BUSHMILLS VILLAGE, Northern
Ireland, June 13, 2013
/PRNewswire/ -- The full lineup has been released for Bushmills
Live 2013, being held next week at the Bushmills Irish Whiskey
distillery. Joining headliners Of Monsters and Men are the
pop-harmony 4-piece band Sons and Lovers, who have just finished
touring the UK with Ellie Goulding
and One Republic. Also on the bill are musicians Willy Mason; Bear's Den; and returning for their
second year: Iain Archer and Foy
Vance.
Bushmills Live is the only music festival that takes place
inside an Irish Whiskey Distillery, where consumers are able to
celebrate authentic music while enjoying whiskey responsibly among
friends. The festival first launched last year, and will again take
place on Ireland's stunning North
Coast on June 19 and 20, 2013.
Music and whiskey fans of legal drinking age were able to win
the chance to attend the festival by entering a draw on the
Bushmills USA Facebook page,
Facebook.com/BushmillsUSA. The pair of winners will be announced in
the coming weeks via the whiskey's Facebook page.
These artists join last year's list of fellow rockers such as
the iconic band Snow Patrol, Elijah
Wood of Wooden Wisdom, Benjamin
Francis Leftwich, Marcus
Foster, The Staves, General Fiasco and David C Clements who
all played Bushmills Live in its inaugural year.
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NOTES TO EDITORS
Bushmills Irish Whiskey Facebook:
facebook.com/bushmillsUSA
Bushmills Irish Whiskey Twitter: @BushmillsUSA
Twitter Hashtag: #BushmillsLive
ABOUT THE COMPETITION:
The Facebook competition was open to people of legal purchasing
age, in:
- Great Britain
- Republic of Ireland
- Northern Ireland
- Germany
- Portugal
- Russia
- USA
- Canada
- Czech Republic
- Latvia
From each, one pair of finalists will win tickets to 'Bushmills
Live'.
Bushmills Live video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjyzNFGuRmo
To launch the festival, Bushmills commissioned some good friends
who are artisans to make a 3D art installation that depicts the
Bushmills Live poster using materials inspired by the handcrafted
whiskey and music at the heart of the festival. The master
craftsmen who cemented their friendship when creating the stage set
for a hugely popular American television epic that was filmed in
Belfast – used 254 casks, 250
bottle tops, 30 bottles of whiskey, five metres of AMP wiring and
four guitars to handcraft the 10ft by 16ft installation
artwork.
ABOUT BUSHMILLS IRISH WHISKEY
With a heritage rooted
in authenticity and quality, Bushmills Irish Whiskey is
produced, aged and bottled at Ireland's oldest working distillery in the
village of Bushmills in County
Antrim on the far north coast of Ireland. The Old Bushmills Distillery uses
100% malt barley to make triple distilled malt whiskey, which is
what creates the rich, mellow and distinct flavour that is the
house style. The Bushmills portfolio includes: Bushmills Irish
Whiskey; Black Bush, Bushmills 10 Year Old Single Malt, Bushmills
16 Year Old Single Malt, Bushmills 21 Year Old Single Malt,
Bushmills 1608 and now Bushmills Irish Honey.
ABOUT DIAGEO
Diageo is the world's leading premium drinks business with an
outstanding collection of beverage alcohol brands across spirits,
beer and wine categories. These brands include Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, J&B,
Buchanan's, Windsor and Bushmills
whiskies, Smirnoff, Ciroc and Ketel One vodkas, Captain Morgan,
Baileys, Jose Cuervo, Tanqueray and
Guinness.
Diageo is a global company, with its products sold in more than
180 countries around the world. The company is listed on both the
New York Stock Exchange (DEO) and the London Stock Exchange (DGE).
For more information about Diageo, its people, brands, and
performance, visit www.diageo.com. For Diageo's global resource
that promotes responsible drinking through the sharing of best
practice tools, information and initiatives, visit
www.DRINKiQ.com.
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SOURCE Diageo