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It may cost a pretty penny to live in the Big Apple, but it does have its side benefits, namely a whole slew of free concerts. As the weather gets warmer and more folks head outdoors, New York becomes rife with free shows, from little in-store events to The Village Voice's massive Siren Music Festival out on Coney Island, from one-offs to the Sunday staple, McCarren Park Pool Parties, now in its final year:
Shows: Regina Spektor
| Saturday, April 19, 12:30 PM, Sound Fix Records
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| | Mission of Burma, Revision, Tree Union, The Amygdalois
| Saturday, April 19, 1:00 PM, Stuyvesant Cover Park
| | | | Tokyo Police Club
| Tuesday, April 22, 7:00 PM, Union Square Megastore | | | | Tokyo Police Club
| Wednesday, April 23, 8:00 PM, Sound Fix Records | | | | Japanther, Awesome Color, caUSE co-MOTION, Takka Takka, Videohippos, The Skaters, Crystal Stilts, Tickley Feather, MegaFaun, Les Sans Culottes, Food Will Win The War, Bear, Wizards of the Coast
| Friday, April 25, 12:00 PM, Lehman Lawn
| | | | Elbow
| Friday, April 25, 7:00 PM, Union Square Virgin Megastore | | | | Santogold
| Tuesday, April 29, 7:00 PM, Union Square Virgin Megastore
| | | | Acorn
| Sunday, May 4, 4:00 PM, Sound Fix Records
| | | | Jake Lukeman
| Thursday, May 8, 7:00 PM, @Seaport
| | | | | Jake Lukeman | Friday, May 9, 7:00 PM, @Seaport
| | | | | Jake Lukeman | Friday, May 9, 9:00 PM, @Seaport
| | | | Duffy
| Tuesday, May 13, 8:00 PM, Union Square Virgin Megastore
| | | | Chin Chin, Kool DJ Kear, The Nouvellas, Lil' Shallmar, Miss Fairchild | Sunday, May 18, 12:00 PM, Southpaw | | | | Heloise & the Savoir Faire
| Wednesday, May 21, 7:00 PM, Union Square Virgin Megastore
| | | | Ra Ra Riot, Finger On the Pulse, ArtBattles
| Thursday, May 22, 7:00 PM, 70 Greene
| | | | Pwrfl Power, Smokey's Roundup
| Thursday, May 22, 8:00 PM, Sound Fix Records
| | | | Flosstradamus, Tigercity, Dopplehertz
| Thursday, May 22, 9:00 PM, Studio B
| | | | Counting Crows
| Friday, May 23, 7:00 AM, Bryant Park | | | | Matthew Brannon, Lucky Dragons
| Friday, May 23, 7:00 PM, Whitney Museum
| | | | Matt & Kim
| Thursday, May 22, 7:00 PM, 70 Greene
| | | | Abigail Washburn and the Sparrow Quartet, Béla Fleck, Mirah and the Spectratone International
| Thursday, May 29, 7:00 PM, Castle Clinton Monument
| | | | Wire, Die! Die! Die!
