Think your band has what it takes? Then enter to win H&M’s Battle of the Bands Contest. Contestants can enter now to perform live at H&M’s Fashion Against AIDS NYC launch party May 19, 2010. Keep reading.

The H&M Battle of the Bands contest is 100% free to enter! To enter, bands must upload at least one video of them playing an original song to the H&M website.

The ten (10) highest rated bands will be eligible to win the chance to perform live at the H&M Fashion Against AIDS launch party in NYC. All 10 bands will be reviewed by a panel of H&M judges. One band will be chosen to perform live at the H&M Fashion Against AIDS launch party in front of 500 guests including VIPs and press.

The winning band will also win the following:

- $200 H&M Gift Card per band member
- Round trip airfare and hotel accommodations to New York City to play live at the H&M Fashion Against AIDS launch party.
- Custom H&M Apparel Package

*Bands must have 5 members or less.

For more details, please visit: http://www.hmcontest.com/

This is the third ‘Fashion Against AIDS’ launched by H&M to help with the noble cause. Check out more of the collection here.

Dita Von Teese, Katy Perry. Tokio Hotel, N.E.R.D, Estelle, Cyndi Lauper, Dangerous Muse,Robyn, Róisín Murphy, Yelle, Moby, Yoko Ono, and Katharine Hamnett are the celebrities joining H&M and Designers Against AIDS (DAA) for Fashion Against AIDS, to help fight the disease and raise youth awareness.

All of the celebs collaborated with H&M on designs for T-shirts, T-shirt dresses, vests and bodies. 25% of the sales price will be donated to youth HIV/AIDS awareness projects. The collection, in 100% organic cotton, for both guys and girls will go on sale in H&M’s youth DIVIDED department from May 28 2009.

LINKAGE: Just Jared