MYSPACE’S POPULAR SECRET SHOW FRANCHISE CELEBRATES ITS 150th CONCERT! Grammy Award Winner Gnarls Barkley to Headline Anniversary Show in New York City Sponsored By Samsung Exclusively for the MySpace Community
MySpace, the world’s most popular social network in partnership with Samsung Mobile, today announced its 150th installment of the hugely popular Secret Show franchise, an original concert series that fuses the online and offline music experience and further connects fans and bands through intimate “friends only” performances.
This landmark 150th Secret Show will feature Grammy award winning artist and fan favorite Gnarls Barkley (http://myspace.com/gnarlsbarkley), who launched their US career two years ago with a MySpace Secret Show, their first live concert in the states.
The 150th Secret Show will take place in New York City on June 8th. The exact location is still a “secret” but fans can visit http://myspace.com/secretshows to learn more about the upcoming show.
“Music has always been a cornerstone of the MySpace culture and our users are incredibly passionate and involved in the music community online,” said Josh Brooks, Vice President of Marketing and Content for MySpace. “With Secret Shows they can truly experience the music they love so much, live, in person and for free just for being a MySpace member. We’ve had 150 amazing shows and I can’t think of a better way to celebrate than Gnarls Barkley in New York City.”
Since the launch of MySpace Secret Shows in February 2006, the series has showcased some of today’s greatest artists across all music genres in cities all over the world — from The Cure in Sydney, Australia to Ice Cube in Virginia Beach to Justice in Hamburg to Slayer and Mastodon in Salt Lake City. The shows are exclusive to the MySpace community and once notified that a Secret Show is happening in their area, users can print out their personal MySpace profiles displaying Secret Shows in their top friends, and that serves as their ticket to the show.
Gnarls Barkley is the Grammy winning combination of artist and producer Danger Mouse and vocalist Cee-Lo Green. The duo recently released The Odd Couple, which Entertainment Weekly hailed as “impeccably produced and impressively layered an esoteric love letter.” The album, featuring the singles “Run” and “Going On” is the follow up to the group’s platinum-plus selling debut album St. Elsewhere which was not only critically lauded but a chart-topping worldwide blockbuster. St. Elsewhere was nominated for seven Grammy Awards with band getting trophies for Best Alternative Album and Best Urban Alternative Performance.
