ValUMtine's Day Song and Video Contest Winners

PRESS RELEASES—Mon, Feb 15th, 2010
Last night, Umphrey's opened up the second set of their show at Ram's Head Live! in Baltimore with a cover of Wilco's I Am Trying to Break Your Heart, the winner of the ValUMtines Day Song Poll. Thanks to everyone who participated!

Below is a break-down of the song choices, by percentage of votes:

Wilco, I Am Trying To Break Your Heart - 25.3%
Prince, I Would Die 4 U - 20.6%
Death Cab for Cutie, I Will Possess Your Heart - 12.4%
J. Geils Band, Love Stinks - 12.1%
Stone Temple Pilots, Sour Girl - 9.1%
Beck, Think I'm in Love - 8.8%
Roxy Music, Love Is the Drug - 7.2%
Def Leppard, Love Bites - 5.3%
Kiss, Love Em' and Leave Em' - 3.9%
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02.13.10

The winners of the ValUMtines Day Video Contest have been chosen! Please visit http://walther-productions.com/news.jhtml?method=view&news.id=119 for the winning videos. Thanks to everyone for participating.

Stay tuned tomorrow for the winner of the Song Poll.

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02.03.10

ValUMtines Day Song Poll

This ValUMtines Day, Umphrey's McGee will be performing at Ram's Head Live! in Baltimore, Maryland. For all you lovers out there, the band will play a cover song that you choose from the list below. The song that gets the most votes by 12:00 pm ET Friday, February 12 will be played live that evening.

Songs On The Ballot:

Death Cab for Cutie, I Will Possess Your Heart
Wilco, I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
Kiss, Love Em' and Leave Em'
Beck, Think I'm in Love
Def Leppard, Love Bites
J. Geils Band, Love Stinks
Roxy Music, Love Is the Drug
Prince, I Would Die 4 U
Stone Temple Pilots, Sour Girl

Click tinyurl.com/valumtinesday to vote!

Show Your Love for Umphrey's McGee this ValUMtine's Day!

Create a short video interpretation of your favorite Umphrey's McGee song for a chance to win a tickets to the show and a prize package! All you need to do is create a short video showing your love for your favorite Umphrey¹s song, whether it is you singing along, or you filming a short with the song as the soundtrack, the options are endless. All you need to do is post your video on YouTube and then email the link to:

contests@walther-productions.com

by 12:00 pm ET Friday, February 12, to enter the contest. Check in to Walther-productions.com for links to submitted videos.

Submissions received will be reviewed by the band, and the winner will receive a pair of tickets to the ValUMtines Day show Rams Head Live! along with two after-show passes, two Umphrey's McGee tour t-shirts, and a copy of the UMLive from that night's show.

Two runner ups will receive a copy of the UMLive from the Rams Head Live!.