In The City Open For Unsigned Bands

added 07 April 2009 at 13.35

The Manchester festival is ready to start taking on acts for this year's event...

New bands can apply to play at this year's In The City festival now. The likes of Arctic Monkeys, Coldplay and Muse have all played the annual music conference in Manchester at the start of their careers.

The event organisers say: "ITC Unsigned has the greatest signing ratio of any similar event worldwide, and ITC can claim to have given a helping hand to bands including Oasis, Radiohead, Arctic Monkeys, Gallows, Suede, Friendly Fires, Coldplay, Doves, Twisted Wheel, Foo Fighters, Daft Punk, The Wombats, Sky Larkin, Elbow, Muse, Noah and the Whale and many, many more."

To apply, head off to www.inthecity.co.uk/applytoplay now.

In The City 2009 takes place at venues across Manchester from the October 18 to 20.

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