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Rodrigo y Gabriela will be playing FOUR gigs over the V Festival weekend in the UK, following the withdrawal of Bright Eyes.

Rod & Gab will open the main stage proceedings at Weston Park, Staffordshire on Saturday 18th August; before heading down the M6 to headline the Virgin Mobile Union stage in Hylands Park, Chelmsford on Saturday night.

Sunday afternoon will see them kick off the main stage in Essex before heading back up the motorway to top the bill on the Virgin Mobile Stage in Weston Park on Sunday evening.

Sinead O’Connor guests on the new Ian Brown single “Illegal Attacks”, due for release on Fiction / Universal on September 17th. A passionate anti – war song with a clear message – “Soldiers come home”. Brown duets with Sinead on the track, one of her two appearances on his new album – “The World Is Yours”, due for release September 24th.

“Illegal Attacks” and the other collaboration “Some Folks Are Hollow” were recorded at Dublin’s Windmill Lane studios. To hear a snippet of “Illegal Attacks”, go to http://www.myspace.com/ianbrown

County Down acoustic soul rebel Foy Vance releases his debut album, entitled ‘Hope’; on Rubyworks on September 7th. Using a voice and guitar template, Foy brings a fresh, honest and genuinely soulful insight into the art of song and performance. His gifts being an astonishing set of vocal pipes, an unflinching eye for the human condition; and an unfettered, natural approach to the recording process. Messrs Redding, Havens, Waits and Morrison are all useful compass points when plotting a course for Planet Vance, and while Foy would acknowledge the gravitational pull of the aforementioned quartet, he very much exists in his own universe.

‘Hope’ was recorded in a cottage in the Mourne Mountains. The recording process was very organic and spontaneous capturing the live element and the rawness of Foy’s performance. In his own words: “I’ve used studios in the past and I’ve always found them a bit difficult when it comes to really getting into the vibe so I figured - I’ll just buy the recording gear I need…

Mexican acoustic rock guitarists Rodrigo y Gabriela are today celebrating 60,000 sales (BPI silver sales status) of their self titled album in the UK. Released in March 2006 on Rubyworks, ‘Rodrigo y Gabriela’ has been one of the great word of mouth success stories of recent times. Spurred on by steady touring, knock – out festival spots, quality press reviews, radio support from the likes of Jonathan Ross and Johnnie Walker; and TV appearances on ‘Later With Jools Holland’ and more recently, the BBC’s Glastonbury coverage.

The success is shared by small Dublin based independent label Rubyworks, who become the first Irish indie to sell 60,000 albums over in the UK.

Rodrigo y Gabriela and Rubyworks are distributed in the UK by Vital / THE.

Rodrigo y Gabriela returns to the UK this month to play The V Festival in Staffordshire and Chelmsford, before embarking on a major US tour in the autumn.

If it's chucking it down outside and the sky is a darker shade of grey, it can mean only one thing - it's Oxegen weekend. Yes, the annual Irish Music Mudathon on a race track in County Kildare. Rubyworks has three artists playing this weekend - Rodrigo y Gabriela headline on Saturday night, Foy Vance plays the acoustic stage on Sunday afternoon and Ms Sinead O'Connor plays the Pet Sounds stage on Sunday evening. If you are looking for us, we'll be sheltering under the biggest umbrella we can find and comparing wellies!

Rodrigo y GabrielaFoy Vance

The new Sinead O'Connor & Republic Of Loose single - 'We People (Who Are Darker Than Blue)' is out on download now. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSEd8H1hR84

Rodrigo y Gabriela will be playing FOUR gigs over the V Festival weekend in the UK, following the withdrawal of Bright Eyes.

Rod & Gab will open the main stage proceedings at Weston Park, Staffordshire on Saturday 18th August; before heading down the M6 to headline the Virgin Mobile Union stage in Hylands Park, Chelmsford on Saturday night.

Sunday afternoon will see them kick off the main stage in Essex before heading back up the motorway to top the bill on the Virgin Mobile Stage in Weston Park on Sunday evening.

Sinead O’Connor guests on the new Ian Brown single “Illegal Attacks”, due for release on Fiction / Universal on September 17th. A passionate anti – war song with a clear message – “Soldiers come home”. Brown duets with Sinead on the track, one of her two appearances on his new album – “The World Is Yours”, due for release September 24th.

“Illegal Attacks” and the other collaboration “Some Folks Are Hollow” were recorded at Dublin’s Windmill Lane studios. To hear a snippet of “Illegal Attacks”, go to http://www.myspace.com/ianbrown