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- 1077TheEnd.com
- KNDD-FM Public File
- ↑ Macdonald, Patrick EndFest 17 is off, but "Unplugged" is on The Seattle Times
- ↑ http://www.angelfire.com/freak2/blueflame/playbill.jpg [ bare URL image file ]
- ↑ "Blink 182 Reunites for Seattle's 'Endfest 18'".
- ↑ EndFest 17 is off, but "Unplugged" is on, Seattle Times Newspaper
- ↑ "Endfest 16 a blast from the past". 24 September 2007.
- ↑ "Home".
- ↑ "Endfest 14 at White River Amphitheatre () on 4 Jun 2005".
- ↑ "1077 the End's EndFest 13!". Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2011-03-09.
