In The City on <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1446403527" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">3 October</span></span>. Mary Fitzgerald Square, Newtown.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US">Get your tickets now at </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.vitc.co.za/" target="_blank">http://www.<b>vitc.co.za</b></a></span><span lang="EN-US">.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;">General access: R450<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;">Website: <a href="http://www.vitc.co.za/" target="_blank">www.VITC.co.za</a><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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YOU VOTED! YOU CHOSE! PHFAT WILL OPEN VODACOM IN THE CITY

PHFAT WILL OPEN VODACOM IN THE CITY Vodacom is thrilled to announce the highly anticipated winning band for this year’s Open...

By ThinkInElectronic / Friday, September 12, 2014 / No comments /

Opening The City With The Plastics

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<span style="color: #f1c232;">The Plastics began in 2008 as an evolution of punk band, Hoax. It’s now its own thing. Completely.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">The band has been likened to a lot of things, worked with a lot of people and made a lot of friends.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">Words to describe their music, experiences and work ethic include “innovative”, “Earl Grey”, “guerrilla”, “disco SOMETHING”, “retro rock” and “melody”, amongst others. That’s not a joke.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">Along with a cult following that tends to turn their sentences into acronyms and get the dance floor riled up, The Plastics set out to take over the world, or at least play some pretty damn good gigs along the way.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">The band likes to do things differently. They’ve had friends in gorilla suits running down streets.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><b>Hello, Guys thanks for taking time out
to do this interview with us. It’s such a huge pleasure: )</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><b>How
are you doing today and how have you guys been celebrating spring fever?</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Emerging from hibernation by soaking up the sun but, at the same
time, preparing to hibernate in the studio working on our upcoming album.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #f1c232;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;">1.<span style="line-height: normal;">     
</span></span></span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="color: #f1c232;">To
start of can you tell us a little about who each of you are on a non-musical
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We’ve got two brothers in the band – Sash being the older one and a
sound engineer/producer and is a big dreamer. 
Scal is the more practical one and also has his own studio, composing
songs both for Plastics, his own solo vibes and for no-one, just for the sake
of writing.  Emile grew up in Durban and  recently moved from Cape Town and shares a
love of Liverpool FC with Karl and also writes his own solo music.  <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="color: #f1c232;">How
did The Plastics come to be? How did all of you meet and what’s the story
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sash and Scal, being bro’s, met at Scal’s
birth.  Karl met through a mutual friend
(who was actually the original Plastics guitarist) at UCT.  Much bonding happened over much partying and
mutual music appreciation.  Emile joined
in 2013 and moved down from Durban to join us (all very romantic).  The name references the movie Mean Girls.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="color: #f1c232;">How
did you guys break into the music scene?</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We just started playing, simple as that.  It’s easy to get gigs and be involved in the
music scene at first.  It’s taking that
next step to becoming a touring band that’s a bit more challenging.  We’re just in love with playing music so have
consistently written songs and progressed our sound to this point.  It certainly helped us at first giving all
our music away for free.  It was try
before you buy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="color: #f1c232;">Do
any of you have any musical training if so tell us more?</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Karl has had the most extensive, having studied
classical guitar in school.  The others
have all taken lessons at various points but a lot of the training has been “on
the job,” based upon figuring things out as we’ve gone along.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="color: #f1c232;">What’s
the typical process for making a track, who does what and where do you guys
draw inspiration from?</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We’ve learned to work in a few different
ways.  Often it’s Scal bringing in the
bones of a song and then we all put the meat on and form the features and add
the extra pieces of beauty that makes up a fully-fledged song.  We freestyle jam quite a lot and sometimes
something memorable emerges and gets used either as a part in a song or becomes
the seed for a new one.  We’re all adept
at writing on our computers as well so a lot of the new stuff has been created
layer-by-layer in the box.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="color: #f1c232;">How
would describe your sound?</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It’s evolved from album to album. 
Shark was us playing the songs all live with very few overdubs.  Raw, rough and ready.  Some of the songs had a punky kind of edge to
an indie sound with some dollops of 60’s and 70’s colour.  On Pyramid the sound was a bit more refined
and we did a bit more preproduction to round the songs out.  I would describe it as indie retro rock.  The new album is us developing our sound into
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has brought in a pretty, washy, melodic sound to the mix.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span></b><span style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="color: #f1c232;">This
year you’re playing could be opening up the city at Vodacom in the City, what
would it mean to The Plastics if you win?</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It would
be amazing if we got to play this show! 
Being the only local band, playing to a big crowd of Joburgers we dig so
much!  And the chance to play on the same
stage and meet MGMT would be dreamball! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span></b><span style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="color: #f1c232;">What
was your reaction when you heard you made it to the top 4?</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We were all really happy but also motivated straight away to do
everything we could to win the spot.  <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></b></span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><b>What
is the one thing about In the City that stands out for you?</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Being from Cape Town, we’ve never been so I can only comment on the
photos I saw from last year.  The
enthusiasm and joy in the crowd excites us.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">At the
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<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Taxi
Violence have always stuck true to their nature and managed to get where they
are all by themselves.  Great guys as well!  Johnny Clegg is an obvious one as well, being
a cultural icon in promoting unity within the country.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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this year’s event if you win?</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></b></span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><b>Sell
yourselves in a creative way and tell fans why they should vote for you?</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For
every 5 votes for us, we’re donating R5 to DARG, a fantastic place of sanctuary
for so many animals, in Hout Bay.  They
let us film some scenes for our <i>Occasional
Lies </i>video in their cattery so we have some good history together and want
to repay the karma.  So, if you need even
more of a reason to vote for us, do it for the cats and dogs without a
home!  Post the screenshot of your 5
smses on our Facebook page</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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Opening The City With The Plastics

