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THE DOGMATICS, THE NEATS, BAND 19 AND LAST STAND PLAY ABENEFIT FOR CANCER RESEARCHShow will feature DJs Juli Kryslur and Randi Millman, Plus OtherSpecial GuestsAt the Paradise, June 10, 2011

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(BOSTON – date) Yes, the press release date reads 2011, thought it might as well be1985. The Dogmatics, The Neats, Band 19 AND Last Stand have banded together toplay a concert in support of Susan Cibulsky of Jamaica Plain and Brendan Raftery of Dorchester, both of whom will ride in the Pan Mass Challenge this year to raisemoney for cancer research. The concert, which will also feature DJs Juli Kryslur andRandi Millman, plus The Painted Lights, Mean Creek and other special guests, takesplace Friday June 10 at 9 p.m. (doors open at 8 p.m.) at the Paradise Rock Club, 967Commonwealth Ave., Boston. Tickets are $16 in advance and go on sale Saturday atnoon at Ticketmaster. If available, tickets will be $20 at the door. The show is 18+.Proceeds go to the Pan Mass Challenge.According to Dogmatic Jerry Lehane, “My mother-in-law passed away from cancer inSeptember. My sister-in-law Sue Cibulsky rode the PMC in her honor last August,just a month before she died. Sue is riding again this year, now in her mother'smemory. My friend Brendan Raftery is riding for the first time this year in honor of someone very close to him who recently completed cancer treatments. Instead of just writing them each a check myself, I decided to see if we could make a benefitshow work. So, I asked my friends, and since we’ve all been affected by cancer,everyone was willing to help Sue and Brendan reach their noble goals.”

The Dogmatics

– Lehane and Peter O’Halloran on guitar and vocals, Jim O’Halloranon bass and Tom Long on drums, will be joined by guest vocalist Andrea Gillis for afew songs.

The Neats,

whose bass player Dave Lee died of cancer in 2010, willplay with Eric Martin and Phil Caruso on guitar and vocals, Randall Gibson on drumsand Chris Maclachlan on bass.

Band 19

, led by Richie Parsons, whose wife Judy hasbattled cancer in recent years, will play with Fritz Erickson on guitar and vocals andEd Reamer on bass.In addition to this concert being played in memory of Dave Lee, Jerry Lehane’smother-in-law and in honor of cancer survivors Judy Parsons and Brendan Raftery’sfriend, it will also be played in memory of Boston rock fixture and former WMBR DJSpencer Gates, Jerry Lehane’s father, Tom Johnston’s father, Joyce Linehan’s motherand in honor of cancer survivors Lehane’s mother, and Tom Johnston.