Share your stories

This summer, Absolute Radio’s going to be at gigs and festivals across the UK, and after the success of Rock-Off we want to get forums involved. We’re running a series of competitions called “Live Stories” where your gig and festival experiences could win you tickets to a live event – the overall winning forum gets to pick the line-up for a virtual festival to be broadcast on Absolute Radio!

I’m a big fan of both New Order and Joy Division, and from what I’ve seen of New Order in more recent performances, they’re a great live band. With this in mind, I thought that your forum members might have some great live stories to share, which is why I’m getting in touch.

How will it work?

We’re asking forums to discuss their live experiences and submit their four best stories to http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/live/stories/. These could be anything connected to live music; the time you watched a David Bowie gig from backstage, or got lost at Glastonbury and discovered Tibetan throat singing for example.

From the 3rd August onwards we’ll be holding four competitions, each lasting a week. During this time, the best live stories be discussed on-air on Absolute Radio and the public will vote for their favourites. The person whose story wins will get a pair of tickets to a live event (like Reading or V Festival).

At the end of the summer, each forum with a winning story will go into a final for the chance to create a virtual festival, picking two hours’ worth of live tracks to be played as an Absolute Radio show.

Entries open on the 13th July. For more information check out http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/live/stories/.