Everybody and their mama will appear on the second season of Empire, and now you can have your shot at it, too. Fox will charter a bus across the country to find the next Empire superstar, according to Entertainment Weekly.
Here’s how it works. If the bus stops in your city during the 15-stop tour, fans will be able to record their very own cover of an Empire hit. If you choose, you can submit your performance to the contest, and if you win, you’ll get to be a guest on the show as one of Empire Records’ (or maybe Creedmoor’s?) artists.
Pretty cool, huh? This sounds like a ploy to keep American Idol-ish type shows running, but we’re not mad. Give us more Empire!
The tour will make stops in the following cities: Atlanta, Nashville, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, Seattle, New York, Washington D.C., Detroit, St. Louis, New Orleans, Charlotte, Philadelphia, and Boston.
Specific locations in each city to be announced.
Follow “FOX’S NEXT EMPIRE ARTIST” tour via Facebook at and Twitter at @EmpireFOX and join the conversation using #FoxEmpireArtist. For additional information, official rules and bus tour locations, please visit Fox’s official Empire contest site.
FOX’S “NEXT EMPIRE ARTIST” TOUR STOPS:
LOS ANGELES Thursday, July 16-Friday, July 17, 2015
SAN FRANCISCO Sunday, July 19-Monday, July 20, 2015
SEATTLE Saturday, July 25-Sunday, July 26, 2015
CHICAGO Saturday, Aug. 1-Sunday, Aug. 2, 2015
DETROIT Tuesday, Aug. 4-Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015
ST. LOUIS Tuesday, Aug. 11-Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015
DALLAS Friday, Aug. 14-Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015
NEW ORLEANS Tuesday, Aug. 18-Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015
NASHVILLE Friday, Aug. 21-Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015
ATLANTA Wednesday, Aug. 26-Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015
CHARLOTTE Monday, Aug. 31- Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015
PHILADELPHIA Saturday, Sept. 5-Sunday, Sept. 6, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. Monday, Sept. 7-Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015
NEW YORK Saturday, Sept. 12-Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015
BOSTON Tuesday, Sept. 15-Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015
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Now You Can Sing Your Way To A Role On ‘Empire’ was originally published on theurbandaily.com