Interview || Stereo Kids With The Plastics The Plastics began in 2008 as an evolution of punk band, Hoax. It’s now its own thing. C...

By ThinkInElectronic / Monday, September 08, 2014 / No comments /

Open The City Session

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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Vodacom Open The City band finalists Bye Beneco, The Plastics, The Kiffness and  PHFAT took to the stage this past <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1307429644" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Friday</span></span> night 5 September to sing for their votes at an electric and powerful gig that showcased some of SA’s best local talent.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In what is shaping up to be very tight race, the public’s votes will determine which local band opens for Rudimental, MGMT, Crystal Fighters and The Presets at Vodacom In The City on <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1307429645" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">3 October</span></span>.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Jozi music fans have only five days left to cast their votes for their favourite local band in this hotly contested competition.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The<i> Open The City Session</i> was a taste of the awesome vibe, the incredible sound and the coolest crowd expected at the much-anticipated main event and gave fans a chance to get up close and loud with their favourite musicians.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US">Those who had already registered on </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.vitc.co.za/" target="_blank">www.VITC.co.za</a></span><span lang="EN-US"> were invited to attend the exclusive gig. Fans turned out in their hundreds at Newtown’s Town Hall to show their support and kick the weekend off, starting with Bye Beneco playing their quirky and mesmerizing sounds. The Plastics followed with a cover of MGMT’s ‘<i>Kids’</i> that got the crowd jumping. Next up was The Kiffness wearing matching red ‘KIFF’ ‘NESS’ onesies and showing Jozi how it’s done. The  PHFAT duo shook the house with their </span><span lang="EN-US">distinct electronic rap sound that kept the gig going until well into the night.</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Voting closes at <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1307429646" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">midnight on 12 September</span></span> and the winning band – the one that receives the most votes – will be announced on <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1307429647" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">17 September</span></span>.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Who will Open The City? There can be only one! You decide – vote now!<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">There are two easy ways to vote:<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US">If you had your photo taken at the <i>Open The City Session</i> at one of the Vodacom booths, you could win a chance to be on the exclusive Vodacom VIP Deck at Vodacom In The City. More details at </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.vitc-competitions.co.za/" target="_blank">http://www.vitc-competitions.<wbr></wbr>co.za/</a></span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US">See if you were snapped and tag yourself: </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.746026905436703.1073741830.414539565252107&type=1" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/<wbr></wbr>media/set/?set=a.<wbr></wbr>746026905436703.1073741830.<wbr></wbr>414539565252107&type=1</a></span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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Open The City Session

LOCAL BANDS SING FOR THEIR VOTES! Vodacom Open The City band finalists Bye Beneco, The Plastics, The Kiffness and PHFAT took ...

