ADVISORY/Photo Opportunity: Sam Goody's Bandemonium Rocks Panama City.

News/Assignment Editors & Entertainment Writers

ADVISORY...for Wednesday-Thursday (March 21-22)

--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)

Spring Break Capital Hosts Unsigned Band Contest With Concerts

Featuring Blessid Union of Souls, Eve 6 and The Go-Go's

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 The Bandemonium Spring Break event is the culmination of Sam Goody's
sixth annual search for the best unsigned band in the country. On March 21, the
bands will compete at the world famous Spinnaker Beach Club in Panama City,
Florida - one of the most popular Spring Break destinations in the world. By
the end of the night, one hard-working band will be crowned the "Best Unsigned
Band of 2001" in front of thousands of vacationing students. -- Lift (Atlanta),
Mark Needs a Chick (Houston), Meaningless Tag (Philadelphia) and SpaZjack
(Hartford, CT) beat out more than 500 other bands to perform at the Bandemonium
Spring Break event. Three of the four finalists were selected from a pool of 10
semifinalists by representatives from SFX, the world's leading promoter,
producer and presenter of live entertainment. With more than 400,000 online
votes cast, the fourth band was elected with 54.9 percent of votes to compete
at the final event.    -- The bands will open for national headliners Blessid
Union of Souls and Eve 6. The winner will return the next night to open for the
world famous all-female superstars, The Go-Go's. The winner also receives a
prize package worth more than $20,000 including cash, studio time to work on a
professional demo tape, a producer to help channel their talents into a more
marketable product and a new Gibson music equipment (guitars, basses, drums,
amps and more). WHERE: Spinnaker Beach Club 8795 Thomas Drive Panama City
Beach, Florida WHEN: Wednesday, March 21 ------------------- 8:00 p.m.
Bandemonium Contest 11:00 p.m. Blessid Union of Souls 12:30 p.m. Eve 6

Thursday, March 22

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9:00 p.m. Bandemonium Winner

10:30 p.m. The Go-Go-s