{"id":15511,"date":"2017-10-12T14:51:17","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T13:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prsfoundation.com\/?p=15511"},"modified":"2020-06-30T12:23:23","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T11:23:23","slug":"mobo-unsung-tour-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prsfoundation.com\/2017\/10\/12\/mobo-unsung-tour-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"MOBO UnSung Tour 2017 announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>iluvlive presents<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h2>MOBO UNSUNG TOUR 2017<\/h2>\n<h3>Manchester \u2013 Bristol \u2013 London<br \/>\nTiggs Da Author \/ Tanya Lacey \/ Tobi Sunmola<br \/>\nAlika \/ Lloyd Luther \/ Mega<br \/>\nSupported by PRS Foundation Open Fund<\/h3>\n<p>This year\u2019s MOBO UnSung Tour will take place in October and showcase 2016 winner Alika (pictured), Lloyd Luther, Mega &amp; Jay Alexzander alongside a headliner across three UK cities. Manchester sees hot new\u00a0Mancunian MC, Tobi Sunmola with special guest Two4Kay added to\u00a0the line-up. RnB Songstress Tanya Lacey will be serenading the\u00a0crowds in Bristol, whist in London Tiggs Da Author has been added to\u00a0showcase his unique blend of hip hop soul.<\/p>\n<p>The London leg of the Tour promises to be a very hot ticket with all 10\u00a0finalists of the MOBO UnSung Class of 2016 performing (for more info\u00a0on acts see below).<\/p>\n<p>MOBO UnSung is one of the country\u2019s strongest talent competitions for unsigned artists producing original work. A nationwide search culminates in 10 finalists, with the top 3 receiving grants towards their\u00a0work, as well as a year long artist development program of industry\u00a0and production workshops facilitated by MOBO in addition to the<br \/>\nMOBO UnSung Tour.<\/p>\n<p>Various UnSung artists have gone on to sign deals with labels and\u00a0publishers (Alika, Jacob Banks, Mulally), tour with global stars such as\u00a0Justin Bieber (MIC LOWRY), put out major releases (Geovarn, Tiana\u00a0Major and Juls with 2.9m plays) and even gone on to win their own\u00a0MOBO Award in 2016 (Nadia Rose who entered the competition in 2014).<\/p>\n<h2>2017 Tour Dates<br \/>\n15th October Manchester<\/h2>\n<p>Venue: Zombie Shack, 50 New Wakefield St, Manchester M1 5NP<br \/>\nDJ\/HOST: DJ STEVO (Unity Radio)<br \/>\nTime: 7.30PM till 11PM (1st act onstage 8.30)<br \/>\nEntry: Early bird tickets &#8211; \u00a35, \u00a37 thereafter &amp; \u00a310 on the door. Tickets<br \/>\navailable here &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2xeHCJY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2xeHCJY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>17th October Bristol<\/h2>\n<p>Venue: The Square Club. 15 Berkeley Square, Bristol BS8 1HB<br \/>\nHost: Miss Divine (Ujima Radio)<br \/>\nTime: 7.30PM till 11PM (1st act onstage 8.30)<br \/>\nEntry: Early bird tickets &#8211; \u00a35, \u00a37 thereafter &amp; \u00a310 on the door. Tickets<br \/>\navailable here &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2xdDWbi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2xdDWbi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>23rd October London<\/h2>\n<p>Venue: Zigfrid Von Underbelly, 11 Hoxton Square, London N1 6NU<br \/>\nDJ: Hotshot<br \/>\nHOST: tbc<br \/>\nTime: 7.30PM till 11PM (1st act onstage 8pm)<br \/>\nEntry: Early bird tickets &#8211; \u00a35, \u00a37 thereafter &amp; \u00a310 on the door. Tickets<br \/>\navailable here &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2xdQ3p1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2xdQ3p1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/prsfoundation.com\/partnerships\/professional-development\/mobo-unsung-competition\/\">Find out more about MOBO UnSung<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>iluvlive presents MOBO UNSUNG TOUR 2017 Manchester \u2013 Bristol \u2013 London Tiggs Da Author \/ Tanya Lacey \/ Tobi Sunmola Alika \/ Lloyd Luther \/ Mega Supported by PRS Foundation Open Fund This year\u2019s MOBO UnSung Tour will take place in October and showcase 2016 winner Alika (pictured), Lloyd Luther, Mega &amp; Jay Alexzander alongside [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":15515,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[425,14,223,76],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>MOBO UnSung Tour 2017 announced - PRS for Music Foundation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/prsfoundation.com\/2017\/10\/12\/mobo-unsung-tour-2017\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MOBO UnSung Tour 2017 announced - PRS for Music Foundation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"iluvlive presents MOBO UNSUNG TOUR 2017 Manchester \u2013 Bristol \u2013 London Tiggs Da Author \/ Tanya Lacey \/ Tobi Sunmola Alika \/ Lloyd Luther \/ Mega Supported by PRS Foundation Open Fund This year\u2019s MOBO UnSung Tour will take place in October and showcase 2016 winner Alika (pictured), Lloyd Luther, Mega &amp; 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