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Following our competition last week where we gave away tickets to see Snow Patrol at the iTunes Festival on Sunday, ITunes are giving you one last chance via their Facebook page.

There are 10 tickets up for grabs for the show, which includes support from Silversun Pickups and Animal Kingdom, although the competition does close tonight at midnight (UK time). So get clicking.

For full details log onto www.facebook.com/iTunesEU

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We have added two bands to the already overwhelmingly fabulous line-up of Merge bands past and present who will be performing at XX Merge: 3Ds and Pure. Both bands will be performing at the Cat’s Cradle. Doors open each night at 7 p.m. See you there!

Pure were a band from Asheville, NC, featuring Steve Dunnington (bass & vocals), Danni Iosello (drums), and Martin Beeler (guitars & vocals). We released a Pure 7” in the spring of 1991 and they haven’t played together since the early ’90s, but they’ve agreed to reunite for XX Merge and we’re excited! A bit Dinosaur Jr.-y but more spacey, everyone who saw them was pretty blown away and people loved the single. Then they just kinda disappeared back into the mountains.

Stream a Pure song from our 5 year anniversary compilation, Rows of Teeth.

In the same vein, New Zealand’s legendary, guitar-mangling 3Ds haven’t played a stateside show since their 1994 tour with Superchunk, but Davids Mitchell and Saunders, Denise Roughan, and original drummer Dominic Stones are making the trip for XX Merge!

Stream songs from our 3Ds releases as well as the Quasi cover of the 3Ds song “Beautiful Things” from the SCORE! The Covers! CD now on sale at a new low price in the Merge store.

5-day passes for XX Merge are sold out. There may be a limited number of tickets for sale at the door for the Cat’s Cradle shows, and tickets are still available via eTix for the July 26 show at Memorial Hall featuring She & Him, American Music Club & Wye Oak.

A John Legend concert is a special occasion. You can make it even more memorable with special Hot Seat and Hot Sound ticket packages available for these upcoming concerts:

Temecula, California, on Sept. 19: Hot Seat & Sound

Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Aug 24: Hot Seat & Sound

Kansas City, Missouri, on Aug 22: Hot Seat & Sound

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Aug 15: Hot Seat & Sound

Hi Everyone, Blaqk Audio contributed their version of  "No New Tale to
Tell" to the upcoming Tribute to love and rockets album
"New Tales to Tell"  available digitally July 28th, and physically
August 18th - to hear a clip of BA,  peep the shepard fairey artwork and
preorder, go here


01 - Black Francis: "All in My Mind"
02 - Puscifer: "Holiday on the Moon"
03 - War Tapes: "Love Me"
04 - Blaqk Audio: "No New Tale to Tell"
05 - Dubfire: "I Feel Speed"
06 - The Dandy Warhols: "Inside the Outside"
07 - The Flaming Lips: "Kundalini Express"
08 - Sweethead: "Life in Laralay"
09 - Film School: "An American Dream"
10 - A Place to Bury Strangers: "The Light"
11 - Monster Magnet vs Adrian Young: "Mirror People"
12 - The Stone Foxes: "Fever"
13 - Frankenstein 3000: "No Big Deal"
14 - VEX: "It Could Be Sunshine"
15 - Better Than Ezra: "So Alive"
16 - Chantal Claret vs Adrian Young: "Lazy"
17 - Ian Moore: "Sweet F.A."
18 - Snowden: "No Words No More"

You've heard Kelly Clarkson's music on So You Think You Can Dance before but now's your chance to see her in action! Tune in tonight at 9 PM to see Kelly perform "I Do Not Hook Up" on FOX!

Rising star singer/songwriter KRISTA has just been added to the bill for 6 of Kelly's upcoming tour dates!! Visit www.KristaOfficial.com for complete information!

7/5 - Del Mar, CA - San Diego County Fair - Grandstand
7/23 - Costa Mesa, CA - Pacific Amphitheatre
8/1 - Harrington, DE - Delaware State Fair
8/10 - Billings, MT - Montana Fair
8/14 - Indianapolis, IN - Indiana State Fairgrounds
9/4 - Essex Junction, VT - Champlain Valley Exposition

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"Warriors of Time" is the featured song of the week starting today and you can download it for FREE in Tap Tap Revenge for your iPhone and iPod Touch. Make sure you're following us on Twitter @BlackTideMusic for information about our Warped Tour Contest where you can win our gear for battling us at Tap Tap Revenge! For more info on the featured track and the Warped Tour contest in Tap Tap Revenge, check out the Tapulous blog.

Grab Tap Tap Revenge free from the iTunes store now and don't forget to download "Warriors of Time" as the FREE TRACK OF THE WEEK!!