| Friday, May 30, 7:00 PM, South Street Seaport | | | | The Eskalators, The So So Gios, The Beets
| Saturday, May 31, 1:00 PM, West 4th Street Subway Station | | | | Knyfe Hyts, Aa (Big A little a), Fiasco Puttin' On The Ritz, Thompson, Radiates
| Saturday, May 31, 3:00 PM, Jamaica Bay Experimental Marshland Restoration Project | | | | Bang On a Can Marathon
| Saturday, May 31, 6:00 PM, World Financial Center
| | | | The Defibulators
| Sunday, June 1, 12:00 PM, The Yard | | | | The Defibulators
| Sunday, June 1, 2:30 PM, The Yard | | | | Langhorne Slim
| Sunday, June 1, 7:00 PM, Sound Fix Records | | | | The Bloodsugars, Rich Girls, April Smith & The Great Picture Show, Jared Scharff and the Royals
| Wednesday, June 4, 8:00 PM, Rockwood Music Hall | | | | Berg Sans Nipple, ACME
| Friday, June 6, 7:00 PM, Whitney Museum | | | | The Subjects, Frankpollis, Drug Rug, Bill Bell, Meowskers
| Saturday, June 7, 1:00 PM, Crest Hardware Art Show | | | | Lucky Dragons, John Wiese, Animental, Soiled Mattress and the Springs, David Horvitz
| Saturday, June 7, 2:00 PM, East River Park Amphitheater
| | | | These New Puritans
| Saturday, June 7, 5:00 PM, Whitney Museum | | | | Wyclef Jean
| Monday, June 9, 7:00 PM, Apple Store Soho | | | | My Brightest Diamond
| Monday, June 9, 8:00 PM, Other Music | | | | Adele
| Tuesday, June 10, 7:00 AM, Rockefeller Plaza | | | | Gnarls Barkley
| Tuesday, June 10, 7:00 PM, Apple Store Soho | | | | Emmylou Harris
| Thursday, June 12, 7:00 PM, Union Square Barnes & Noble | | | | Isaac Hayes
| Thursday, June 12, 8:00 PM, Prospect Park Bandshell | | | | A Sunny Day In Glasgow, ACME
| Friday, June 13, 7:00 PM, Whitney Museum | | | | Cats On Fire, Tullycraft
| Saturday, June 14, 2:00 PM, Cake Shop (upstairs) | | | | Vampire Weekend, Kid Sister, Born Ruffians
| Saturday, June 14, 4:00 PM, Central Park Summerstage | | | | Thurston Moore & Byron Coley
| Saturday, June 14, 6:30 PM, Other Music | | | | The Kennedys
| Wednesday, June 18, 7:00 PM, Madison Square Park | | | | Crystal Castles, Woodlands
| Thursday, June 19, 9:00 PM, Studio B
| | | | Prefuse 73, ACME
| Friday, June 20, 7:00 PM, Whitney Museum | | | | White Hinterland, Herman Dune, Cale Parks
| Friday, June 20, 8:00 PM, Sound Fix Records | | | | Pela, The Forms
| Satuday, June 21, 6:00 PM, Music Hall in Williamsburg | | | | Stars Like Fleas | Sunday, June 22, 6:00 PM, Sound Fix Records | | | | Ulrich Schnauss, Dorit Chrysler, Chiaki Watanabe
| Tuesday, June 24, 9:00 PM, World Financial Center
| | | | Talib Kweli
| Wednesday, June 25, 7:00 PM, Apple Store Soho | | | | Raul Midon
| Wednesday, June 25, 7:00 PM, Madison Square Park | | | | Semi Precious Weapons, Bryan Scary and the Shredding Tears, Last Vegas
| Wednesday, June 25, 8:00 PM, Southpaw | | | | Care Bears on Fire, A-OK Collective, Apollo Heights, Slim Dixon & Friends | Thursday, June 26, 6:00 PM, Stuyvesant Cover Park | | | | Coldplay
| Friday, June 27, 7:00 AM, Rockefeller Plaza | | | | Cold War Kids, Elvis Perkins In Dearland, Sam Champion
| Friday, June 27, 7:00 PM, Prospect Park Bandshell | | | | A Place To Bury Strangers, King Khan & The Shrines, Black Acid
| Friday, June 27, 7:00 PM, South Street Seaport | | | | Times New Viking, ACME
| Friday, June 27, 7:00 PM, Whitney Museum | | | | Jeffery Lewis, Kate Ferencz Archipelago, The Best Thing Ever, Laura Stevenson
