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  <title>WOMADelaide on 9 Mar 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Botanic Park

WOMADelaide 2012 will be held from Friday 09 - Monday 12 March outdoors in Adelaide's beautiful Botanic Park.]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/festival/3186291+WOMADelaide</link>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-03-09T00:00:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2012-03-12T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
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  <title>Tinariwen at Ampere, M&#xFC;nchen on 17 Mar 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Ampere

]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3122340+Tinariwen+at+Ampere+on+17+March+2012</link>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-03-17T00:00:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2012-03-17T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
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  <title>Tinariwen at Sala Apolo, Barcelona on 19 Mar 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Sala Apolo

]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3170366+Tinariwen+at+Sala+Apolo+on+19+March+2012</link>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-03-19T21:30:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2012-03-19T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
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  <title>Tinariwen at Teatro Lara, Madrid on 20 Mar 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Teatro Lara

]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3147336+Tinariwen+at+Teatro+Lara+on+20+March+2012</link>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:44:09 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-03-20T22:00:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2012-03-20T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
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  <title>Tinariwen at De Zwerver, Leffinge-Middelkerke on 25 Mar 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: De Zwerver

]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3148820+Tinariwen+at+De+Zwerver+on+25+March+2012</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/3148820</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:04:56 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-03-25T00:00:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2012-03-25T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
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  <title>Tinariwen at La Rodia, Besan&#xE7;on on 30 Mar 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: La Rodia

]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3142434+Tinariwen+at+La+Rodia+on+30+March+2012</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/3142434</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:57:56 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-03-30T00:00:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2012-03-30T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
  <xcal:location>http://www.last.fm/venue/9168193+La+Rodia</xcal:location>
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  <title>Tinariwen at La Cigale, Paris on 3 Apr 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: La Cigale

]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/2012548+Tinariwen+at+La+Cigale+on+3+April+2012</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/2012548</guid>
  <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2011 12:11:15 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-04-03T19:30:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2012-04-03T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
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  <title>Tinariwen at The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh on 6 Apr 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: The Queen's Hall

7pm Doors open
TBCpm 1st artist onstage

We are currently waiting for the finalised schedule for this performance and will update this page as soon as possible (this is normally on the afternoon of the performance).

Tinariwen are a group of Tuareg musicians from the Sahara Desert region of northern Mali who have brought their hypnotic style of African blues to a worldwide audience. Across their breakthrough albums Amassakoul, Aman Iman and Imidiwan, they have developed a powerful and entrancing sound that has made fans of artists such as Robert Plant, Santana, Thom Yorke and U2.

Their latest album Tassili features guests as diverse as Nels Cline (Wilco), Tunde Adebimpe and Kyp Malone (TV on the Radio) and New Orleans' Dirty Dozen Brass Band and shows their continuing development and strength.

"Tinariwen are a brilliant live band who have deservedly built up an international following for their infectious, pounding fusion of desert blues and the styles of the nomadic Tuareg people of the Sahara." (The Guardian)]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3106394+Tinariwen+at+The+Queen%27s+Hall+on+6+April+2012</link>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-04-06T19:00:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2012-04-06T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
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  <title>Tinariwen at Colston Hall, Bristol on 7 Apr 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Colston Hall

]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3184616+Tinariwen+at+Colston+Hall+on+7+April+2012</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/3184616</guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:56:05 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-04-07T00:00:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2012-04-07T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
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  <title>Tinariwen on 10 Apr 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: HMV Institute

]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3178296+Tinariwen</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/3178296</guid>
  <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:27:12 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-04-10T19:30:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2012-04-10T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
  <xcal:location>http://www.last.fm/venue/10236990+HMV+Institute</xcal:location>
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  <title>Tinariwen at Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool on 11 Apr 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Philharmonic Hall

]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3132606+Tinariwen+at+Philharmonic+Hall+on+11+April+2012</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/3132606</guid>
  <pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 17:29:34 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-04-11T00:00:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2012-04-11T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
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  <title>Tinariwen at National Concert Hall, Baile &#xC1;tha Cliath on 12 Apr 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: National Concert Hall

]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3116532+Tinariwen+at+National+Concert+Hall+on+12+April+2012</link>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 21:27:07 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-04-12T20:00:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2012-04-12T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
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  <title>Waltons World Masters - Tinariwen on 12 Apr 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: The National Concert Hall

Tinariwen are guitar-poets from the southern Sahara desert and icons of freedom and resistance among their own people, the nomadic Tuareg of the Sahara. Their back-story has been described as ‘dramatic’ (The Independent), ‘the most compelling of any band’ (Songlines) and ‘the most rock ’n’ roll of them all’ (The Irish Times). A long road has taken Tinariwen from the wild empty places of the Sahara to the concert stages of the world. The group’s founding members spent the 1980s in Libyan military camps, dreaming of dignity and self-determination for their people and singing songs for an entire generation of young Tuareg. Their rolling, yearning grooves and uncompromising messages of simplicity and freedom, distilled over many years of struggle, rebellion and exile, have brought them countless accolades and the attention of such high-profile fans as Robert Plant, Carlos Santana, Brian Eno, Damon Albarn, Chris Martin and Thom Yorke, as well as the enduring respect of their own people.

