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Arctic Monkeys to hide Reading And Leeds Festival tickets in Oxfam single

Band will also sneak 40 signed copies of 'Crying Lighting' into charity shops

August 14, 2009 | 5 Comments
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Arctic Monkeys have hidden tickets to this year's Reading And Leeds Festivals inside just two copies of their new single.

The "golden tickets" for the August 28-30 event, will be placed at random inside the seven-inch version of 'Crying Lightning' which is released on Monday (August 17).

As previously reported, Arctic Monkeys are selling that version of the single exclusively through Oxfam's charity shops in the UK.

A ten-inch version of the single is being sold through conventional record shops.

In addition to the golden tickets, which will contain a code that the finders can enter online, the band are also hiding 40 signed copies of the seven-inch across Oxfam's network of shops.

A further 15 signed copies will be sent out at random to customers who buy the record using Oxfam.org.uk/shop.

Arctic Monkeys headline the Reading And Leeds Festivals alongside Radiohead and Kings Of Leon.

Meanwhile watch the video for 'Crying Lightning' on the right.

Hallucigenia.co.uk

Aug 14, 2009

love it....novel charity idea, but done quite low-key to avoid the kudos that would detract from the cause.....refreshing change from bling chingy mumbling shite from any rapper called 'lil' flashing gems and dollars. or Bono.

Anjil

Aug 14, 2009

I know this seems like a great idea and it makes them look good doing somthing for Charity but I know that this is all just publicity for themselves and i have asked at the local Oxfam shop near me if they will be getting but just like most (red noses) they are not sure and they dout they will be getting ( my area by the way is the highlands of Scotland)