CLUAS Newsletter: U2, Oxegen, Springsteen & Michael Jackson

*Continuing to celebrate 10 years of CLUAS.com!* In the last edition of the CLUAS newsletter we brought you the top 50 Irish albums of the last decade. Today we continue to mark the occasion of CLUAS.com's 10th anniversary by lifting the first of several nuggets from our extensive archive. Read on for the details... The day after Michael Jackson died the CLUAS website saw an immediate surge of traffic as thousands visited CLUAS.com to read the 2005 opinion piece on Michael Jackson penned by Aidan Curran. Four years on "Michael Jackson: demon or demonised?" is indeed still a great read. If you haven't seen it yet be sure to check it out. And from now on look out weekly for more nuggets pulled from our 10 year archive. But it's not just about our archive. Below are links to the latest content to be published on CLUAS, such as gig reviews of Oxegen, Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen and interviews with Lisa Hannigan and Mark Kozelek...
Album reviews Latest album reviews on CLUAS include: Taking Back Sunday Dan Black 'Un' Alela Diane 'To Be Still' Super Furry Animals Graham Coxon Florence & The Machine more album reviews...	Gig reviews Latest gig reviews on CLUAS include: Bruce Springsteen (Dublin) Oxegen 2009 - Day 1 Oxegen 2009 - Day 2 Oxegen 2009 - Day 3 Neil Young (Dublin) The Decemberists (Vancouver) Aphex Twin (live in Paris) more gig reviews...
Discussion Forum Topics being discussed on our Forum include: Mercury Prize Shortlist New Thom Yorke song Great band names U2 pony up 5m euro for Music Education Scheme Streaming gigs Glasgowbury 2009 More music discussions...	Interviews Check out the latest interviews with bands on CLUAS: Mark Kozelek Lisa Hannigan Adam and Darcie Katie Kim Official Secrets Act more interviews...
CLUAS on Facebook, Twitter & MySpace The CLUAS Facebook page has just been launched so be sure to become a fan of CLUAS on Facebook. Are you twittering? Then be sure to follow the CLUAS twitter as well as the Key Notes twitter. CLUAS also has a presence on MySpace so take a moment to add CLUAS to your list of MySpace friends.	Galway & Limerick Music Scenes Since we launched in 1999 CLUAS has been covering Galway and Limerick's indie music scenes. We have just launched dedicated pages for the Galway and Limerick music scenes, each of which has links to all articles relating to those scenes that have been published on CLUAS. Are you based in Galway or Limerick and would like to cover your local music scene for CLUAS? If so, we'd like to hear from you.
Step up & write for CLUAS! CLUAS is always on the look out for new writing talent. If you think you've got what it takes just submit a gig or album review and if it's well written we'll publish. You can then join the growing ranks of the CLUAS writer community, whose perks include access to free albums and concert tickets. Get that digital lead out.