The lineup for Taco Bell's "Feed The Beat" campaign have been announced and well, its just about every band we have covered. Sponsorship from Taco Bell isnt exactly Nike but it can get you some soft tacos and a lemonade.
Fromt the official Taco Bell website, here are the statistics:
Taco Bell has fed 365 artists with $500 in Taco Bell gift cards, the equivalent of over 180,000 Taco Bell Bean Burritos® (2007-2011)
Chiddy Bang became the first Feed the Beat artist to be featured in a national Taco Bell commercial (2011)
The Taco Bell Truck (@TacoBellTruck) starred in Feed the Beat artist New Found Glory’s music video, “Truck Stop Blues” (2010)
Taco Bell and Feed the Beat booked showcases at Austin’s biggest music festival, featuring multiple program artists at a “Feed the Beat” showcase and giving out free food to festival attendees (2010, 2011)
Taco Bell produced singles for “Best of the Beat” winners Hit the Lights, Thousand Foot Krutch and Fireflight, giving them valuable exposure to even more audiences (2009)
This year, an expansion in to social media. Social Media is out of hand already everything is headed that way and Im sick of 'liking' things on facebook or 'retweeting' stuff to hear a song.
Here is TB's statement on this new charitable endeavor:
In conjunction with the announcement of the 2011 Feed the Beat lineup, Taco Bell has launched a social media effort for World Hunger Relief. Participating Feed the Beat artists are using their social media communities to spread the word about the World Hunger Relief campaign, the world’s largest private sector relief effort in partnership with the World Food Programme (WFP). To donate please visit the online donation page, bit.ly/TBBeatHunger, where just one dollar helps feed four hungry children.
Through its World Hunger Relief efforts over the past four years, Taco Bell has raised more than $7 million dollars, which has funded more than 250 million meals for starving people in 34 countries. In total, Yum! Brand’s World Hunger Relief campaign spans 110 countries, nearly 38,000 restaurants and over 1 million employees to raise awareness, volunteerism and funds for the United Nations’ WFP and other hunger relief agencies.
But here is the best part- Here are the bands involved in this years campaign. Bean burritos for all…
A Rocket To The Moon Action item, All Get Out, Andrew WK, As I Lay Dying, Attila, Balkans, Battles, Beast Make Bomb, Black Tusk, Black Veil Brides, Body Language, Bosco Delray, Chiddy Bang, Cobra Starship, Dale Earnhardt JR JR, Davila 666, Dawn Golden and Rosy Cross, Delta Spririt, Diamond Rings, Dr Dog, Fake Problems, Family of The Year, Fang Island, Fireworks, For Today, Free Sol, Funeral Party, Gardesn and Villa, Generationals, Giant Panda, G Side, Gym Class Heroes, Hote Chelle Ray, I See STars, Into it Over it, Iban & Alyosha, iwresteledabearonce, Jack and White, Kevin Hanmond, Kreayshawn, Le Butcherettes, little hurricane, Lord Huron, Man Overboard, Mariachi El Bronx, Math The Band, matt pond PA, Me Talk Pretty, Maimi Horror, Milo Greene, Mose Giganticus, Mr Dream, Neaon Trees, No Joy, Oh Brother, Parachute, Pentimento, People Under The Stairs, Peter Wolf Crier, Plug in Stereao Portugal The Man, Powerglove, Ra Ra Riot, REbelution, Set Your Goals, Sleeper Agent, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Speak, Speakers, Aggorolites, Apache Relay, Dodos, Drums, Front Bottoms, las Vegas, This is Hell, Rosebuds, This is Providence, Title Fight, Trenchtown, Tumbledown, Useless Keys, Veara, Vonnegutt, Walk the Moon Waaves, We Are Augustines, We are Scientists, We Barbarians, White Arrows, White Denim, White Rabbits, xv, Young Evils, Young Men and Young The Giant.
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