In yet another case of “Why the hell not in America?”, the U.K. government has started up a new initiative that would give the music industry 26 million pounds to help create new jobs during the recession.
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Arctic Monkeys are the first headliners to be announced to headline this year’sReading and Leeds Festivals. The rest of the line up will be announced later tonight, but the rumor mills are flying with possible bands to fill in the three headlining slots.
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