Tuesday, December 7, 2010

YouTube Makes Rock Band Famous


A New York rock band has become famous on YouTube after they gave a very special concert. The group, Atomic Tom, performed on the B train on the New York subway. The performance was special because all of the instruments were iPhones. They took a video of their song, “Take Me Out,” and put it on YouTube. It now has over 1.3 million hits. It also reached number 86 on the iTunes singles chart. Lead singer Luke White told reporters how happy he was with the band’s sudden fame, saying: "We're a band that is trying to reach out to new fans.”

YouTube first started in 2005, but it seems like it has been with us forever. It is one of the biggest sites on the Internet. Its own site explains how many people visit it: “People are watching 2 billion videos a day on YouTube and uploading hundreds of thousands of videos daily. In fact, every minute, 24 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube.” Many people have become famous because of YouTube. The most recent of these is a baby dancing to samba music. The website is not popular with everyone. A lot of the videos break international copyright laws.

http://www.newsenglishlessons.com/1010/101019-rock_bands.html

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