Red Bull Sound Select Tour Bus Takes Part Of Life Is Beautiful Festival

Red Bull Sound Select, an ongoing program to support local music scenes and the people who push them forward, is excited to announce that the Red Bull Sound Select Tour Bus will come to the inaugural Life is Beautiful Festival in Downtown Las Vegas October 26 & 27. The two-day festival will highlight several exciting emerging artists performing alongside renowned headliners.

Life is Beautiful and Red Bull Sound Select collaborated to curate the Tour Bus stage lineup at the festival, selecting five artists from across the country already on the Sound Select platform to earn the opportunity to play for the crowds. In addition, Life is Beautiful was given the opportunity to be the first Las Vegas curator on the platform, and selected the first five Las Vegas artists to not only play the festival, but also to join Red Bull Sound Select.

Saturday, Oct. 26 – Joey Bada$$ (NYC), Chancellor Warhol (Nashville), Children of the Night (NYC),

Tink (Chicago), RNR (Las Vegas), Ekoh (Las Vegas)

Sunday, Oct. 27 – Smith Westerns (Chicago), Wildcat! Wildcat! (Los Angeles), The Kingston Springs (Nashville), Moondog Matinee (Las Vegas), American Cream (Las Vegas), The Dirty Hooks (Las Vegas)

The five Las Vegas bands were invited to a meeting in the Life is Beautiful Festival offices, where they were given the news. Watch their story here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_78JZ8OHBQ

The Life is Beautiful Festival is bringing top musical acts to five stages and select venues across downtown Las Vegas as well as food, art and learning components to make it the first festival of its kind. The Killers and Kings of Leon headline the festival, which will feature an eclectic lineup of more than 50 internationally established artists and emerging bands including Beck, Vampire Weekend, Imagine Dragons, Portugal. The Man, Janelle Monáe and more.

THE BACKLINE

Red Bull Sound Select Presents events are only the beginning. Red Bull Sound Select artists will have the opportunity to perform at more than 100 shows across the U.S. this year, including marquee festivals like Lollapalooza, Voodoo Festival, Riot Fest, Pitchfork Music Festival and many more. As part of the program, artists have access to Red Bull’s global network of recording studios, performance opportunities at festivals, bookings through Red Bull partners, and valuable support on content production and distribution from Red Bull Media House. The Red Bull Sound Select digital platform will roll out new product features and strategic partnerships throughout the year allowing artists and fans to experience and support new music, and better connect online and offline while giving fans a true voice in the success of the Red Bull Sound Select artists.

In past months, Red Bull Sound Select Presents has curated shows featuring artists Wildcat! Wildcat!, Tacocat, Hands, Katie Kate, Mystery Skulls, Gliss, Tapioca and the Flea, Incan Abraham, HOTT MT, NO, Los Colognes, Mood Rings, Pure Bathing Culture and Cuddle Magic. Show headliners have included Dirty Projectors, Metric, Black Lips, Wavves, Com Truise, Erykah Badu, Yeasayer and YACHT.