NUS EXTRA ADD SPOTIFY TO THEIR PLAYLIST

Student discount and lifestyle card NUS extra, has teamed up with leading digital music service Spotify, to offer students a whopping 50% off Spotify Premium, making it NUS extra’s largest ever discount to date.

Since it was launched in Sweden in 2008, Spotify has grown to become one of the largest and most successful music services of its kind, with over 10 million active users in 13 countries around the world.

Through the partnership, NUS extra card holders will be able to take advantage of Spotify Premium at a 50% discount, meaning the all-singing, all-dancing, top-of-the-range experience can be theirs for just £4.99 per month. Spotify Premium will give students access to all the music, all the time, enable them to listen online or offline to over 18 million tracks, on their computers, mobile phones and via a whole heap of other devices.

Liam Burns, NUS President, said:

“It's brilliant that Spotify will now be offering the biggest discount ever offered through NUS extra. Card holders will be able to listen to as much music as they could possibly want at an affordable price.

"NUS extra not only saves students money but it's also an important source of funding for students' unions, clubs, societies and student led campaigns.

“All the other discounts available through NUS extra already made it great value but this incredibly exciting partnership will make one of our cards top of any students must have lists. I'm glad too that we can promote cost-effective access to a legal source of music.”

And Spotify is social, just like students. They will be able to discover, manage and share music with friends, aided by Spotify’s deep integration with Facebook. ”With Spotify, it’s easy to share tracks and to create and share a variety of playlists for studying and of course for partying” says Angela Watts, VP of Communications at Spotify.

She continues; “NUS extra is the market leading student lifestyle card, and we’re very proud to have teamed up with them to offer students a considerable discount with Spotify Premium. We know that students are on a budget but are also huge music fans. £4.99 per month for access to more than 18 million songs is an offer we really hope they’ll enjoy.

NUS extra give students access to discount and offers from more than 140 high-street and online retail partners for just £11. Discounts span all areas of student life from travel, sport, books and stationery to technology, mobile and broadband, as well as fashion, beauty and going out. On average, students who use their card wisely can save over £525 a year.

For more information go to www.spotify.com/nus or to sign up for an NUS extra card visit www.nus.org.uk. Join NUS extra’s Facebook page or follow @NUSextra on twitter to keep up to date on new discounts, competitions and promotions.

For press enquiries about NUS Extra please contact

Kate Speakman at the Bird Consultancy on 0161 839 4846 / ks@birdconsultancy.co.uk