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The Pogues have joined the line-up for Madness' summer festival.

Langerado Music Festival, the perennial early bird on the yearly festival circuit, has announced the initial lineup for its seventh annual event.So far, that lineup includes Death Cab for Cutie, Snoop Dogg, Public Enemy, Broken Social Scene, Ryan Adams and the Cardinals, Girl Talk, Tortoise, Bad Brains, the Pogues, George Clinton & Parli...

Death Cab For Cutie, The Pogues, Snoop Dogg and Ryan Adams and the Cardinals have all been announced to play the 7th annual Langerado Music Festival in March.

Cat Power closes the year as she started it: with a record of covers. This time she tackles songs made famous by Aretha Franklin, CCR, and the Pogues, among others.read more