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Download 2009 - The Blackout

Download 2009 - The Blackout

Sean and Gavin from The Blackout talk to NME backstage before their gig at Download 2009.

NME Video: Walk onstage with The Blackout

NME Video: Walk onstage with The Blackout

NME follows The Blackout as they prepare to open the main stage on Sunday at Leeds Festival 2008..

Little Boots - 'New In Town'

Little Boots - 'New In Town'

The Blackpool-based songstress performs 'New In Town' live from the NME studio.

Little Boots' New Video 'Remedy'

Little Boots' New Video 'Remedy'

The Blackpool-based songstress presents her glamorous new video to 'Remedy'.

The Blackout 'Save Ourselves (The Warning)'

The Blackout 'Save Ourselves (The Warning)'

Find out how they attend to do just that in their new promo for 'Save Ourselves (The Warning)' .

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Black 47 "Funky Céilí"

Black 47 "Funky Céilí" (02:59)

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Black 47 "Bobby Sands, MP"

Black 47 "Bobby Sands, MP" (06:02)

Robert Gerard Sands, commonly known as Bobby Sands (March 9, 1954 -- May 5, 1981) was an Irish republican and a former MP who died on hunger strike in the prison officially called HM Prison Maze but formerly known as...

Black 47 - Maria's Wedding(Video Clip)

Black 47 - Maria's Wedding(Video Clip) (04:05)

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Black 47 "40 Shades of Blue"

Black 47 "40 Shades of Blue" (03:41)

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Black 47 on David Letterman

Black 47 on David Letterman (05:56)

Black 47 performs "Maria's Wedding" on David Letterman. This was their network television debut. www.black47.com

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Black 47 Biography

Based in New York City, USA, Black 47 is a Celtic rock band made up of Irish expatriates, formed in the Bronx, by Larry Kirwan and Chris Byrne in 1989. Their name is derived from 1847, the worst year of the Great Irish Famine.

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Black 47's Best Songs

  • 1. Maria's Wedding
  • 2. James Connolly
  • 3. Livin' in America
  • 4. Those Saints
  • 5. I Got Laid on James Joyce's Grave
  • 6. 40 Shades of Blue
  • 7. Fanatic Heart
  • 8. Bodhrans on the Brain
  • 9. Trouble in the Land
  • 10. Desperate
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Black 47 Discography

Black 47 albums.

  • Bittersweet Sixteen - 07/03/2006 (Gadfly Records/US)
  • New York Town - (Gadfly Records/US)
  • Green Suede Shoes - (Mercury/US)
  • Home of the Brave - (SBK Records/US)

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