Sennheiser presents Europe’s biggest newcomer competition

The final of Europe’s largest rock and pop newcomer competition, Emergenza, takes place for the second time
during the Taubertal Open-Air-Festival in Rothenburg ob der Tauber. This year is Sennheiser’s debut as sponsor.
The Emergenza Winner 2001 will be chosen from 20 bands between August 10 – 12. These 20 are themselves
the winners of the Emergenza preliminary rounds – also sponsored by Sennheiser – organized in recent weeks
and months throughout Europe and involving more than 1000 bands.

The following bands will be playing in Taubertal:

TIGER FERNANDEZ, Luxembourg
MORRIS, Copenhagen
ATHENAÏS, Montpellier
SORE!, Hamburg
INTRODUSCO, Milan
MINDJUICE, Munich
ZERO TRE, Florence
VARIETY, Stuttgart
PRIMATE POOKIE, Hanover
FREE FALL, Rome
DREW, Rome
BIG TINGSAGWAN, Paris
THAIBNAKKEL, Frankfurt
330 MLE, Vienna
SINCERE, Brussels
DEADLINE, Berlin
FROZEN PEAS, Zurich

They will be joined by three bands still to be named from Cologne, London and Stockholm.

The final decision on the Emergenza Winner 2001 will be made by a jury. The winning band will receive a
Sennheiser sponsored full set of wireless stage equipment from the Sennheiser evolution wireless series and a
two week tour of the USA organized by Emergenza.

Also present at the open-air festival will be 20 top attractions from Germany and abroad. The line-up includes
Apocalyptica, Ash, H-Blockx, Project Pitchfork, Sub7even, Subway to Sally, Travis, Die Donots, Glow, Madonna
Hip Hop Massaker, Waikiki Beach Bombers, Slut, Josh Joplin Group, SPN-X and the Schröders.

The open-air festival offers an interesting and attractive mix of 20 established and 20 newcomer bands. The
Emergenza newcomer bands will alternate with the headline bands on a second open-air stage.

The festival doors open on Friday, August 10, 2001 at 14.00. The organizers anticipate a crowd of 24,000. In the
past the festival has always been a sell out, so good advice is to buy your tickets early. Although there will be
tickets available at the gate, experience suggests these will go very quickly.

A three-day ticket costs DM 99.90 including camp-site fee. Reservations can be made via the Internet at
www.taubertal-openair.de or by telephone on +49 (0)9861 - 933357. Children under 11 get in free, children from
11 to 14 at half price. Single-day tickets are also available.


As the world’s leading manufacturer of microphones, headphones and wireless transmission systems, the Sennheiser Group with its
headquarters in Wedemark near Hanover, Germany, had total sales of approx. DM 396 million in 2000. The export share is 80%.
Sennheiser has a total workforce of approx. 1,300 employees, of whom about 61% are employed in Germany. Sennheiser is active
world-wide and, in addition to other partnerships, has its own sales subsidiaries in France, the UK, Belgium, the Netherlands, China,
Singapore, Canada, Mexico and the USA.

For further information please contact:

Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG
Public Relations • Edelgard Marquardt
Am Labor 1 • 30900 Wedemark • Germany
Tel.: +49 (5130) 600-329
Fax: +49 (5130) 600-295
e-Mail: marquare@sennheiser.com