Complicated Shadows (64 page)
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Authors: Graham Thomson
Bono
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‘Boogie Oogie Oogie’ (Taste Of Honey)
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Booker T and the MGs
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Boomtown Rats
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Born to Run
(Springsteen)
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Boston, Mass.
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Boston Globe
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Boston Phoenix
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Bournemouth
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Bowie, David
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Boxcar Willie
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Boxes, The
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‘Boys From The County Hell’
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Brahms, Johannes
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Bramlett, Bonnie
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Breakfast Time
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Bremner, Billy
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‘Bridge I Burned, The’
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‘Bright Blue Times’
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Brighton, Grand Hotel at
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‘Brilliant Disguise’ (Springsteen)
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‘Brilliant Mistake’
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‘Bring It On Home To Me’ (Cooke)
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Brinsley Schwarz
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Britten, Benjamin
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Brixton, Rock Against Racism concert
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Brixton Academy
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Brodsky, Rudolf
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Brodsky Quartet
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‘Broken Bicycles’ (Waits)
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Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra
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Brookside
(Channel Four)
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Brown, Charles
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Brown, Clifford
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Brown, Des
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Brown, James
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Brown, Ray
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Browning, Boo
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Brutal Youth
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Bubbles, Barney
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Buell, Bebe
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Buffalo Springfield
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Bullock Smithy Folk Group
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Burgess, Marianne
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Burgoyne, Mary Martina
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Burgoyne, Patrick Victor ‘Vic’
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Burke, Brian
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Burke, Solomon
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Burnett, John Henry (‘T-Bone’)
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‘Burnt Sugar Is So Bitter’
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Burton, James
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‘Busy Bodies’
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‘Button My Lip’
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Buxton, Derbyshire
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By Eleven (management company)
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Bye, Antony
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Byrd, William
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Cahn, Sammy
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Callahan, Paddy
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‘Can I Have My Money Back?’ (Rafferty)
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‘Can She Excuse Me Wrongs?’ (Dowland)
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Canada
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Canning, Tom
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Cap de Ferrat
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‘Captains And The Kings, The’ (Chevron/Costello)
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Caravan
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Cardiff
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Career Review, A
(BBC TV)
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Carmichael, Hoagy
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‘Caroline’ (Wyatt)
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Carr, James
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Carr, Roy
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Carrack, Paul
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Carter, Carlene
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Caruso, Enrico
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Case For Song, A
(Costello provisional album title/BBC TV video)
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Cassidy, Paul
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CBS (Columbia Broadcasting
System)
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CD Review
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Chamberlain, Matt
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Chance, Michael
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‘Change Is Gonna Come, A’ (Cooke)
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Channel Four TV (UK)
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Channel Islands
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Chaplin, Charlie
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Charles, Prince of Wales
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Charles, Ray
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Cheech & Chong
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Chelmsford Festival
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‘Chemistry Class’
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Chess Records
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Chevron, Philip
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Chic
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Chicago Tribune
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Chilli Willi
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Chuck Meets Bo
(Berry/Diddley)
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Ciambotti, John
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Clarke, John Cooper
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Clarkston, Michigan
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Cleese, John
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Cline, Patsy
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Clover
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‘Clowntime Is Over’
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‘Clubland’
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‘Coal Train Robberies’
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Cockney Rebel
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Cold Mountain
(Antony Mingella film)
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‘Colour Of The Blues’
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Colson, Glen
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Columbia Records
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end of relationship with
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Columbus
‘Come Away, Death’ (Shakespeare/Costello)
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Come Fly With Me
(Sinatra)
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Commander Cody
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Common Ground
(Lunny album)
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‘Complicated Shadows’
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Composer’s Ensemble
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Concord Pavillion
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Confederates, The
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‘Congratulations’ (Simon)
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Connolly, Billy
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Conservatives in UK
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Cook, Richard
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Cooper, Alice
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Copeland, Miles
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‘Corpus Christi Carol’ (Britten)
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Corrs, The
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Costello, Elvis
see also
The Attractions; MacManus, Declan Patrick
‘accidental Englishman’
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acting ability
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affair with Bebe
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America, fascinating enigma
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America, first solo tour
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anti-establishment jibes
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appearance change, dramatic
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arrested for impertinence
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band formation (and bedding in)
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band mode, return to
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band virtuosity (without extravagance)
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‘Barking Cabbage,’ The
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Bebe, break up from
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Bebe, spotted by Mary with
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birth (at twenty-two)
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caustic notices in America
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classical music, attraction of
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classical music, immersion in
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‘Clocking Across America’ tour
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collaborations
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commercial rock, limitations of
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creative impasse
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criticism, reaction to
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death threats against
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Declan MacManus, legal swap back to
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devourer of biographies
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difference from Declan MacManus
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disillusionment and personal low
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diversification to left-field
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divorce from Mary
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drunken talk in Columbus
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emotional cat-and-mouse game (Mary or Bebe)
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epicurean tastes
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European tour
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exploring outer regions of fascinations
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family responsibilities taken seriously
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freedom from touring
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hedonism at a price
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Jake’s last stand with
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legacy of
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‘little black book’ of
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live debut
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Live Stiffs Tour
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‘Lonely World’ tour
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‘Male Artist of the Year 1989,’
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marathon in New York (April Fool’s Day)
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marketing job on
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marriage to Diana
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master (and maniac) of words
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mind-numbing schedules (constant touring)
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misogyny charges
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musical obsessions, changes in
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mystique of early days
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outsider and anti-Elvis feeling
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parting from The Attractions
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populist promotion
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press antagonism
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Pyrrhic victory
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reconciliation attempt with Mary
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reference frame, immensity of
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restlessness
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seduction by rock ‘n’ roll excess
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self-sabotage for artistic integrity
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separation from Cait
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‘spiritual wedding’ to Cait
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studio industriousness
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stymied in Nashville
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thoughts of quitting
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tiring of traditional rock
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United States, first tour
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US, touring in
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vegetarian
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video promos
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‘Wake Up Canada’ tour
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wardrobe, Al Capone chic
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wardrobe accident
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wider musical horizons
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‘wound up’
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writing music, complicated process
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