On the 26th of October, Fender’s Undiscovered Artist of the Year final will take place to crown the UK’s best unsigned acoustic singer-songwriter and you can watch it live here.
The show will be presented by Radio 1 ‘Introducing’ DJ Huw Stephens and as well as being awarded the title, the winner will perform at the O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire as the opening act for highly-acclaimed British artist Lucy Rose.
The competition has been whittled down from 650 to three of the best unsigned acts from all across the UK who will be competing to be the winner in this 2017 final. The voting will open at 8pm and stay open until just before midnight on the Sunday. The winner will be announced on Monday November 30th.
The judging panel will include Fender’s Head of Artist Relations Neil Whitcher; Virgin Radio DJ and Presenter Georgie Rogers and founder of Communion Music and band member of Bear’s Den, Kevin Jones. Their wealth of knowledge and experience within the industry creates a powerful platform from which to bestow upon one lucky winner this prestigious title.
The event will take place at a London based studio at 8pm (lasting approx 40-50 mins), where we will be running a live stream of all the action to reveal the UK’s best unsigned acoustic singer-songwriter.
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On the 26th of October, Fender’s Undiscovered Artist of the Year final will take place to crown the UK’s best unsigned acoustic singer-songwriter and you can watch it live here.
The show will be presented by Radio 1 ‘Introducing’ DJ Huw Stephens and as well as being awarded the title, the winner will perform at the O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire as the opening act for highly-acclaimed British artist Lucy Rose on 3rd November.
The competition has been whittled down from 650 to three of the best unsigned acts from all across the UK who will be competing to be the winner in this 2017 final. The voting will open at 8pm and stay open until just before midnight on the Sunday.
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