FINAL LINE-UP ANNOUNCED

BENNY BANKS AND SMILER JOIN

YOUNGMAN, P MONEY, LADY LESHURR, CLEMENT MARFO AND THE FRONTLINE, RASCALS,

JOSH OSHO AND CLEO SOL

ON

THE MOBO TOUR 2012

Presented by the MOBO Organisation & Urban Development

In association with PRS for Music Foundation and Arts Council of England

By arrangement with SJM Concerts

Bada boom bada bing.

MOBO, Urban Development and PRS for Music Foundation announce Benny Banks and Smiler as the final names to be included in the line up for the The MOBO Tour 2012. 

The two rappers will join the already smoking hot line-up of Clement Marfo and The Frontline, Lady Leshurr, Youngman, P Money, Josh Osho, Rascals and Cleo Sol. 

North London’s Benny Banks is one of the most talked about rappers in the UK right now with his single Bada Bingalready hyped to do big things this year and Smiler is hotly tipped for 2012 by the likes of NME with Delorean (featuring Wretch 32) his first musical offering for the year.

MOBO can report a massive response to their Unsung competition with an extremely high quality of many of the entries. A random selection of these are now available to view on line at www.mobo.com before they will be narrowed down to 3 finalists from each region.

These finalists will be announced later this week and feature on the website before a group of experts and DJs select a winner for each of the 8 regions to perform on stage when the tour hits their city.

CATCH THE TOUR, SEMINARS, AND WORKSHOPS ON THE FOLLOWING DATES:

                       GIG VENUE                                    INDUSTRY TAKEOVER         CITY

Feb 22              Library HMV Institute                 MAC                               Birmingham

Feb 23              Manchester Academy 3               N/A                                Manchester

Feb 24              Academy 2                             The Black- E                      Liverpool

Feb 25              The Garage                             The Mitchell Library             Glasgow

Feb 27              Academy 2                             The Sage                          Newcastle

Feb 28              Academy 2                             Watershed                         Bristol

Feb 29              Academy Islington                    Red Bull Studios (Feb 25)     London

March 1            Waterfront                                N/A                                Norwich

*PLEASE NOTE NOT ALL ARTISTS WILL PLAY AT EACH SHOW SO PLEASE CHECK OUT www.mobo.com FOR ALL THE NEWS 

TO APPLY FOR YOUR FREE TICKET FOR THE MOBO TOUR OR INDUSTRY TAKEOVER VISIT:

www.mobo.com/mobotour

TO FOLLOW THE MOBO UNSUNG CONTEST AND VIEW ENTRIES AND FINALISTS VISIT:

www.mobo.com