Radio 104.5 hosts contest to play birthday concert

Want a chance to open for Foster the People? Credit: Facebook Want a chance to open for Foster the People?
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The Radio 104.5 birthday concert is coming back for its seventh year at the Susquehanna Bank Center in May, withFoster the People,Third Eye Blind and Cage the Elephant in the lineup. But before those bands take the stage, one lucky local band will get to open the show.

Want your band to get the shot at fame? Submit a YouTube video through Radio 104.5, no longer than five minutes, of your band performing live, by March 23 at midnight. (You have to be based within 50 miles of Philly.)

The top 25 bands will be picked on by March 26, with their videos posted on the site for everyone to vote. On April 27, the top four bands, narrowed down from the 25, will play at Parx Casino, where the winner will be announced.