By ThinkInElectronic / Tuesday, August 19, 2014 / No comments /

WHO WILL OPEN ‘VODACOM IN THE CITY’ YOU DECIDE

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<b><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;">FOUR SA BANDS. ONE ‘VODACOM OPEN THE CITY’ WINNER.</span></b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #f1c232;">YOU DECIDE.</span></span></b></h2>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">For two weeks SA’s rock and indie bands have been submitting their entries in the hopes of being selected as a Vodacom Open The City finalist. After an intense judging session, this year’s panel has chosen the four finalists. And here they are:<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Bye Beneco<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Vodacom is now giving the power to you – the music fans – to decide which one of these four local bands will be named Open The City winner and share the stage with Vodacom In The City’s international acts Rudimental, MGMT, Crystal Fighters and The Presets.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This year’s judging panel included Rowen Gangulu (Vodacom), Blaise Janichon (Seed Experiences), Sotiris Moldovanos (5FM), and Diane Coetzer (renowned music journalist), who had a tough time choosing the finalists from the impressive list of entries received.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Last year the voting got fierce – and fun – as each band finalist jostled for votes by creating their own “vote for us” videos, memes and heartfelt pleas on social media.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Public who vote before the end of August  will stand the chance to see the finalists compete in an exclusive event on <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1604488304" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">5 September</span></span> at the <i>Open The City Session</i> gig at Town Hall, Newtown.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Space at the <i>Open The City Session</i> is limited – But Vodacom is giving fans the chance to win two tickets to the gig simply by voting. Secure your spot at the front of the stage and get voting via <span style="color: #0563c1;"><a href="http://www.vitc.co.za/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.VITC.co.za</a> </span> and SMS.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Plus if you have your photo taken at the <i>Open The City Session</i> at one of the Vodacom booths, you could win a chance to be on the exclusive Vodacom VIP Deck at Vodacom In The City. More details at <span style="color: #0563c1;"><a href="http://www.vitc-competitions.co.za/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://www.vitc-competitions.<wbr></wbr>co.za/</a> </span><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Open the City is brought to you by Vodacom, headline sponsor of <i>Vodacom In the City</i> 2014, a Seed Experiences event. Follow @Vodacom, @InTheCityJHB and #VITC2014 for all the Open The City news and activity.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;"><b>#VITC2014</b><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #f1c232;">About the Open The City finalists</span><span style="color: #222222;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">P.H.Fat is a Capetonian rap group made up of Smooth Mike (the voice) and Narch (the beats). Together, they make electro rap tracks that are best played loud. They’re the guys who do things a little differently; they don’t have a record label and they give their music away for free. If you’ve ever seen one of their explosive live shows, you’ll understand why they have over 26 000 Facebook fans and a crowd banging down the doors to get in.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Plastics are a quirky, retro rock band that likes to make their friends dress up in gorilla costumes. They make melodic, disco-flavoured rock, peppered with a lot of lyrical genius. In 2008 they released their first EP, <i>The Plastics</i>, followed closely by another one called <i>Kiss The Plastics</i> (2009). Both were distributed for free - because they're nice like that. Since then, the band has been dishing out hit after successful hit. Their live shows bring with them heaps of infectious energy, fuelled with elation. <u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bye Beneco<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Bye Beneco is raw, organic and dreamy, with an underlying gypsy-folk, blues spirit. If that sounds confusing, make sure you see them perform as soon as you can.</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Relatively new to the scene, soft and folky Bye Beneco is fast making a name for themselves as one of the bands you</span> need <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">to see live. They're known for swapping instruments throughout their set, and delivering tight, clean, swooning vocals that hit you where it matters. Expect a unique, intense energy that is truly palpable - on so many levels. </span></span></div>
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WHO WILL OPEN ‘VODACOM IN THE CITY’ YOU DECIDE

FOUR SA BANDS. ONE ‘VODACOM OPEN THE CITY’ WINNER. YOU DECIDE. For two weeks SA’s rock and indie bands have been submitting their ...

By ThinkInElectronic / Monday, August 18, 2014 / No comments /

The search is on for Vodacom In The City’s only local band!

