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The New Cities join SonyBMG/Red Ink

Nov 2, 2008, 11:35pm Punknews.org
Montreal's The New Cities have signed to SonyBMG/Red Ink . The electro-punk act explained: It's been a while since the last update so we now have lots to say! First off, we have finally found a home! We have just signed to SONY BMG / Red Ink for the release of our upcoming albums. We are really happy and have a great feeling about this whole thing! This also means that we have a solid plan for the release of the new album! The first single should hit radios in February [...]
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