19.01.2008: Free bet on the Choice Music Prize*:Ron, IU

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There is a deal on the main IU website (www.IrishUnsigned.com) that is promoting the Choice Music Prize. ‘Paddy Power’ bookies is offering odds on the overall winner. If you take up the offer via the IU site, and bet €10 on any Act to win outright, they will give you a further €20 bet on the event, so you get two chances of winning for your one €10 outlay.

I’m going to go one better for IU's MySpace Friends list and do this:
If any of you bet on the event, put your two bets on two *DIFFERENT* Acts, and none of them wins, we’ll give you your original €10 back.

Why? Well, “Paddy Power” are paying affiliate referral fees to IU for new customers who sign up, but we’re more interested in promoting the Artists/Performers, so you might take a few minutes to look at the ten shortlisted Artists, see which of them you've heard of etc, while you are getting your free bet.

The ‘Choice’ prize is a highly respected critical Award and the nominated Acts – if you check them out – are the cream of the Albums that Ireland had to offer in 2007.

IrishUnsigned exists for the purpose of promoting Irish music, and if Paddy Power wants to pay us to pay you to discover it, that’ll do nicely!

Give me a shout if you have any questions

LATEST ODDS (in no particular order):
Cathy Davey 'Tales of Silversleeve' 7 - 4
The Flaws 'Achieving Vagueness' 8 - 1
Stanley Super 800 'Louder & Clearer' 14 - 1
Delorentos 'In Love With Detail' 3 - 1
David Geraghty 'Kill Your Darlings' 10 - 1
Kila 'Gambler's Ballet' 25 - 1
Adrian Crowley 'Long Distance Swimmer' 9 - 2
Super Extra bonus party 'Super Extra Bonus Party' 12 - 1
Dry County 'Unexpected Falls' 33 - 1
Roisin Murphy 'Overpowered' 6 - 1

The Choice Music Prize (Irish Album of the Year 2007) Live Event will be held in Vicar St, Dublin on Wed Feb 27th.

Tickets €27 (incl booking fee) available from Monday Jan 14th from Ticketmaster

Ron, IU

*Small Print: If you want your (losing) tenner back, you will have to email me the names of the two Acts you bet on *BEFORE* the event takes place! Bets should be placed early and to qualify you must initially register on ‘Paddy Power’ by using the link on the main page at www.irishunsigned.com (or we won’t get the referrers fee to give back to you if you lose). My money is going on ‘Cathy Davey’ and ‘Super Extra Bonus Party’ – but I lost last year and the year before! See the full list of ten nominated albums at www.choicemusicprize.com, listen to TodayFM who will be playing them quite a lot (especially Tom Dunne), and watch IrishUnsigned.com for competitions leading up to the Final.

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