By Rena Renee
The announcement and the return of the IHeartRadio Music Festivals annual “Macy’s iHeartRadio Rising Star” talent search and its Daytime Village is set for September 23 and 24 in Las Vegas at the Las Vegas Village across from the Luxor Hotel and Casino. The 2016 Daytime Village features live emerging talent and popular artists and has divulged its first two artists, Alessia Cara and Sam Hunt and will be announcing more soon.
Fan zones and interactive experiences by iHeartRadio’s brand partners will be featured at Daytime Village. Tickets for the Daytime Village are on sale and start at $39 plus taxes and fees. Visit iHeartRadio.com/village for more information or to purchase tickets.
For the fifth year in a row, emerging artists will be graced to perform on the same stage as established superstars at The “Macy’s iHeartRadio Rising Star” talent search at the 2016 iHeartRadio Music Festival and select Macy’s events this fall.
IHeartRadio listeners and Macy’s shoppers may cast their votes for their favorite emerging new artists. Voters will also be entered for a chance to win a trip to Las Vegas to attend the 2016 iHeartRadio Music Festival. The top five finalists will air on iHeartRadio via Macy’s exclusive mstyleradio which is the retailer’s live in-store radio station and broadcasts at Macy’s mstylelab Junior’s and Young Men’s departments starting this May. mstyleradio offers new music, favorite hits and connects listeners with the latest fashion and pop culture.
The winner of the “Macy’s iHeartRadio Rising Star” will open at the two-night event. Last year’s celebrated festival featured superstars Kanye West, Sam Smith, Coldplay, Puff Daddy, Demi Lovato, David Guetta, Kenny Chesney, The Weeknd, Tove Lo, Lil Wayne, Fall Out Boy, Disclosure, Hozier, Jason Derulo, Duran Duran, Prince Royce, Diplo, Trey Songz, The Killers, Jennifer Lopez, Blake Shelton, Nick Jonas and more.
This year’s iHeartRadio Music Festival lineup and ticket information will be announced later this summer and more details on the Macy’s iHeartRadio Rising Star talent search will be available soon at iHeartRadio.com/macys.
“The ‘Macy’s iHeartRadio Rising Star’ contest continues to be a major highlight at the festival and a great way to expose up-and-coming talent in a big way,” said Jeff Howard, President of National Sales, iHeartMedia. “This partnership is extremely unique and together with Macy’s we have the ability to provide these emerging artists with national exposure and also continue to support music discovery with our audiences.”
The iHeartRadio Music Festival will broadcast live on iHeartMedia Contemporary Hit Radio (CHR) stations across the country that weekend including the iconic Z100 in New York; KIIS-FM in Los Angeles; Y100 in Miami; KISS FM in Dallas, Chicago and Boston; as well as many more, and will also be featured as an exclusive national television broadcast special on The CW Network at a later date.
The iHeartRadio Music Festival and Daytime Village bring to life the artists of the iHeartRadio app and are an iHeartMedia Production. This year’s partners of the event include Ideal Image®, Macy’s, MasterCard®, MATADOR® BEEF JERKY, Mazda®, State Farm®, Taco Bell®, The CW Network, TWIX® Brand, Ulta Beauty, UnitedHealthcare, X Out, from the makers of Proactiv® and more to be announced. For more information visit iHeartRadio.com/festival. The iHeartRadio Music Festival is co-produced by John Sykes, President of iHeartMedia Entertainment Enterprises and Tom Poleman, President of National Programming Group for iHeartMedia.
About iHeartMedia
With over a quarter of a billion monthly listeners in the U.S and over 80 million social followers, iHeartMedia has the largest reach of any radio or television outlet in America. It serves over 150 markets through over 850 owned radio stations, and the company’s radio stations and content can be heard on AM/FM, HD digital radio, satellite radio, on the Internet at iHeartRadio.com and on the company’s radio station websites, on the iHeartRadio mobile app, in enhanced auto dashes, on tablets and smartphones, and on gaming consoles. iHeartRadio, iHeartMedia’s digital radio platform, is the No. 1 all-in-one digital audio service with over 800 million downloads; it reached its first 20 million registered users faster than any digital service in Internet history and reached 70 million users faster than any other radio or digital music service and even faster than Facebook. The company’s operations include radio broadcasting, online, mobile, digital and social media, live concerts and events, syndication, music research services and independent media representation. iHeartMedia is a division of iHeartMedia, Inc. (OTCBB: IHRT). Visit iHeartMedia.com for more company information.
