Cannes Lions
FRUKT, London / AB INBEV / 2016
Overview
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Description
The Budweiser Live Project was a three week tour that visited nine university cities. Each week two bands/artists headlined the tour playing three cities each (see below) supported by an emerging local artist in each city:
- Week 1, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Leeds: The Wombats and Coasts
- Week 2, Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff: Twin Atlantic and Dive In
- Week 3, Bristol, Brighton, Southampton: Krept & Konan and Fekky
We worked with venues to not only host the gigs, but to develop new commercial relationships with Budweiser, ensuring a legacy for the brand following the tour.
On top of the evening gigs, we put on pop-up surprise daytime performances in interesting and iconic locations around the country, using our branded tour bus as a backdrop to the stage to drive PR value and excite fans.
Execution
The Budweiser Live Project was launched at a press event at Camden Stables Market featuring our branded tour bus and tour artists. The bus was a major part of the marketing campaign, not only transporting the tour artists from city to city, but acting as our traveling billboard.
- 12.09.15: Press announcement, media placement and Spotify hub live
- 15.09.15 – 01.10.15: Freshers pre-promotion tour
- 30.09.15: Launch party
The Wombats and Coasts
- 05.10.15: Edinburgh Pop-up
- 06.10.15: Glasgow Pop-up
- 06.10.15: Glasgow QMU
- 07.10.15: Edinburgh Liquid Rooms
- 07.10.15: Leeds Warehouse
Twin Atlantic and Dive In
- 13.10.15: Manchester Pop-up
- 13.10.15: Manchester Old Grenada Studios
- 14.10.15: Birmingham Pop-up3
- 14.10.15: Birmingham Q Club
- 16.10.15: Cardiff Splott Warehouse
Krept & Konan and Fekky
- 19.10.15: Bristol Pop-up
- 19.10.15: Bristol The Fleece
- 21.10.15: Brighton The Haunt
- 22.10.15: Southampton Switch
Outcome
- 14,450k ticket registrations
- Over 10,000 water bottles distributed (with taxi numbers on) after the gigs as part of the Better World initiative
- 87,367 students engaged
- 150% increase in mentions of @BudweiserUK
- 19m Spotify impressions
- 59 pieces of press coverage created over 3 week period – 82m reach
- Over 4.8m content views
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