One off web gig and prizes to be won
The Blizzards will be performing an exclusive online gig in association with Xbox at 8pm this Wednesday.
Both The Blizzards and Xbox will be at this year's Oxegen with the lads taking to Main Stage on the Saturday and the Xbox Live Stage hosting DJ and VJ acts like MTV's Eclectic Method, Arveene, Mickey Dee, Spin's Dave Davin and Mark Vity over the weekend.
You can watch the live gig on blizzards.ie where fans will get the chance to win a selection of prizes.
As well as that, Xbox are also giving one competition winner the chance to have their own half hour DJ set at Oxegen on the Xbox Live Stage.
Those who wish to enter should send a sample set to vjs@xboxlivestage.com so that they can get to experience their 15 minutes of fame.
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