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SID IV ROUNDUP | posted 1.16.10
The second leg of Ska is Dead IV is over but what a success! Over the course of 18 shows we sold over 6,300 tickets! And had a great show every night. Shout outs to all the bands on the tour: The Toasters, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Mustard Plug and Deal's Gone Bad. You guys rocked! Many thanks go out to all the local/regional band that played every night. You guys busted your ass on stage and off. Most of all thanks to all the fans who came to shows. You keep it all alive!

PRESSURE DROP SOUNDCLASH | posted 10.26.09
DJ Andrew Barker is putting together a special edition of the Pressure Drop Soundclash podcast that will be played before the bands during the Ska Is Dead Tour. For those not yet familiar, Andrew helps put together an amazing podcast featuring the best of the best in the world of Ska, Reggae, and Rocksteady.

SKA IS DEAD AUSTRALIA | posted 9.24.09
Ska is Dead will be making it's first venture downunder this October/November!! The Resignators, Dan Potthast and One Night Band will be the featured bands. Click here for more info.

DATES ANNOUNCED | posted 7.20.09
The first slew of dates are up for the second half of SID4!! More dates & info will be up soon!!

2ND LEG | posted 7.13.09
The Ska Is Dead IV tour will be hitting the American Midwest, East Coast and South Nov. 4-21
Dates, cities, venues and bands to be announced this Monday, July 20! Stay tuned!!

1ST LEG | posted 2.28.09
The first installment of the Ska Is Dead IV tour was a huge success! The tour hit 17 cities across the American West, and sold nearly 6000 tickets in the process! Look for the second leg to hit the rest of the U.S. and Eastern Canada in the fall of 2009.

SKA IS DEAD 4 ON THE ROAD | posted 1.27.09
Ska Is Dead IV is out on the road and gaining enthusiastic reviews. The first 4 shows averaged over 500 people in paid attendance. This, happening in the middle of a catastrophic economic recession is proving to the music industry and the world in general what we knew all along: Ska Is NOT Dead! In fact it is thriving! Props to all the fans who are coming out to support the tour!

Our apologies to the fans in Grand Junction. The show had to be cancelled due to hazardous road conditions in the Rockies.

NEW SKA IS DEAD SITE | posted 1.15.09
We've got a new site up for the new tour! Check out the site & the dates!!

THE SKA IS DEAD TOUR IS BACK!! | posted 11.22.08
Ska is Dead 4 will kick off Jan. 22 in Albuquerque NM and play cities across the Western U.S. Voodoo Glowskulls and The Toasters will be headlining all the dates. Mustard Plug and Buck O Nine will also be playing select dates. Many more bands and cities will be announced soon. Check out the tour dates.

SKANKSGIVING | posted 7.17.08
Ska Is Dead is sponsoring two big East Coast Ska Festivals this fall. “Skanksgiving�? will take place in Foxborough MA and Sayreville NJ and feature one of the strongest lineups seen in quite some time. Saturday November 15, 2008 @ Showcase Live! In Foxborough features The Pietasters, The Toasters, Mustard Plug, Westbound Train, Bomb The Music Industry, plus more. Sunday November 16, at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, NJ features The Piestasters, Big D and The Kids Table, Mustard Plug, The Toasters, Bomb The Music Industry, Flatfoot 56 plus more TBA. Both events are on sale at Ticketmaster.com (under “Ska Is Dead�?).

NEW SITE!! | posted 7.11.07
The new site is up!! Please be patient while I work out the bugs. Thanks for the help Bret!
- Jim Plug

SKA IS DEAD COMPILATION | posted 4.5.07
This July, Ska Is Dead is co-releasing a compilation CD of 23 of the best bands currently performing today. This promises to be the best Ska compilation CD in years and features many as yet unreleased and hard to find tracks. What's more, Ska Is Dead will have the pleasure of working with two of our favorite labels, Stomp Records who is releasing it in Canada and Asian Man who is releasing it in the U.S. What follows is an alphabetical track listing:

Against All Authority - Silence is Golden but Duct Tape is Silver
Big D & the Kids Table - Noise Complaint
Bomb the Music Industry - I'm Terrorfied!!!
Buck O Nine - I'm Not Dead
Catch 22 - The Spark
Chris Murray - Dangerous Hearts
Deals Gone Bad - Messin' Around
Fishbone - Skank N' Go Nutts
The Flatliners - Open Hearts and Bloody Grins
Go Jimmy Go - Don't Stop Everything (Dancehall Version)
The Johnstones - Action
King Django - Hard, Hard Thing
MU330 - Please Don't Run
Mustard Plug - Puddle of Blood
Pietasters - Don't Wanna
Planet Smashers - Raise Your Glass
The Porkers - Too Big For Your Boots
Streetlight Manifesto - A Better Place, A Better Time (Live in Boise, ID)
Subb - I've Got it All Wrong
Tip the Van - Circles
Toasters - Night Train to Moscow
Voodoo Glowskulls - DD Don't Like Ska
Westbound Train - Please Forgive Me

SUBMISSIONS | posted 3.7.07
SkaIsDead.com is always looking for review and interview submissions. Interested writers should contact daveplug1@aol.com.