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<\/a>Northern Ireland\u2019s very own Snow Patrol, are one of the world\u2019s most popular bands, selling more than 11 million albums since their breakthrough record Final Straw debuted in 2003.<\/p>\nThe two-day handcrafted festival will be the first ever staged in an Irish Whiskey distillery. The artists will play a series of intimate gigs in age-old buildings around the distillery. Other performers announced at this stage include renowned musician Foy Vance, who along with David Holmes composed the music for the OSCAR\u00ae winning short film, \u2018The Shore\u2019 and award-winning singer songwriter and producer Iain Archer.<\/p>\n
Snow Patrol\u2019s Jonny Quinn, commented: \u201cPlaying live on a bill of great artists and friends, in the Old BUSHMILLS Distillery that’s been around for centuries – it doesn’t get much better than that!”<\/p>\n
To stand a chance of winning they will have to submit a photo of themselves and friend and explain why they and their friend should be in the audience for \u2018BUSHMILLS Live\u2019.<\/p>\n As well as listening to great music, those fortunate to win a ticket to the festival will also have the opportunity to make their own blend of BUSHMILLS Irish Whiskey.<\/p>\n Commenting, Colum Egan, Master Distiller, Old BUSHMILLS Distillery said: \u201cThe line-up for \u2018BUSHMILLS Live\u2019 so far is truly remarkable. Snow Patrol, Foy Vance and Iain Archer are known and loved around the world – much like our whiskey.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat excites me is they, like all the artists who are coming to play, are fans of our whiskey. BUSHMILLS and music have always gone well together. Handcrafted whiskey and handcrafted music \u2013 it just makes sense!\u201d<\/p>\n To win tickets to \u2018BUSHMILLS Live\u2019 or to find out more, visit facebook.com\/bushmills1608 . Entry opens at 16:08 GMT on St Patrick\u2019s Day and closes at 23:59 GMT on 27th April 2012. Terms and conditions apply. The BUSHMILLS word, the Pot Still device and other associated logos are trade marks. \u00a9 The Old Bushmills Distillery Co. Limited 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" BUSHMILLS\u00ae Irish Whiskey has announced Snow Patrol as the first of a number of artists who will perform at BUSHMILLS Live – the handcrafted whiskey and music festival taking place at the Old BUSHMILLS Distillery on the north coast of Ireland on 20th and 21st June 2012. Northern Ireland\u2019s very own Snow Patrol, are one … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4089"}],"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=4089"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4100,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4089\/revisions\/4100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>\u2018BUSHMILLS Live\u2019 will be a truly \u2018money can\u2019t buy experience\u2019. Tickets for the event will not go on general release, instead fans of BUSHMILLS Irish Whiskey can win the chance to attend the festival by entering a competition on the BUSHMILLS Facebook page \u2013 facebook.com\/bushmills1608 <\/a> .<\/p>\n
\nDrink Responsibly- www.drinkaware.co.uk<\/a> for the facts<\/p>\n