I wrote a piece for the 49sVsDolphins Records website about this year's big festival line-ups, and the recent spate of band reformations. This is the first paragraph:
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Apparently, the recent upturn in band reformations can't even be halted by the usually-effective method of death. Queen are headlining Sonisphere, with someone from American Idol playing Freddie Mercury. One of the biggest rock festivals in the country, in other words, is hosting karaoke. Can't wait for the Reading announcement: Jimi Hendrix's skeleton does a pub quiz? Father Ted's three ages of Elvis?
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