| Friday, June 27, 8:00 PM, Sound Fix Records | | | | Titus Andronicus, Obits, Emperor X, Blood City
| Saturday, June 28, 2:00 PM, East River Amphitheater | | | | The Acorn, Ecstatic Sunshine, Blitz the Ambassador, Burkina Electric, Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers, Selan, No Surrender | Saturday, June 28, 3:00 PM, Stuyvesant Cover Park | | | | The Hold Steady, The Loved Ones, J Roddy and the Business
| Sunday, June 29, 2:00 PM, McCarren Park Pool | | | | Cherryholmes
| Wednesday, July 2, 7:00 PM, Madison Square Park | | | | Joe Whyte, Alec Gross, Kelley McRae, Nate Campany
| Wednesday, July 2, 8:00 PM, Rockwood Music Hall
| | | | Sonic Youth, The Feelies
| Friday, July 4, 3:30 PM, Battery Park
| | | | Titus Andronicus, Aleks & the Drummer
| Friday, July 4, 8:00 PM, Stuyvesant Cove Park
| | | | Rachid Taha, Dengue Fever, Apollo Heights
| Saturday, July 5, 3:00 PM, Central Park Summerstage | | | | Janelle Monae, The Apes, Shawn Hewitt, Millsted
| Saturday, July 5, 6:00 PM, BAM Skate Park | | | | Matt & Kim, The Death Set, Bear Hands
| Saturday, July 5, 9:00 PM, Hugs | | | | Ronnie Spector, Roscoe Robinson, Ralph 'Soul' Jackson, Hermon Hitson, Wiley & The Checkmates
| Sunday, July 6, 2:00 PM, McCarren Park Pool | | | | Sean Kuti and Egypt 80, Afrika Bambaataa, Love Trio with U-Roy
| Sunday, July 6, 3:00 PM, Central Park Summerstage | | | | P.O.S., Jen Militia, No Surrender, The Five One
| Sunday, July 6, 4:00 PM, BAM Skate Park | | | | Hollywood Holt, Tim Williams, Shala, Proton, Sky Hy
| Monday, July 7, 4:00 PM, BAM Skate Park | | | | Crystal Antlers
| Monday, July 7, 8:30 PM, Other Music | | | | Whole Wheat Bred, Disaster Us, Like Gravity, Irradio, McRad, Echo Jinx
| Tuesday, July 8, 4:00 PM, BAM Skate Park | | | | Helena Maria, Mattison, A Million Years, The King Left
| Tuesday, July 8, 4:00 PM, McCarren Park Pool | | | | The Defibulators | Wednesday, July 9, 12:30 PM, Zuccotti Park | | | | Bone Crusher, Game Rebellion, Bazaar Royale, Voodoo Fe, Let's Go To War, Planet Ubiquity
| Wednesday, July 9, 4:00 PM, BAM Skate Park | | | | The Avett Brothers | Wednesday, July 9, 7:00 PM, Rockefeller Park | | | | Ollabelle
| Wednesday, July 9, 7:00 PM, Madison Square Park | | | | St. Vincent
| Thursday, July 10, 7:00 PM, Castle Clinton Monument | | | | Tony Scherr, Matt Keating, Chris Brown & Kate Fenner, Bruce Robinson, Lindsey Mae
| Thursday, July 10, 7:00 PM, Living Room | | | | Jucifer, Moja, Suicide City, Black Water Rising, Mahavatar, Echostream, Kite Operations, Cheap Perfume, Noirceur
| Friday, July 11, 6:00 PM, Europa | | | | Brazilian Girls, Miranda, Ticklah
| Friday, July 11, 7:00 PM, Prospect Park Bandshell | | | | No Age, Telepathe, Abe Vigoda
| Friday, July 11, 7:00 PM, South Street Seaport | | | | The Breeders
| Friday, July 11, 9:00 PM, Other Music | | | | The Noisettes, The Dirtbombs, Tamar Kali, Little Jackie, Sophia Ramos, Bermuda, Antibalas
| Saturday, July 12, 4:00 PM, BAM Skate Park | | | | Beth Orton, Matt Munisteri
| Saturday, July 12, 7:30 PM, Prospect Park Bandshell | | | | The Breeders, Matt & Kim, The Whip
| Sunday, July 13, 2:00 PM, McCarren Park Pool | | | | Mobius Band, Amazing Baby
| Sunday, July 13, 6:30 PM, Music Hall in Williamsburg | | | | Fennesz/Sakamoto | Tuesday, July 15, 9:00 PM, World Financial Center
| | | | Stuart Bogia/Superhuman Happiness, Charles Gayes Trio, Colin Stetson, Sharon Van Etten (solo)
