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"Come Together" at Abbey Road

After our expose on WiFi-friendly Blue Grass Airport, you're probably wondering why on Earth you'd ever fly there--despite the Interwebs access, of course. The Memorial Day weekend Abbey Road on the River in Louisville would be our tip, now that the Kentucky Derby is run and done.

Set up along the Ohio River, the Abbey Road shindig is "the Greatest Beatle Tribute Festival In The World," which means while The Beatles (obviously) won't be playing, a bunch of bands that look and sound like them will. The three biggest days are Friday, Saturday and Sunday, when groups like "Lucy in the Sky," "Eight Days a Week" and "British Export" will be rehashing the golden days of Brit pop. To find out more about the bands--and we're not kidding about this--check out the festival's MySpace page.

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· Abbey Road on the River [Official Site]

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Don't Fly Blind When It Comes to Indie Bands

At Popbop, you put in the name of a city, and out comes a list of bands that will be playing town in the next few weeks. No big whup in this day and age. What does make it genius is that the schedule comes with a MP3 links to songs by the artists that are playing, so that you have a little more to go on than just a nonsensical name. The site also gives you an RSS feed for the the upcoming bands' MP3s, meaning you'll have a selection of new music to listen to on the way to Nashville, or wherever you're headed.

Image of Simon Dawes rocking out.

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