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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Building on the enormous success of last year’s ‘Open the City’ competition, Vodacom is once again offering SA’s rock and indie bands the opportunity to win the coveted slot as the only local band on the fully international line-up at this year’s Vodacom In the City (VITC). </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Taking place in Newtown’s Mary Fitzgerald Square on <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1013973551" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">3 October 2014</span></span>, #VITC2014 is back! With an expected audience of 15,000 screaming fans, the winning band will share the spotlight alongside Rudimental, MGMT, Crystal Fighters and The Presets.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">For last year’s winning band, Cape Town’s Al Bairre, playing at Vodacom In The City has propelled the band further in the local music scene. "Being voted by the public as the winner of Vodacom Open The City last year was such a dream,” says the band. “We were treated like royalty the whole day and got to rub shoulders with and perform alongside some of our international musical heroes. Performing to so many people on such a large scale really cemented our thinking that this is definitely something we want to pursue further."<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In order to enter just go to <a href="http://www.vitc.co.za/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.vitc.co.za</a>. There’s a simple form that needs to be filled in along with links to music, a band logo and photo must also be uploaded. All entries will be whittled down to the top four finalists by a panel of industry specialists. The fans then get to vote for their favourite local act.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">All four finalists will also get to perform at the pre-party to garner votes at <i>The Vodacom Open the City Session</i> at Townhall in Jo’burg on <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1013973552" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">5 September 2014</span></span>.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The winning act will get to “Open the City” for the likes of MGMT and Rudimental and get paid a tidy little sum of R30,000 for the pleasure of rocking out on the main stage.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><u></u><span lang="EN-US">·         </span><u></u><span lang="EN-US">See T&C’s on the link above for all details.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The four finalists will be announced on <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1013973555" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">18 August 2014</span></span>. Cape Town based five-piece classic indie pop band, Al Bairre won in 2013 and welcomed the boost it gave their music career.  Enter your band now.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Open the City is brought to you by Vodacom. Stay close to Vodacom In The City on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for news on the nominee announcements.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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MGMT HEADING TO SA FOR VODACOM IN THE CITY

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<span style="color: #f1c232;"><span style="text-align: justify;">New York City’s</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><b style="text-align: justify;">MGMT</b><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">hit Jozi for Vodacom in the City, on Friday 3</span><sup style="text-align: justify;">rd</sup><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">October.</span></span></h2>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">After almost a decade of producing hit records, touring the world and headlining festivals across the globe, MGMT are finally heading to South Africa. Get ready to party with the psychedelic-synth pop beats of ‘Kids’, ‘Electric Feel’ and ‘Time to Pretend’ when New York City’s <b>MGMT</b> hit Jozi for Vodacom in the City, on Friday 3<sup>rd</sup> October.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now in its third year, <b>Vodacom In the City</b> transforms Mary Fitzgerald Square in downtown Jozi into a pulsating spectacle of lights, lasers and an incredible blend of Jozi’s cosmopolitan music lovers. Put <b><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_444426610" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Friday 3 October</span></span></b> in your diaries, you don’t want to miss this.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US">MGMT join the already announced international line-up of UK’s Brit Award winning drum-and-bass maestro’s <b>Rudimental</b> and British electro-folk band <b>Crystal Fighters.</b></span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ben Goldwasser and Andrew Van Wyngarden formed the first incarnation of MGMT (then called "the management") as fellow students in 2001.  