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Year Of The Dragon(And The BB Blackdog)

   Already a month into 2012 and what an exciting prospect.The Olympics come to our fair capital.The Diamond Jubilee of Good Queen Bess the second. Also a busy year for BB Blackdog.    Time will be devoted to completing the second album, amidst a hectic touring schedule.Included in March, as part of a three week excursion to the U.S., appearances at two highly prestigious steampunk festivals. A plethora of UK festival dates follow later in the year.    For now though, with drummer Axel, newly returned from his native Germany. It is time to blow the cobwebs off, with a more intimate gig, at home town Belper venue, The George and Dragon. Belper is easily accessible from the wider world via the Transpeak or Sixes omnibus services or the railway.    The music will be augmented by the dancing of Demolitia Tribal and whilst this not a steampunk event, a contingent is guaranteed. For the uninitiated, steampunks are friendly folk, bearing a neovictorian appearance, sharing a ret