| Wednesday, July 16, 6:00 PM, Brooklyn Bridge Park | | | | Steel Pulse | Wednesday, July 16, 7:00 PM, Rockefeller Park | | | | Fiery Furnaces
| Thursday, July 17, 7:00 PM, East River Park Amphitheater | | | | Ted Leo & The Pharmacists
| Thursday, July 17, 7:00 PM, Castle Clinton Monument | | | | Brian Wilson
| Thursday, July 17, 7:30 PM, Coney Island | | | | DJ Spooky
| Thursday, July 17, 9:30 PM, Music Hall in Williamsburg | | | | Heartsrevolution
| Thursday, July 17, 10:00 PM, Hiro Ballroom
| | | | Mary Weiss of the Shangri-Las, Nouvellas, The Lost Crusaders
| Friday, July 18, 7:00 PM, South Street Seaport | | | | Deerhoof, Metropolis Ensemble: Stravinsky's 'Rite of Spring'
| Friday, July 18, 7:30 PM, Prospect Park Bandshell | | | | Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, Broken Social Scene, The Helio Sequence, Islands, Ra Ra Riot, Beach House, Times New Viking, Jaguar Love, The Dodos, Annuals, Film School, Parts & Labor, Dragons of Zynth, These Are Powers
| Saturday, July 19, 12:00 PM, Coney Island | | | | Liars, Fuck Buttons, Team Robespierre
| Sunday, July 20, 2:00 PM, McCarren Park Pool | | | | Santogold, Diplo, Plastic Little, A-Trak, Kid Cudi
| Sunday, July 20, 3:00 PM, Central Park Summerstage | | | | | Celebration, Rain Machine | Sunday, July 20, 6:30 PM, Music Hall in Williamsburg | | | | Kieren Hebden & Steve Reid, Nicolas Collins' "Devil's Music"
| Tuesday, July 22, 9:00 PM, World Financial Center
| | | | The Punch Brothers feat. Chris Thile | Wednesday, July 23, 7:00 PM, Rockefeller Park | | | | Phoebe Snow
| Wednesday, July 23, 7:00 PM, Madison Square Park | | | | Ollabelle
| Thursday, July 24, 12:30 PM, World Financial Center
| | | | Akron/Family
| Thursday, July 24, 7:00 PM, Castle Clinton Monument | | | | Smokey Robinson, Russell Thompkins Jr. & The New Stylistics
| Thursday, July 17, 7:30 PM, Coney Island | | | | Feist
| Friday, July 25, 7:00 AM, Bryant Park | | | | Ollabelle
| Friday, July 25, 12:30 PM, One New York Plaza | | | | Atlas Sound, Crystal Stilts
| Friday, July 25, 7:00 PM, South Street Seaport | | | | John Doe, Ollabelle, Jay Farrar, Laura Cantrell, The Persuasions, Marshall Crenshaw, Catherine Russell, Sway Machinery, Hymns
| Saturday, July 26, 12:30 PM, World Financial Center
| | | | Ghostland Observatory, The Jealous Girlfriends, Bear Hands
| Saturday, July 26, 7:00 PM, Prospect Park Bandshell | | | | Awesome Color, Viki, Kocho Bisexual
| Saturday, July 26, 8:00 PM, Knitting Factory | | | | MGMT, Black Moth Super Rainbow, The Ting Tings
| Sunday, July 27, 2:00 PM, McCarren Park Pool | | | | Skatalites, Taj Majal, Los Pinguos
| Sunday, July 27, 3:00 PM, Central Park Summerstage | | | | Earlimart
| Tuesday, July 29, 7:00 PM, Sound Fix Records | | | | Brian Birdwell, Bradley Wik, Moon Engineer, Sam Alber | Tuesday, July 29, 8:00 PM, Sidewalk Cafe | | | | John Zorn's Cobra, Theremin Society, Jonathan Kane's February
| Wednesday, July 30, 6:00 PM, Brooklyn Bridge Park | | | | Flogging Molly, O'Death
| Thursday, July 31, 7:00 PM, Hudson River Park | | | | The Long Winters
| Thursday, July 31, 7:00 PM, Castle Clinton Monument | | | | Joseph O'Neill & Aimee Mann
| Thursday, June 31, 7:00 PM, Union Square Barnes & Noble | | | | Sheryl Crow
| Friday, August 1, 7:00 AM, Rockefeller Plaza | | | | Brother Ali, The Rub
