A mobile phone company holding a guerilla gig at a secret venue? Cor, nobody’s thought of that one before… Actually, that’s a bit unfair on Sony Ericsson, as there is at least an interesting twist to its upcoming Pitch Black gig in London with hot indie combo Friendly Fires. Essentially, the 200-strong crowd will all be blindfolded, which apparently will give them “the chance to ”feel” the music and consider how each track affects them”. Now that’s a moshpit we don’t want to be anywhere near…The band themselves will be playing with night-vision goggles too. Tickets will be given away on MySpace, as well as through contests on XFM and the NME. There’s some marvellous marketing bollocks in the press release too – apparently “by de-familiarising an experience we’re perhaps all too used to, it injects the necessary intrigue to make it fresh and exciting again”.Quite.
Sony Ericsson signs up Friendly Fires for Pitch Black gig
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May 27th, 2009 by Music Ally
