WIN tickets for N.E.R.D

Jul 18 2008

FUNKY hip-hop outfit N.E.R.D. are heading for Birmingham’s Carling Academy on August 19 – and we’re giving you the chance to win tickets for the show.

Top production team Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, aka The Neptunes, teamed up with drummer/ percussionist Shay Haley to form N.E.R.D. which Pharrell reveals stands for No-one Ever Really Dies.

The band’s latest album is Seeing Sounds, the follow up to 2004’s Fly or Die which featured hits Maybe and She Wants To Move.

To be in with a chance of winning one of five pairs of tickets for the August 19 show answer this question:

What was the first single taken from the Seeing Sounds album?

A. Everyone Eyes

B. Everyone Ears

C. Everyone Nose

By phone: Call 0901 229 2379 and state your name, answer, address, email address and contact number. BT landline calls cost 25p each. Calls from other networks may be higher.

By text: Send your answer to 84080 starting your message BM9 and include your name, house number and postcode. Texts cost 25p each plus std network rate.

By email: Send your answer with your name, address and contact number to entry@mrn.co.uk, stating NERD in the subject box. Web/email entries are free.

Please ask billpayer’s permission before entering.

Terms and Conditions: Competition opens at 8am today, July 18, 2008 and closes at 12 noon on Thursday, July 24, 2008. The prize is non-transferable, has no cash value and is subject to availability. Competition is open to over 18s only. Birmingham Post and Mail, and Trinity Mirror Group companies may contact you by email, phone or letter with details of goods and services you may be interested in. Five winners will each receive two tickets to see N.E.R.D. at Birmingham Carling Academy on August 19. Transport and accommodation NOT provided. Std Trinity Mirror rules apply, see www.trinitymirror-midlands.co.uk/rules. Service Provider: Eckoh helpline 08717 120009.