July 28, 2003




For Immediate Release
Contact:
Jay Jones
The Press Office
615-269-3670
Email: publicity@thepressoffice.net
Maura Corcoran
VH1
212-846-7325
maura.corcoran@vh1staff.com


Summer Fun With The Beach Boys
"VH1 Classic Presents The Sounds of Summer Sweepstakes" Opens July 28

As The Beach Boys spend Summer 2003 riding the Billboard charts with their Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys release on Capitol Records, VH1 Classic heats up the airwaves with the ultimate summer sweepstakes. Beginning July 28, 2003 and ending September 8, 2003, "VH1 Classic Presents The Beach Boys Sounds of Summer Sweepstakes" and will give all Beach Boys fans some heated excitement.

As The Beach Boys bring the endless summer to fans with the Sounds of Summer World Tour, those who can't get enough of the surfin' lifestyle can surf on the world wide web to enter. The VH1 Classic-sponsored sweepstakes will accept contestant entries online at www.VH1classic.com. Here, contestants will find posted instructions for entering the sweepstakes, a list of the prizes and rules. There will be one grand prize winner who will receive the ultimate Beach Boys prize pack and 99 other winners of various levels of prizes.

Prizes include vintage replica shirts from Pendleton Woolen Mills as worn by The Beach Boys on the Surfin' Safari album cover, Epiphone Custom Beach Boys SG Electric Guitars, Hobie Skateboards, a Hobie Beach Boys surfboard, complete Beach Boys CD catalog from Capital Records, stickers, shirts, as well as the current Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys CD.

Launched in May 2000, VH1 Classic is a 24-hour network that presents music videos, concerts and music specials featuring classic rock, soul and pop artists from the 60s, 70s and 80s. Featured artists include The Beatles, The Stones, Tina Turner, Led Zeppelin, Marvin Gaye, The Who, Stevie Wonder, The Police and many more.


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