After month of fierce competition in our Hard Rock channel, Indiana’s Sideshow Romance are the winners of April’s “Ernie Ball Hard Rock” Competition with their track “Take Me Down.” The group was formed out of a shared love for music between friends and quickly found themselves hitting the road with hopes of making it big. To date they’ve shared the stage with Pop Evil, Puddle of Mudd, Theory of a Deadman, Papa Roach, Saliva, Cavo, Drowning Pool, Nonpoint, Egypt Central, and Halestorm and their reputation is continuing to grow. Big congratulations to Sideshow Romance—enjoy a year un-fettered with costly string purchases.

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SOMEWHERE BETWEEN TEXAS AND NORTH CAROLINA - Just 48 hours ago, he had no weekend plans, but last night Jitta On The Track, the winner of the OurStage/Real Hip-Hop Network “Rise” Competition, played his first date on Drake’s “Club Paradise” Tour. While Twitter buzzes about his performance in Houston, Jitta took a minute to give us a shout from his tour bus. More soon:

Yesterday we began unveiling the twenty-two regional winners who will perform alongside Larry g(EE) on the OurStage.com Stage during the 2012 Vans Warped Tour, and today we’re announcing three more acts. You can view the winners below, stream their music and discover which dates they will play. For the full stage lineup and more, head to the OurStage.com Stage official Tumblr page.

Cure For Caska

Performing at: Central Florida Fairground

City/State: Orlando, FL

Date: July 27

Philadelphia Slick

Performing at: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

City/State: Uniondale, NY

Date: July 21

Squid The Whale

Performing at: First Niagra Pavillion

City/State: Burgettstown, PA

Date: July 12

Stay tuned for more regional winner announcements in the coming days.

The Real Hip Hop Network’s “Rise” Competition is officially a wrap. The competition garnered entries from over 1,400 hip hop acts nationwide, with fans completing over 350,000 judging battles to help select a winner. That winner is finally here and his name is Jitta On The Track. Jitta is a Connecticut-based MC primed for success. With heavy rotation both in clubs and on Connecticut radio, and an ever increasing online fan base, Jitta is ready to take his game to the next level. He’ll be joining Drake, J. Cole and Wacka Flocka Flame on the Club Paradise Tour beginning this Thursday, May 17 in Houston, TX. Check out his reaction to the news in the video below and stay tuned for updates on his tour experience.

ESPN is giving two lucky OurStage artists in May a shot to be featured on their famed Friday Night Fights boxing program. This month, it’s Fight The Fear and Will Brennan’s turn to duke it out for some great on-air promo. Vote for your favorite act once a day HERE until May 31st, tweet us a screen shot of your completed vote (pictured below) with the hashtag #MainEventOS, and we’ll enter you into a drawing to win an iPod Touch! The winning act will be brought back to the ring in August to compete against the five monthly winners for a spot on FNF‘s “Images of the Year”.

Do you know amazing hip hop when you hear it? Want to put your talents to good use and score some sweet prizes? Good, we’ve got just the thing. Judge in the Coors Light® “Search For The Coldest” Competition between April 1 and July 10, and you’re eligible to win daily prizes including G-Tech DJ Backpacks with built-in speakers, Jambox speakers by Jawbone and official Coors Light SFTC 2012 t-shirts. In addition, you could be one of four fans to win BIG.

Two winners will get a trip for two to the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans, LA from July 6-8, including airfare and hotel accommodations for three nights, two tickets for the Festival and a $300 gift card. Two additional winners will receive a trip for two to the Search for the Coldest Finale in New York City on July 26, 2012, including airfare and hotel accommodations for two nights, two tickets to attend the Search For the Coldest Finale and a $300 gift card.

Head to searchforthecoldest.com to get started.

Last month, OurStage Panel season 2 winners Eclectic Approach took a break from filming their video EPK with Mitchell Stuart to sit down for an interview with Carla Marie. When she’s not rocking out with the fans in the Panel Listen Lounge, Carla serves as co-producer on Elvis Duran and the Morning, the #1 music morning show in the country!

Check out what this “Cool” band had to say about their experiences since the Panel finale and what they hope to accomplish next:

Entrants must be legal residents of the fifty (50) United States, the District of Columbia, Canada, Germany, United Kingdom, Norway or Sweden.The Entry must be acceptable for video and radio broadcast with clean lyrics and non-offensive visuals; Accepted video genres for the Intel® “Video Superstars” Music Video Competition: Pop, Rock, Country, Urban, Electronic, Pro Performance; Accepted video classification for the Intel® “Video Superstars” Game Trailer Competition: Action/Adventure, MMO/RPG/Strategy, Casual Puzzle, Sports; Accepted video classification for the Intel® “Video Superstars” Short Film Competition: Documentary, Commercial, Animation, Live Action, Just for Fun.

After weeks of judging by OurStage fans, we are finally ready to begin unveiling the artists who will join Larry G(ee) on the OurStage.com Stage during this summer’s Vans Warped Tour.  You can look forward to more announcements in the coming weeks, and be sure to keep up with all of our Warped Tour excitement by following our official Tumblr.

The first three winners of the OurStage “Warped” Regional Competition are:

Cobalt & The Hired Guns

Performing at: The Palace Of Auburn Hills

City/State: Auburn Hills, MI

Date: July 6

Stateside

Performing at: Darien Performing Arts Center

City/State: Darien, NY

Date: July 21

Happy Little Clouds

Performing at: Comcast Center

City/State: Hartford, CT

Date: July 22