When they released the sensational<b>Oracular Spectacular</b> in 2008 their reputation began snowballing on both sides of the Atlantic. Not only were they nominated for a Grammy Award (which French dance act Justice picked up for remixing one of their tracks), but the UK's leading music magazine NME dubbed them "the best NY band about" with Rolling Stone proclaiming them one of the "Top 10 Artists to Watch in 2008."  Today, Oracular Spectacular with its major singles <i>Kids, Time to pretend, Electric Feel & The Youth</i> is consistently ranked amongst the most celebrated pop albums of the 21st century,<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Without skipping a beat, MGMT, began writing and recording their second album <b>Congratulations</b>, which was released in April 2010 and debuted at #2 on the Billboard charts.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Their latest self-titled album <b>MGMT</b> has been described as perfectly ‘on the current pulse’, ‘drawing seasoned fans and new initiates alike into the band's <i>eureka</i> zone.’<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">"This album feels to us like coming down to earth in a way," admits Ben. "We're trying to be accessible but we're trying to do something new within the realm of pop music. When we finally came close to finishing <b><i>MGMT</i></b>, everyone in the studio had the feeling that we'd made something really great."  Having shared the stage with the likes of Beck, Yeasayer, Radiohead, Florence And The Machine and Tame Impala, one can be pretty certain that many others will feel the very same way.</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Vodacom In the City promises to be a huge night of thumping beats.  It’s going to heave with music fans from across Jozi all there for the same reason – to party hard to the bands that they love!<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Stay close to Vodacom In The City on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for news on the next line-up announcements.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;">Cape Town fans can catch MGMT, Rudimental and Crystal Fighters at Rocking the Daisies from <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_444426611" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">2-5 October 2014</span></span>.<u></u><u></u></span></span></i></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;">Vodacom In the City is a Seed Experiences event<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;">Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/SeedExperiences" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/<wbr></wbr>SeedExperiences</a><br />Twitter: @SeedExperiences<br />Instagram: SeedExperiences<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<b><i><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">About Vodacom<u></u><u></u></span></span></i></b></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Vodacom is an African mobile communications company providing voice, messaging, data and converged services to around 50 million active customers.<u></u><u></u></span></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Seed Experiences is renowned for delivering world-class events to their fans. With John Newman Live in South Africa, DStv UB40 SA Tour, Vodacom In The City, Rocking the Daisies, Sowing the Seeds, Sonar Cape Town and Vic Falls Carnival still on the cards for the year, fans can only expect the best live music performances, great vibes and top production. <u></u><u></u></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span lang="EN-US">Past events include the Bastille SA Tour and Olmeca presents Mad Decent Block Party and the digital industry’s Bookmarks Awards amongst others.</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></i></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Accolades include: Winner – Climate Change Leadership Award in the Small to Medium Business Category (2009 and 2010); Winner – Eco-Logic Award for Climate Change (2011); Finalist – Eco-Logic Award in Transport (2011); Finalist – Mail and Guardian Future Greening Awards (2012); Winner in the Bookmarks Awards (2013) Finalist in the Bookmarks Awards (2012); nominated in the ‘Best Music Festival’ category for the MK Awards (2012 & 2013); awarded the Highly Commended A Greener Festival Award (2012 & 2013); Winner – Eco-logic Awards in Transport (2012) and Winner – Eco-logic Awards in Recycling (2012).<u></u><u></u></span></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Rocking the Daises, <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_444426612" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">2nd – 5th October 2014</span></span> will be held on Cloof Wine Estate in Darling, Western Cape. In its ninth year since inception Rocking the Daisies has gone on to become the Western Cape’s most iconic outdoor music festival and South Africa’s premier eco-friendly music and lifestyle festival.<u></u><u></u></span></span></i></div>
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New York City’s MGMT hit Jozi for Vodacom in the City, on Friday 3 rd October. After almost a decade of producing hit rec...

