The Kinks Christmas Competition
6th December 2022

BMG UK and The Kinks

These are the terms and conditions of the competition:

“The Kinks Christmas Competition”

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS COMPETITION. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW OR WHERE REGISTRATION OR BONDING REQUIRED.

  1. The Promoter

The “Promoter” is: BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited on behalf of the BMG group of companies and The Kinks (the “Artist”). We are a limited company registered in England and Wales under company number 06705101 and our registered office is located at 8th Floor, 5 Merchant Square, London, W2 1AS. To contact us please email info@bmg.com.

  1. The competition
    1. The title of the competition is: “The Kinks Christmas Competition”.
    1. The competition will be promoted on the following URL address: https://thekinks.lnk.to/boxsetcomp (the “Website”). 
    1. These terms tell you the rules for entering the competition and for using the Website. Upon using the Website and/or entering the competition you will be deemed to have understood and accepted these terms and conditions (“Terms”) and agree to be bound by them. If you do not agree to these Terms you must not use the Website or enter the competition. 
    1. Entries that do not comply with these Terms will be void and will not be entered into this competition.
    1. These Terms refer to our Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy which, along with Term 9 below, also apply to your use of the Website. If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us: info@bmg.com .
  1. How to enter
    1. The competition will run from 10:00am (GMT) on 9th December 2022 (the “Opening Date“) to 11.59pm (GMT) on 21st December 2022 (the “Closing Date“) inclusive.
    1. All competition entries must be received by us via the Website by no later than 11.59pm (GMT) on the Closing Date. All competition entries received after the Closing Date are automatically disqualified.
    1. To enter the competition, you must be eligible to enter in accordance with our eligibility requirements (please see Term 4 below) and you must enter the competition online by:
  • following the Artist on Spotify; AND/OR
  • following the Artist on YouTube; AND/OR
  • signing up to the newsletter by submitting your e-mail address where indicated

The options above must be done where indicated in the competition entry form on the Website (the “Competition Entry Form”) by the Closing Date. No other method of entry will be accepted.

    1. Only one (1) entry per e-mail address and/or Spotify or YouTube account is permitted. Any additional entries will be void and will not be entered into this competition. 
    1. The Promoter will not accept:
      1. responsibility for competition entries that are lost, mislaid, damaged or delayed in transit, regardless of cause, including, for example, as a result of any postal failure, equipment failure, technical malfunction, systems, satellite, network, server, computer hardware or software failure of any kind; or 
      1. proof of transmission as proof of receipt of entry to the competition.
    1. Your entry will be processed in accordance with our Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy and in accordance with Term 9 below.
  1. Eligibility
    1. The competition is only open to all residents in the United Kingdom (excluding Northern Ireland) aged 18 years or over, except:
      1. employees of the Promoter or its holding or subsidiary companies;
      1. employees of agents or suppliers of the Promoter or its holding or subsidiary companies, who are professionally connected with the competition or its administration; or
      1. members of the immediate families or households of Terms 4.1.1 and 4.1.2 above.
    1. In entering the competition, you confirm that you are eligible to do so and eligible to claim the prize. The Promoter may require you to provide proof that you are eligible to enter the competition.
    1. The Promoter will not accept competition entries that are:
      1. automatically generated by a computer;
      1. completed by third parties or in bulk; or
      1. incomplete.
    1. There is a limit of one (1) entry per e-mail address and/or Spotify or YouTube account. Entries on behalf of another person will not be accepted and joint submissions are not allowed.
    1. The Promoter reserves all rights to disqualify you if your conduct is contrary to the spirit or intention of the prize competition.
  1. The prize
    1. One (1) winner will receive one (1) Muswell Hillbillies / Everybody’s In Show-biz boxset signed by Ray Davies, Dave Davies and Mick Avory (including postage and packaging). The prize does not include any travel costs or any other costs associated with use or taking up of the prize.
    1. The Promoter reserves the right to replace the prize with an alternative prize of equal or higher value if circumstances beyond the Promoter’s control make it necessary to do so.
    1. The prize is not negotiable or transferable, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Promoter.
  1. Winner

One (1) winner will be selected and will be the first name drawn at random from all of the participants who entered the competition correctly. The draw will take place on 16th December 2022 (the “Announcement Date”). The decision of the Promoter is final and no correspondence or discussion will be entered into.

  1. Claiming the prize
    1. The Promoter will contact the winner within thirty (30) days after the Announcement Date, using the e-mail address provided with the competition entry to advise how to collect the prize. The Promoter will not amend any contact information once the Competition Entry Form has been submitted.
    1. The prize may not be claimed by a third party on your behalf, unless agreed otherwise by the Promoter in writing in advance.
    1. The Promoter will make all reasonable efforts to contact the winner. If the winner cannot be contacted within thirty (30) days of the Announcement Date, the Promoter reserves the right to offer the prize to the next eligible entrant selected from the correct entries that were received before the Closing Date.
    1. The Promoter does not accept any responsibility if you are not able to take up the prize.
  1. Limitation of liability

Insofar as is permitted by law, the Promoter, its agents or distributors will not in any circumstances be responsible or liable to compensate you or accept any liability for any loss, damage, personal injury or death occurring as a result of entering the competition and/or taking up the prize and/or using the Website except where it is caused by the negligence of the Promoter, its agents or distributors or that of their employees. Your statutory rights are not affected.

  1. Data protection

Your personal information will only be processed in accordance with the Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy and in accordance with these Terms.

YouTube and Spotify: We have integrated features of the YouTube & Spotify platforms into the Website. The plug-ins makes it possible to establish a direct connection between your browser and YouTube’s and/or Spotify’s server when you visit the Website. As a result, YouTube and/or Spotify receives the information that you visited the Website with your IP address. If you click the YouTube and/or Spotify button while you are logged in to your YouTube and/or Spotify account, you have the option to link content from the web-page with your YouTube and/or Spotify profile. If you are logged in to your YouTube and/or Spotify account or consequently log in to your YouTube and/or Spotify account, this will link your browsing behaviour with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube and/or Spotify account.

You will be able to log in to your YouTube and/or Spotify account using sign-in services. These services will provide you the option to share certain personal information with us, such as your name and e-mail address, together with other information from your public profile with your consent.  

For more information on how Spotify may use your personal information, please see Spotify’s privacy policy: https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/privacy-policy/. 

For more information on how YouTube may use your personal information, please see Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-GB.

  1. General
    1. If there is any reason to believe that there has been a breach of these Terms, the Promoter may, at its sole discretion, reserve the right to exclude you from participating in the competition.
    1. No purchase necessary and there is no charge to register for use of the Website.
    1. The Promoter reserves the right to hold void, suspend, cancel, or amend the prize competition where it becomes necessary to do so.
    1. These Terms shall be governed by English law, and the parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

Last modified: 28th November 2022

Sign up to the official Kinks mailing list for the latest news!