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Legendary Irish Folk singer died on August 16, 2008 at the St Vincent’s private hospital in Dublin . He was 73 years old.

Drew founded the Ronnie Drew Group along with Luke Kelly, Barney McKenna and Ciaran Bourke in 1960 which eventually transformed into The Dubliners. It disbanded 35 years later and Ronnie Drew went solo. Among the artists he had collaborated were Eleanor Shanley, The Pogues, hristy Moore, Dropkick Murphys, Antonio Breschi and others.

None More Black have posted a flyer for The Fest 7 unveiling a number of bands that will perform at the event. According to the flyer, the line up for the 3 day Gainesville, Florida punk gathering will include bands such as Leatherface, Less Than Jake, Atom and his Package, the Bouncing Souls, Strike Anywhere, Dillinger Four, A Wilhelm Scream, Paint It Black, the Ergs, the Methadones and many more. The number of acts appearing should top 250.

The event will take place over Halloween weekend, kicking off on the 31st of October and running through the 2nd of November. Expect a full lineup announcement from the official website soon.

The first batch of 2008 CMJ Music Marathon bands has been announced. More than 154 acts including 3OH!3, Anthony Green, Broken Social Scene, Jay Reatard, Minus the Bear, Parts & Labor, Broken Social Scene, Deerhoof and AIDS Wolf are in the first batch of confirmed bands.

The event takes place from October 21st to 25th in New York City at multiple venues.

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The Vandals will be releasing a rarities album on August 12. BBC Sessions and Other Polished Turds will be released only digitally, with the band promising “A collection of the bands most rare tracks all sharing one thing in common in that they were recorded when the band didn’t give a crap, so they are fun, funny, and unpretentious.” The Vandals are currently on the road with The Warped Tour.

1.Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
2.Judy Is A Punk
3.Long Haired Lover From Liver Pool
4.Joe
5.Costa Mesa hates me
6.jilted john
7.change the world with my hockey stick
8.I’m Black
9.Heigh Ho
10.poison
11.My Neck My Back (Live @ BBC)
12.Ball And Chain (Live @ BBC)
13.Mexican Blackbird (Live @ BBC)
14.Canine Euthanasia (Live @ BBC)
15.Don’t Stop Me Now (Live @ BBC)
16.you’re not the boss of me (kick it R&B Remix)

Johnny Schou, the bassist of Tickle Me Pink was found dead at his home in Colorado. The 22 year old was going to celebrate the release of their new-released album - in-store appearance in Denver. Lots of farewell greetings  showered his blog at Myspace.

No further details are available at the moment.

Yup, the title says it all. This Epitaph’s hip hop artist, Boots Riley of the coup, has been charged of using “abusive language” during his performance at the Bayou Boogaloo & Cajun Food Festival. However, Riley said that the charges were racially motivated.
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After jumping parole, ex-Escape The Fate lead singer, Ronnie Radke was arrested in Vegas. The 24 year old was sentenced to five years’ probation, which includes stipulations that he must be employed full-time, go to drug and alcohol rehab, and stay out of trouble, for his involvement in a brawl which resulted in a death of a kid name Michael Cook

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The recently unveiled copyright law in Canada that aims to provide a US-style DMCA has recieved significant criticism from one of the groups it claims to protect. Canadian musicians, through their music creators coalition have some harsh words for the law which could criminalize everything from sampling to moving media from CD to an iPod if passed.
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Tegan and Sara will do their US tour along with City and Colour. This Indie pop duo released The Con last year on Sire Records and City and Colour released their album, Bring Me Your Love this year via Vagrant.

Here’s their tour schedule:

9/27 - Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits **
9/30 - Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
10/2 - Baltimore, MD @ Rams Head Live
10/3 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Electric Factory
10/4 - Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
10/5 - New York, NY @ Terminal 5
10/6 - New York, NY @ Terminal 5
10/9 - Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre
10/11 - Minneapolis, MN @ State Theatre
10/13 - Denver, CO @ Paramount Theatre
10/16 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Henry Fonda Theatre
10/17 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Henry Fonda Theatre
10/18 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Henry Fonda Theatre
10/19 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Henry Fonda Theatre

Although it would be great for us to get free music, the idea doesn’t sound so great to the musician. At least we can see this notion on a remark made by the bassist of KISS, Gene Simmons. He said that those those artists, such as Radiohead, that give away music for free are “contributing to the demise of the record industry”.

The record industry is dead. It’s six feet underground and unfortunately the fans have done this. They’ve decided to download and file share. There is no record industry around so we’re going to wait until everybody settles down and becomes civilised. As soon as the record industry pops its head up we’ll record new material.

Another musician that follow Radiohead by giving away free music are Nine Inch Nail, Green Day, and Penywise.