April 24, 2008
S.P.B. wins contest to record single with SonyBMG
S.P.B. with its song “Poet” has won the Urban D Playground competition for Latvia, earning a deal to release a single through recording company SonyBMG. The band was one of 18 Latvian bands competing earlier this month in two days of live performances by the main railway station in downtown Rīga.
A total of 32,000 votes were cast for the band through the urbandplayground.com Web site. Results were announced April 24.
Runners-up were The Briefing with the song “Go Out Tonight,” Laime Pilnīga with “Time Song,” The Blackout with “Liar” and Screampiece with “Speed Of Sound.”
Similar competitions were held for bands in Estonia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden and Finland.
Learn more about S.P.B. on its MySpace page.
Andris Straumanis is editor of Latvians Online.
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