| Friday, August 1, 7:00 PM, South Street Seaport | | | | Black Lips, Deerhunter, King Khan & His Shrins, Tall Firs
| Sunday, August 3, 2:00 PM, McCarren Park Pool | | | | Oliver Mtukudzi & Black Spirits, Habib Koité & Bamada, Daby Touré, Yossi Afrikan Bass, Extra Golden
| Sunday, August 3, 2:00 PM, Prospect Park Bandshell | | | | Jamie Lidell, Little Jackie, Jose James, Janelle Monae
| Sunday, August 3, 3:00 PM, Central Park Summerstage | | | | French Kicks, Headlights, Tiny Masters of Today
| Wednesday, August 6, 6:00 PM, Brooklyn Bridge Park | | | | Terence Blanchard
| Thursday, August 7, 7:00 PM, Castle Clinton Monument | | | | Tapes 'n Tapes
| Thursday, August 7, 10:30 PM, Sound Fix Records | | | | Cass McCombs, Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson
| Friday, August 8, 7:00 PM, South Street Seaport | | | | The Boredoms, Gang Gang Dance
| Friday, August 8, 8:08 PM, Williamsburg Waterfront | | | | Peelander-Z
| Saturday, August 9, 4:30 PM, South Street Seaport | | | | The Felice Brothers, Langhorne Slim, Eli 'Paperboy' Reed & The True Loves | Sunday, August 10, 2:00 PM, McCarren Park Pool | | | | Margot & The Nuclear So and So's, Dirty On Purpose, Audrye Sessions | Sunday, August 10, 6:30 PM, Music Hall in Williamsburg | | | | The Hood Internet
| Monday, August 11, 10:00 PM, Sway | | | | Conor Oberst
| Tuesday, August 12, 1:00 PM, Other Music
| | | | Theresa Anderson, Spooky Ghost, Pamela Sue Mann
| Tuesday, August 12, 7:00 PM, Living Room | | | | John Cruz, Theresa Anderson, Ken Web
| Wednesday, August 13, 7:00 PM, Living Room | | | | Los Lonely Boys, Los Lobos
| Thursday, August 14, 3:00 PM, Central Park Summerstage | | | | Blonde Redhead
| Thursday, August 14, 7:00 PM, Hudson River Park | | | | Dirty Projectors, White Williams
| Friday, August 15, 7:00 PM, South Street Seaport | | | | | Longwave, Alberta Cross | Friday, August 15, 9:30 PM, Music Hall in Williamsburg | | | | Devlin & Darko
| Friday, August 15, 12:00 AM, Highline Ballroom
| | | | Itsnotyouitsme, Mark Dancigers, Timberbrit, Alex Sopp, Matt Marks and the Li'l Death Band
| Saturday, August 16, 2:00 PM, East River Park Amphitheater | | | | Battles, Black Dice, Gang Gang Dance
| Saturday, August 16, 3:00 PM, Central Park Summerstage | | | | Oh No! Oh My!
| Saturday, August 16, 8:00 PM, Sound Fix Records | | | | Aesop Rock, Chin Chin, Panther
| Sunday, August 17, 2:00 PM, McCarren Park Pool | | | | Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, Menahan Street Band, Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens
| Sunday, August 17, 3:00 PM, Central Park Summerstage | | | | | Chin Chin | Sunday, August 17, 7:00 PM, Union Pool | | | | Oxford Collapse
| Sunday, August 17, 8:00 PM, Sound Fix Records | | | | Ra Ra Riot
| Tuesday, August 19, 7:00 PM, Union Square Megastore | | | | Extra Golden, Mahmoud Ahmed & Alemayehu w/ The Either/Orchestra, Gétatchèw Mèkurya w/ The Ex | Wednesday, August 20, 6:00 PM, Lincoln Center | | | | Earl Greyhound, Smokewagon, Changing Holes | Wednesday, August 20, 8:00 PM, Southpaw | | | | Huey Lewis & The News, Paul Thorn
| Thursday, August 21, 7:30 PM, Coney Island | | | | Grand Archives, Violens
| Friday, August 22, 7:00 PM, South Street Seaport | | | | | Professor Murder, Free Blood | Friday, August 22, 8:30 PM, Music Hall in Williamsburg | | | | Yo La Tengo, Titus Andronicus, Ebony Bones | Sunday, August 24, 2:00 PM, McCarren Park Pool | | | | Heloise & the Savoir Faire, Project Jenny, Project Jan, Boy Crisis | Sunday, August 24, 6:30 PM, Music Hall in Williamsburg | | | | | U.S. Royalty, Band of Thieves | Thursday, August 28, 10:00 PM, Hiro Ballroom | | | | Oneida, Endless Boogie
