Full Lineup Is Released For Bushmills Live 2013: Sons And Lovers To Join Internationally-Acclaimed Band Of Monsters And Men At The Only Music Festival Set Inside An Irish Whiskey Distillery

BUSHMILLS VILLAGE, Northern Ireland, June 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The full lineup has been released for Bushmills Live 2013, being held next week at the Bushmills Irish Whiskey distillery. Joining headliners Of Monsters and Men are the pop-harmony 4-piece band Sons and Lovers, who have just finished touring the UK with Ellie Goulding and One Republic. Also on the bill are musicians Willy Mason; Bear's Den; and returning for their second year: Iain Archer and Foy Vance.

Bushmills Live is the only music festival that takes place inside an Irish Whiskey Distillery, where consumers are able to celebrate authentic music while enjoying whiskey responsibly among friends. The festival first launched last year, and will again take place on Ireland's stunning North Coast on June 19 and 20, 2013.

Music and whiskey fans of legal drinking age were able to win the chance to attend the festival by entering a draw on the Bushmills USA Facebook page, Facebook.com/BushmillsUSA. The pair of winners will be announced in the coming weeks via the whiskey's Facebook page.

These artists join last year's list of fellow rockers such as the iconic band Snow Patrol, Elijah Wood of Wooden Wisdom, Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Marcus Foster, The Staves, General Fiasco and David C Clements who all played Bushmills Live in its inaugural year.

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NOTES TO EDITORS

Bushmills Irish Whiskey Facebook: facebook.com/bushmillsUSA
Bushmills Irish Whiskey Twitter: @BushmillsUSA
Twitter Hashtag: #BushmillsLive

ABOUT THE COMPETITION:

The Facebook competition was open to people of legal purchasing age, in:

• Great Britain
• Republic of Ireland
• Northern Ireland
• Germany
• Portugal
• Russia
• USA
• Canada
• Czech Republic
• Latvia

From each, one pair of finalists will win tickets to 'Bushmills Live'.

Bushmills Live video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjyzNFGuRmo
To launch the festival, Bushmills commissioned some good friends who are artisans to make a 3D art installation that depicts the Bushmills Live poster using materials inspired by the handcrafted whiskey and music at the heart of the festival. The master craftsmen who cemented their friendship when creating the stage set for a hugely popular American television epic that was filmed in Belfast – used 254 casks, 250 bottle tops, 30 bottles of whiskey, five metres of AMP wiring and four guitars to handcraft the 10ft by 16ft installation artwork.

ABOUT BUSHMILLS IRISH WHISKEY
With a heritage rooted in authenticity and quality, Bushmills Irish Whiskey is produced, aged and bottled at Ireland's oldest working distillery in the village of Bushmills in County Antrim on the far north coast of Ireland. The Old Bushmills Distillery uses 100% malt barley to make triple distilled malt whiskey, which is what creates the rich, mellow and distinct flavour that is the house style. The Bushmills portfolio includes: Bushmills Irish Whiskey; Black Bush, Bushmills 10 Year Old Single Malt, Bushmills 16 Year Old Single Malt, Bushmills 21 Year Old Single Malt, Bushmills 1608 and now Bushmills Irish Honey.

ABOUT DIAGEO
Diageo is the world's leading premium drinks business with an outstanding collection of beverage alcohol brands across spirits, beer and wine categories. These brands include Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, J&B, Buchanan's, Windsor and Bushmills whiskies, Smirnoff, Ciroc and Ketel One vodkas, Captain Morgan, Baileys, Jose Cuervo, Tanqueray and Guinness.

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