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Mark Stewart, frontman of post-punk mavericks The Pop Group, dies at age 62

Mark Stewart, frontman of post-punk mavericks The Pop Group, dies at age 62

Mark Stewart, the musical agitator and yelping frontman of the wildly innovative, dub-infused post-punk act The Pop Group, died Friday.

The Pop Group reunites after 30 years for September concerts in the U.K., Italy

The Pop Group reunites after 30 years for September concerts in the U.K., Italy

Short-lived British postpunk act The Pop Group — which somehow melded punk, dub, noise and funk — will reunite this September after nearly 30 years apart, with four concerts scheduled in the U.K. and Italy and a new album reportedly in the works.