What is GaragetoV?

Garage to V is a band comp like no other. With a goal to find the cream of the crop in Oz music talent, GaragetoV will give one unsigned band instant credibility and set them on the road to packed houses everywhere.

The bands selected to enter the state heats around Australia are chosen by a panel of Australia's music industry and are judged on their creative talent, individuality and potential.

The heats are held in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. The winners from these heats will be flown to Sydney for the final.

The winning band will strut their stuff in front of more than 100,000 discerning punters when they raise the curtain at the second Australian V Festival in March/April 2008 across all 4 events (Sydney, Gold Coast, Melbourne, and Perth) playing alongside the likes of Smashing Pumpkins and Duran Duran!

This year, Garage to V comes with a twist! Bands in each state will initially battle it out in local shows for the chance to be flown to the Sydney final, where they'll hope to impress the industry judges. However, one lucky band that doesn't make it through this way will be given a second chance by being voted back into the final by the public! This ‘wildcard entry' will then have an equal chance of winning the prize as the other lucky four that made it through originally.

FREE tickets to each state final will be available to the general public from www.garagetov.com, and offered to www.FasterLouder.com.au members. Get amongst it to see fantastic up and coming bands battling it out for their chance to open V Festival 2008, plus awesome guest bands, without paying a cent! Bands that played at the finals last year included the golden children of this years Aria awards, Operator Please, the Temper Trap and The Silence. You'd be mad not to!