Tinariwen
Ibrahim Ag Alhabib • Vocals, Guitar, Flute, Acoustic Guitar
Abdallah Ag Alhassane • Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Eyadou Ag Leche • Vocals, Bass Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Elaga Ag Hamid • Vocals, Guitar
Abdallah Ag Lamida • Vocals, Guitar
Said Ag Ayad • Vocals, Percussion

'Their stark style of Tuareg desert rock, its bony, whiplash guitar, its rolling, loping momentum, its skeletal handclaps and cracked sandpaper vocals, its dusty-foot poetry and lyrical explorations of awareness, longing and revolt have metaphorically conquered the world.'
– The Guardian

'The desert is my home. I’ve never been attracted by the idea of emigrating to Paris or Los Angeles. It’s in the desert that I feel that I belong. You have to live simply in the desert. It’s the only way. Simplicity is freedom.'
– Ibrahim Ag Alhabib]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3111868+Waltons+World+Masters+-+Tinariwen</link>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:20:59 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-04-12T20:00:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2012-04-12T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
  <xcal:location>http://www.last.fm/venue/9162042+The+National+Concert+Hall</xcal:location>
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  <title>Tinariwen at Hiroshima Mon Amour, Piemonte on 14 Apr 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Hiroshima Mon Amour

]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3112100+Tinariwen+at+Hiroshima+Mon+Amour+on+14+April+2012</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/3112100</guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-04-14T00:00:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2012-04-14T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
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  <title>Tinariwen at Alcatraz, Milano on 15 Apr 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Alcatraz

]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3120569+Tinariwen+at+Alcatraz+on+15+April+2012</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/3120569</guid>
  <pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 10:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-04-15T21:00:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2012-04-15T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
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  <title>Tinariwen at Bronson, Ravenna on 16 Apr 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Bronson

]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3138149+Tinariwen+at+Bronson+on+16+April+2012</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/3138149</guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:21:23 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-04-16T00:00:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2012-04-16T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
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  <title>Tinariwen at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Roma on 17 Apr 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Auditorium Parco della Musica

]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3098180+Tinariwen+at+Auditorium+Parco+della+Musica+on+17+April+2012</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/3098180</guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-04-17T21:00:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2012-04-17T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
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  <title>Tinariwen at Kulturkirche, K&#xF6;ln on 21 Apr 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Kulturkirche

]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3178543+Tinariwen+at+Kulturkirche+on+21+April+2012</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/3178543</guid>
  <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:47:39 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-04-21T00:00:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2012-04-21T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
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  <title>Tinariwen at Lille Vega, K&#xF8;benhavn V on 23 Apr 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Lille Vega

]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3147289+Tinariwen+at+Lille+Vega+on+23+April+2012</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/event/3147289</guid>
  <pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-04-23T20:00:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2012-04-23T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
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  <title>Tinariwen at Voxhall, &#xC5;rhus C on 24 Apr 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Voxhall

]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3148095+Tinariwen+at+Voxhall+on+24+April+2012</link>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-04-24T00:00:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2012-04-24T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
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  <title>Le Printemps de Bourges on 24 Apr 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Le Phénix

]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/festival/3159763+Le+Printemps+de+Bourges</link>
  <guid>http://www.last.fm/festival/3159763</guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-04-24T00:00:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
  <xcal:dtend>2012-04-29T23:59:59Z</xcal:dtend>
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  <title>Tinariwen + Jos&#xE9; Gonz&#xE1;lez on 3 May 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Shepherds Bush Empire

Soundcrash presents a one-off joint headline show for the desert soul rebels Tinariwen and cosmopolitan folk singer/songwriter José González. An utterly unique night of musical excellence you don’t want to miss.

You’ve got to be doing something right when you can count amongst your fans the likes of Thom Yorke, Brian Eno, Carlos Santana or TV On The Radio. Formed in rebel training camps in Libya, these exiled nomads-turned-rockstars of the Sahara have become the soundtrack for Touareg independence and reconciliation, combining traditional Touareg melodies with Malian, Western, Berber and Arabic influences to create spare, evolving, hypnotic grooves. As if Keith Richards, Santana, John Lee Hooker, various members of Primal Scream, Mogwai and the Grateful Dead had got lost in the Sahara for a decade and then returned as a fully-fledged desert band.

José González, whose family fled their Argentinian homeland bound for Sweden when the military Junta came into power, provides a perfect counterpoint to the hypnotic relentlessness of Tinariwen’s grooves. Being exposed to latin-american melodies from an early age and drawing from the idiosyncrasies of Scandinavian folk José González’s music is a unique hybrid which takes the best of both worlds. Both poignantly beautiful and subtly warm, José González will win over your heart and mind.

Concerts don’t get any better than this. Two hugely reknowned acts come together for the first and only time tonight at The Shepherd’s Bush Empire for a very, very special show. Be there.]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3127554+Tinariwen+-+Jos%C3%A9+Gonz%C3%A1lez</link>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-05-03T19:00:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
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  <title>Wakarusa 2012 Music and Arts Festival on 31 May 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Mulberry Mountain

Wakarusa 2012 on the lovely but scotching hot Mulberry Mountain in Ozark Arkansas will be the spot to be in Early June.]]></description>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/festival/3159204+Wakarusa+2012+Music+and+Arts+Festival</link>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:44:21 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-05-31T00:00:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
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