NEWS: Wild Party to take part in Macy's iHeartRadio Rising Star Competition

May 01, 2014 • Leave a Comment

San Antonio, TX four-piece Wild Party has been chosen as one of the Top 25 artists to participate in the 2014 Macy's iHeartRadio Rising Star Competition. The third annual iHeartRadio Rising Star competition is in partnership with Macy's and will be featured on hundreds of radio stations across the country, providing the winner with a performance at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas, NV in September 2014.

Fan voting will kick off on May 5th and is set to run through June 25th on iHeartRadio.com/RisingStar.

Past winners of the competition include Megan & Liz, and The Summer Set, who received placement in national Macy's ad campaigns, a performance at the iHeartRadio Festival, and an appearance at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Gearing up for their busy year ahead, WIld Party have a new album slated for Fall of 2014, and have just announced that they will be opening for Andrew McMahon on a string of dates this summer. Scroll down for full tour dates.

WILD PARTY - Made up of vocalist Lincoln Kreifels, guitarist Lucas Hughes, bassist Ethan Kauffman, and drummer Cary LaScala are still a young band, but they have already been around the block and across the pond. The band were thrust into the spotlight early in their career when they were offered a gig to support The Wombats on tour across the UK in 2010. Only 19 at the time, frontman Lincoln Kreifels had only played two previous live shows before the whirlwind UK tour. Kreifels was a natural rock star. Fans flocked. John Kennedy of UK's Xfm radio picked up the band's single "Take my Advice" and broadcast it over the air to millions of listeners. As Wild Party hit their stride, word of mouth and Internet buzz grew and fans started to speculate as to when the band would release an album. Without label support, Wild Party seized the moment and took a DIY approach, first releasing a music video for fan-favorite "When I Get Older" on YouTube in January 2013, and, soon after, debuting a collection of songs on iTunes that they self-recorded and produced under the title Phantom Pop. Within 24 hours of its release, Phantom Pop cracked the iTunes Top 100 and music journalists, would-be managers, and hopeful record labels swiftly came knocking at their door. The band have since gone on to receive support from the likes of NYLON, Pop Matters, San Antonio Current,Dallas Observer, as well as unanimously positive hype from indie taste-making blogs and generous radio support on the college airwaves.

WILD PARTY TOUR DATES:

5/17 - Phoenix, AZ @ Last Exit Live

5/18 - Las Vegas, NV @ Fremont Street Experience

5/19 - Los Angeles, CA @ (School Night) Bardot

5/21 - San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar

5/22 - Los Angeles, CA @ Troubador (supporting Hellogoodbye)

5/23 - Pomona, CA @ Glasshouse (supporting Hellogoodbye)

5/31 - Houston, TX @ Free Press Summer Fest

7/12 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Club Sound **

7/13 - Fort Collins, CO @ Aggie Theatre **

7/14 - Colorado Springs, CO @ Black Sheep **

7/16 - Omaha, NE @ Slowdown **

7/17 - Bloomington, IL @ The Castle Theatre **

8/8 - Asbury Park. NJ @ The Stone Pony **

8/9 - Lancaster, PA @ Chameleon Club **

** opening for Andrew McMahon

LINKS:

Wild Party Website

Wild Party Facebook

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