| Friday, August 29, 7:00 PM, South Street Seaport | | | | Frankpollis, Limbs
| Saturday, August 30, 10:00 PM, Cake Shop | | | | Dawn Kinnard, Alan Semerdjin, The Low Anthem
| Tuesday, September 2, 7:00 PM, Living Room | | | | The Jones Street Boys, Michael Daves
| Friday, September 5, 8:00 PM, Housing Works Used Book Café | | | | Randi Russo, Emily Hope Price, Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers, Somer, Deborah | Friday, September 5, 8:00 PM, Sidewalk Café | | | | Oneida, Cassie, Katy, & Ali, Ex Models, Golden Triangle
| Saturday, September 6, 2:00 PM, Monster Island | | | | Apes & Androids, Djs Bumblebeez
| Saturday, September 6, 4:00 PM, Mini Rooftop | | | | Boris, Ronson, Devin the Dude, Awesome Color, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Flying Lotus, Vivian Girls High Places, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Ólöf Arnalds
| Sunday, September 7, 1:00 PM, South Street Seaport | | | | Aa, Crystal Stilts, Bunnybrains, Hex Message, Woods, Dan Friel
| Sunday, September 7, 1:00 PM, @Seaport | | | | Jim Campilongo, Cory Chisel, Sam Bisbee, David Garza, Chris Lind
| Monday, September 8, 7:00 PM, Living Room | | | | Rahim
| Tuesday, September 9, 8:00 PM, 6th Ave. Urban Outfitters | | | | Juliana Hatfield
| Thursday, September 11, 7:00 PM, Union Square Virgin Megastore | | | | Yeasayer, No Age
| Saturday, September 13, 8:00 PM, Mini Rooftop | | | | Semi Precious Weapons, El Jezel, Plushgun, The Bridges, Lightyears
| Sunday, September 14, 12:00 PM, Union Square | | | | Apollo Sunshine
| Sunday, September 14, 6:00 PM, Sound Fix Records | | | | Gospel Train, Eli "Paperboy" Reed
| Sunday, September 14, 9:00 PM, Union Hall | | | | Jim Campilongo, Cory Chisel, Sam Bisbee, David Garza
| Monday, September 15, 8:00 PM, Living Room | | | | Sub Rosa, The Grey Race
| Monday, September 15, 8:00 PM, Arlene's Grocery | | | | Laura Marling, Johnny Flynn
| Tuesday, September 16, 7:00 PM, Union Square Virgin Megastore | | | | Matt & Kim, The Cool Kids, Flossastradamus
| Tuesday, September 16, 8:00 PM, (le) Poisson Rouge | | | | Jonathan Lethem, The Silos
| Thursday, September 18, 7:00 PM, Housing Works Used Book Café | | | | Bloc Party, Amazing Baby
| Thursday, September 18, 8:00 PM, Roseland Ballroom
| | | | Lilys, Matt Pond PA, Robbers on High Street
| Thursday, September 18, 8:00 PM, Bell House | | | | Noah and the Whale, Brian Birdwell, The Havens, Amalie Bruun
| Thursday, September 18, 8:00 PM, Sidewalk Café | | | | Noah and the Whale
| Friday, September 19, 12:30 PM, Union Square Virgin Megastore | | | | Amanda Palmer (of Dresden Dolls)
| Friday, September 19, 8:00 PM, Sound Fix Records | | | | Hunter Cross & The Strays
| Saturday, September 20, 8:00 PM, Bar Matchless | | | | Jim Campilongo, Rene Lopez, Sam Bisbee, David Garza, Sonya Kitchell
| Monday, September 22, 7:00 PM, Living Room | | | | | Gemma Hayes | Tuesday, September 23, 7:00 PM, Union Square Virgin Megastore | | | | Bell
| Friday, September 26, 8:00 PM, Sound Fix Records | | | | Q-Tip
| Monday, September 29, 8:00 PM, Knitting Factory | | | |
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