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First two international acts, Rudimental and Crystal Fighters announced for this year’s Vodacom in the City

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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US">Now in its third year, Vodacom In the City has become a much-anticipated music experience that brings together a dynamic mix of international acts and thousands of the city’s </span><span lang="EN-US">music lovers for an unforgettable musical experience.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">To kick off this year’s lineup, Vodacom and Seed Experiences are proud to announce Rudimental and Crystal Fighters as the first two international acts on this year’s stage.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US">Multi-award winning<b> </b>act<b> Rudimental</b> (including a 2014 Brit Award) is a pioneering melting-pot collective who have taken the British music scene by storm with their debut album <i>(Home)</i> being released at number 1 on the UK charts. Championed for their uncompromising approach to music-making, their huge drum-and-bass-meets-soul anthem and No. 1 single ‘Feel The Love’ helped them achieve international recognition. Mixing live instrumentation with digital programming creates the band’s organic sound: “It’s the result of years of raving, listening to pirate radio, listening to dubs, to tapes older brothers would bring home, and being inspired by all of it,” says the band’s </span><span lang="EN-US">Piers Aggett.  Expect a uniquely awesome performance from this lot; they’re notorious for rocking the masses on the global summer festival circuit including performances at leading international festivals Glastonbury and the USA’s Coachella in 2014.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">British alternative dance band, <b>Crystal Fighters</b> are well-known for their energetic and engaging live performances. Calling their sound a mixture of folk, electro, punk, techno, dubstep and Spanish pop, the band’s debut album, <i>Star of Love</i>, was released to critical acclaim in October 2010. Their second album, <i>Cave Rave</i>, was released in May 2013 and has a number of hits such as <i>LA Calling</i> and <i>You & I</i>playlisted across South Africa’s radio stations.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">These are the first two of an incredible international lineup that fits Vodacom In The City’s mix of high energy, electronic, indie and rock. <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Already familiar with the UK festival and music scene, this year the Seed team travelled to the USA, including Coachella, to experience, meet and solidify some of this year’s line-up. “The acts we’ve secured are huge on the international scene right now – Crystal Fighters and Rudimental played top slots at Coachella, one of the world’s largest and high-profile music festivals, this year,” says Brian Little, Managing Director of Seed Experiences.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“We know from experience that the artists we have chosen will bring our fans an amazing experience from beginning to end – and that’s our and Vodacom’s main goal,” adds Brian. Vodacom and Seed Experiences will soon be announcing more international acts to join Rudimental and Crystal Fighters on the line up.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span lang="EN-US">Vodacom</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> has for a third year come on board as title sponsor, reaffirming the credibility and importance of Vodacom In The City on the South African music festival calendar.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Vodacom’s Executive Head of Sponsorship & Regional Marketing, Bronson Tebogo Mokabela, is delighted at the news of the confirmed artists for Vodacom In The City, and said: ““In celebration of Vodacom’s 20 years of empowering South Africans and our country’s 20 years of freedom, we are excited to be involved with this event for a third year running.  Vodacom is about connecting people – and our sponsorship of Vodacom In The City creates a festive platform to bring people together”.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“All of us at Vodacom encourage you to come along, celebrate & enjoy the best local and international entertainment. If these confirmed artists are anything to go by, the 2014 Vodacom In The City is sure to rock Joburg – only with Vodacom”.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #f1c232;">Vodacom offers exclusive VITC Launch Ticket Discount</span><span style="color: #222222;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Vodacom is in tune with the SA music scene – and from the start will be giving the power to you: the fans. As part of the launch, Vodacom is offering a <b>limited exclusive launch ticket discount</b>: the first Vodacom customers to buy their tickets through Vodacom’s Voucher Cloud app will only pay R390 for general access tickets (R60 discount) and (because they’re cool like that) non-Vodacom customers will pay R420 (R30 discount).<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">To buy your Vodacom discounted ticket:<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><u></u><span lang="EN-US">·         </span><u></u><span lang="EN-US">Download the Voucher Cloud app from your smartphone app store;<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><u></u><span lang="EN-US">·         </span><u></u><span lang="EN-US">Search for “Vodacom In The City”;<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><u></u><span lang="EN-US">·         </span><u></u><span lang="EN-US">Click “Buy Now”;<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><u></u><span lang="EN-US">·         </span><u></u><span lang="EN-US">Complete the registration form;<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><u></u><span lang="EN-US">·         </span><u></u><span lang="EN-US">Buy your discounted ticket!<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The discounted tickets go on sale on <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_379763852" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Thursday 22 May 2014</span></span> and are limited so hurry to secure your exclusive Vodacom launch ticket discount.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The discount is only available on purchases made through Vodacom’s Voucher Cloud app, is limited to four tickets per customer, applies to general access tickets only and the discount is redeemed on purchase.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Download the Voucher Cloud app here:<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;">iTunes: </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://bit.ly/1gS3UXH" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1gS3UXH</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;">Google Play: </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://bit.ly/1jX5LVg" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1jX5LVg</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;">BlackBerry: </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://bit.ly/1n2rOj1" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1n2rOj1</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tickets also go on sale on Thursday 22 May 2014 at 10h00 through <a href="http://www.inthecityjhb.co.za/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.vitc.co.za</a> and the Vodacom In The City Facebook page (without the Vodacom Launch Ticket Discount).<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;">General access: R450<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #f1c232;">VITC PLUS: R1,000</span></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Stay close to Vodacom In The City on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for news on the next lineup announcements.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;">#VITC2014<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;">Website: <a href="http://www.vitc.co.za/" target="_blank">www.vitc.co.za</a><u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US">Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/InTheCityJHB" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/<wbr></wbr>InTheCityJHB</a> </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US">Twitter: @InTheCityJHB</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;">Instagram: Vodacom In The City<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;">Email: <a href="mailto:media@vitc.co.za" target="_blank">media@vitc.co.za</a><u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;">Vodacom In the City is a Seed Experiences event<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;">Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/SeedExperiences" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/<wbr></wbr>SeedExperiences</a><br />Twitter: @SeedExperiences<br />Instagram: SeedExperiences<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Website: </span><a href="http://www.weareseed.co.za/" target="_blank">www.weareseed.co.za</a></span></span></div>

First two international acts, Rudimental and Crystal Fighters announced for this year’s Vodacom in the City

Vodacom and Seed Experiences have announced that Vodacom In The City is back to bring eager fans another incredible festival in the heart...