Yeah Yeah Yeahs Seek Fan Impersonations for Video, Play Shows With Sonic Youth

Lose yourself in a Yeah Yeah Yeahs song, and you just might find yourself in their new video. The band announced on their website last weekend that they're now accepting video submissions of fans doing their best YYY impressions, to be used in the video for "Cheated Hearts", the latest single from their new album, Show Your Bones.

Simply dress up like a Yeah Yeah Yeah, blast the song in the background, and dance your cheated hearts out in front of a white wall or sheet. Don't have an exact replica of Brian Chase's drum kit or a sassy set of Karen O-style ripped fishnets? Just "be resourceful yeah!"

The contest allows for entrants to do as many takes as they want (eep!), as long as it's on DV format, is postmarked by June 12, and attempts to put the YYYs to shame.

Glam up! Rock out! Go buy a white sheet! Yeah!

In between video takes, take your tired bones to shows. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs are wrapping up their current tour with a bunch of festival appearances. A pair of dates with Sonic Youth in Brooklyn this August were just announced today.

Dates:

05-31 Milan, Italy - Rolling Stone
06-02 Barcelona, Spain - Parc del Forum (Primavera Sound)
06-10 Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre (BFD)
06-18 Detroit, Michigan - 89X Birthday Bash
07-22 Byron Bay, Australia - (Splendour in the Grass)
08-05 San Diego, CA - Qualcomm Stadium (Street Scene)
08-11 Brooklyn, NY - McCarren Park Pool *#
08-11 Brooklyn, NY - McCarren Park Pool *$
08-25 Reading, England - Reading Festival
08-26 Leeds, England - Leeds Festival
09-02 Glasgow, Scotland - Indian Summer Festival
09-03 County Laois, Ireland - Stradbally Estate (Electric Picnic 2006)

* with Sonic Youth
# with Blood on the Wall
$ with Awesome Color

Posted by Laura Pearson on Wed, May 31, 2006 at 3:00pm