MUMBAI: Nokia and Atlantic Records UK announced that rising electro-pop star, Little Boots will be appearing at this year’s Nokia Skate Almighty event. The collaboration will promote Little Boots’ top five debut album, Hands, and its availability via Nokia’s Comes With Music service and the Nokia Music Store.
Nokia Skate Almighty is a huge free outdoor roller disco with performances from a host of musical talent including Little Boots, Calvin Harris and The Rakes. Nokia Skate Almighty will be taking over the nation’s capital from 5 – 9 August at Potter’s Fields, near London’s iconic Tower Bridge.
The Nokia Skate Almighty rink is open to children and families during the day, encouraging even the youngest Brits to have fun and stay fit on skates. Then after 6.00pm each day, it will be for over 18s only to skate the evening away.
To get skating, individuals simply need to visit www.nokiamusic.co.uk to secure a free ticket for a one-hour skate time slot. Entrance to Nokia Skate Almighty will be via mobile ticket and requires a simple swipe of your mobile phone onsite.
In the run up to the event, a joint outdoor advertising campaign for Little Boots’ album and the Nokia Comes With Music service has gone live, focused on London with additional placement in other key conurbations. Majoring on Little Boots visuals, the spots highlight the availability of the singer’s critically acclaimed album via Comes With Music handsets.
To celebrate Little Boots’ appearance at Skate Almighty, the Nokia Music Store will be making available a remix of Little Boots’ second single Remedy which is due to be released on 17 August. For four weeks from the single’s official launch date, the remix Remedy (A1 Bassline remix) is downloadable from the Nokia Store on an exclusive basis and at no extra cost to Comes With Music subscribers.
Warner Music UK director, business development Noel Penzer said, "Not only is Little Boots a phenomenal musical talent but she is adept at using multiple channels to connect with her audience. Our broad reaching partnership means we’re able to consider all the ways in which we can reach her fan-base and develop activity that combines digital music, live gigs and traditional advertising. This intelligent tie-up ensures we drive awareness of Hands as well as Nokia’s superb music services and devices, whilst offering a wide user base access to Little Boots’ upbeat, glamorous pop."
Nokia marketing manager Fiona Bosman said, "Nokia is working with artists across the music industry, traditional established performers and new exciting talent, which bring to life to depth of music available on the Nokia Music Store. Little Boots is one of the most exciting music artists in the world right now and Nokia Comes With Music and Skate Almighty provides both digital and physical platforms to showcase her talent. We’re thrilled to be working in partnership with Warner Music and Little Boots in this exciting and innovative cross platform way."
