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Win Tix to the Troubadour: Black Gold, Girl in a Coma Performing on Sunday
Eric Ronick and Than Luu of Black Gold
Eric Ronick and Than Luu of Black Gold
Relative newcomers Black Gold are on tour with Girl in a Coma and will be hitting The Troubadour in West Hollywood this Sunday night. The Brooklyn-based duo hooked up after touring with Panic! at the Disco!, M. Ward, Ambulance LTD, and Rachael Yamagata, among others. Since their debut album in January, the group has been busy, releasing two EPs and a remix album in August.
Listen: Black Gold, "Plans & Reveries"
via SpinWe're giving away three pairs of tickets to the show. Because it takes place the day after Halloween, let us know what you're going to be for Halloween this year in the comments section of this post as your entry into this contest (if you're not celebrating or don't have a costume, just let us know what you would like it to be). Full details of the contest are below:
- Enter the contest by making a comment on this post. Comments must fit the criteria, stated below.
- The criteria of the comment is that you share the Halloween costume you plan to wear this year.
- Only one entry per person allowed.
- Comments will be accepted through Thursday, October 29th, 11:59:59 p.m.
- Two qualifying comments will be chosen at random and those winners will be notified via the e-mail connected to their LAist.com login. The winner must confirm the receipt of the e-mail by 11:00:00 a.m., Friday, October 30th, 2009 or the tickets will be released to another winner.
- A pair of tickets will either be held at will call
Good luck and enjoy the show!
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