{"id":1255,"date":"2010-05-25T18:53:48","date_gmt":"2010-05-25T17:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatsonni.com\/blog\/?p=1255"},"modified":"2010-05-25T19:04:00","modified_gmt":"2010-05-25T18:04:00","slug":"guinness%c2%ae-joins-forces-with-snow-patrol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2010\/05\/guinness%c2%ae-joins-forces-with-snow-patrol\/","title":{"rendered":"GUINNESS\u00ae JOINS FORCES WITH SNOW PATROL"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1256\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1256\" style=\"width: 269px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whatsonni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Guiness.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1256 \" title=\"Guiness\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whatsonni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Guiness.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"269\" height=\"172\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1256\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joining Forces with Snow Patrol in June 10<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Guinness announced a unique partnership agreement with Snow Patrol to give their fans unparalleled access to Northern Ireland\u2019s top rockers.<\/p>\n<p>The benefits of this agreement became immediately apparent with Guinness releasing some of the last remaining tickets to the Snow Patrol homecoming concert at Ward Park in Bangor on 5 June.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement will also give Snow Patrol followers and music lovers access to unreleased content online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/guinnessireland\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/guinnessireland<\/a> and a chance to win signed Snow Patrol merchandise.<\/p>\n<p>The event at Ward Park will feature the Guinness stage, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, that will provide aspiring local bands and musicians with the chance to perform to thousands of music fans.<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"640\" height=\"385\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/2IR8SMHFoiM&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"640\" height=\"385\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/2IR8SMHFoiM&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Orla Flanagan, Brand Manager for Guinness, explains: \u201cThe Guinness brand has a rich heritage in music and entertainment. We\u2019re delighted to be continuing this legacy by embarking on a unique partnership with Snow Patrol that will pave the way for our consumers to get involved in music in new and exciting ways; from opportunities to get their hands on exclusive tickets, to giving up and coming talent the chance to be heard.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1265\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1265\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/www.whatsonni#!\/GuinnessIreland?v=app_6009294086&amp;ref=search\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1265    \" title=\"Snow Patrol\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whatsonni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Snow-Patrol2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1265\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Win Tickets!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Speaking about the partnership with Guinness, Gary Lightbody said: \u201cGuinness has an amazing reputation for supporting music, especially in Northern Ireland\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe main incentive for hooking up with Guinness is to be able to use our partnership to support new talent and get new bands in front of a live audience so we can get their music out there.\u00a0 We understand too well, how hard it is to get that break.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For your chance to be one of the first people to win a pair of tickets to the Ward Park event, courtesy of Guinness, tune into Cool FM from next week (Monday 24<sup>th<\/sup> May) or go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/guinnessireland\">www.facebook.com\/guinnessireland<\/a> for further information.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Drink GUINNESS Responsibly <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>drinkaware.co.uk for the facts <\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guinness announced a unique partnership agreement with Snow Patrol to give their fans unparalleled access to Northern Ireland\u2019s top rockers. 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The agreement will also &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2010\/05\/guinness%c2%ae-joins-forces-with-snow-patrol\/\">Continued<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[419,418,420,415,416,314,131,417,414,413,360],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1255"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1255"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1264,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1255\/revisions\/1264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}