Gentle Giant play Semi-Reunion Gig-Sussex,UK!
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Topic: Gentle Giant play Semi-Reunion Gig-Sussex,UK!
Posted By: The Hemulen
Subject: Gentle Giant play Semi-Reunion Gig-Sussex,UK!
Date Posted: March 18 2009 at 06:46
Gary Green, Malcom Mortimore and Kerry Minnear, in the same room, playing Gentle Giant songs.   etc.I've just ordered my tickets. Anyone else coming? http://www.ropetacklecentre.co.uk/products/Three_Friends_Thursday_16th_April/11854 - http://www.ropetacklecentre.co.uk/products/Three_Friends_Thursday_16th_April/11854 |
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Posted By: Alucard
Date Posted: March 18 2009 at 07:06
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Oh boy, this is sooooo tempting......
BTW easy to get to Shoreham BY Sea ? I suppose it's cheaper to get a B&B in SBS then London.
------------- Tadpoles keep screaming in my ear "Hey there! Rotter's Club! Explain the meaning of this song and share it" |
Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: March 18 2009 at 09:09
It'll definitely be cheaper to get a B&B there than in London. And probably a lot nicer too, as it's an old seaside town. A quick timetable search suggests it takes about an hour to get there by train from London. I'd say go for it! |
Alucard wrote:Posted By: Alucard
Date Posted: March 18 2009 at 11:15
Gosh, I so love too, I saw them the last time back again in 1976.....thursday will be a bit complicated so..
I let you know anyway!
------------- Tadpoles keep screaming in my ear "Hey there! Rotter's Club! Explain the meaning of this song and share it" |
Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: March 18 2009 at 11:41
Hell, at least you've seen them before. GG had disbanded before I was even born, hence me being super-excited about this gig. It might be my only chance to ever see anything even approximating Gentle Giant live - a chance I thought I'd never get anyway! |
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: March 18 2009 at 12:20
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Hope they tape it and make a CD.
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Posted By: threefates
Date Posted: March 18 2009 at 13:22
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I'd love to see this too! You know, Gary goes to Nearfest every year... maybe he can convince them to do this at Nearfest next year. ------------- THIS IS ELP 
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Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: March 18 2009 at 17:00
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It may well be a possibility. Here's what Malcom Mortimore said of the project (apparently posted on ProgressiveEars): To all our friends, After all the interest and encouraging comments from those attending the Rentle Giant gig and also those commenting on the YouTube snippets there has been further developments ....... Gary, myself and the boy's have been joined by Kerry, with the addition of the singer Mike Wilson. Rentle Giant is now "Three Friends", a name chosen so as to not offend the legacy of Gentle Giant but hopefully to add to it by playing faithful interpretations of Gentle Giant's music. We also hope that new music will be created as a result of this group. Our first gig as "Three Friends" is 16th April 2009 at The Ropetackle Arts Centre, Shoreham on Sea, England, UK. With more to follow. (details going up on Ropetackle site soon) Love and best Malcolm |
Posted By: debrewguy
Date Posted: March 18 2009 at 20:27
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Well, if I can learn how to swim, train myself to be able to cross the Atlantic, maybe. But then, the Montreal Canadiens are scheduled to play & likely lose a game that night, eh /// ------------- "Here I am talking to some of the smartest people in the world and I didn't even notice,” Lieutenant Columbo, episode The Bye-Bye Sky-High I.Q. Murder Case. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: March 18 2009 at 20:46
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Oy!
Me wants to see.
When your at the gig TP, tell them to play in America, preferably New Jersey or New York City.  ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: March 19 2009 at 07:18
 Me hopes so too. Would love to see them. Wonder if they'll come to Continental Europe anytime. ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: March 19 2009 at 12:46
My thoughts exactly. -------------  <font color=white>butts, lol[/COLOR] |
Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: March 19 2009 at 12:56
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I shall endeavour to pass on your requests! I must say I'm surprised by the lack of interest from the Brits on this forum. Am I really going to be the only member of PA at this gig? |
Posted By: debrewguy
Date Posted: March 19 2009 at 13:02
I've got room in the basement for a sleepover if they want to play Moncton. And an above ground pool to relax in after the gig ... And if I have enough notice, a few dozen bottles of fine home made wine ... and or gassy beer ... ------------- "Here I am talking to some of the smartest people in the world and I didn't even notice,” Lieutenant Columbo, episode The Bye-Bye Sky-High I.Q. Murder Case. |
Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: March 19 2009 at 13:12
| If I have money to spare (getting paid tomorrow) I will try to get to see this awesome show. But alas being a poor youth I cannot guarantee I can keep the money I earn. |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: March 19 2009 at 14:09
| Wonderful news! I hope they do some shows on the continent as well. I'm not a fan enough to go to England to see them, but if they come to the Netherlands, Belgium or the north of France... |
Posted By: mrgd
Date Posted: March 19 2009 at 21:45
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I am coming all the way up to London over Easter [ yes, that's right from here downunder ] but will have ventured off to Italy by then . What a BUMMER !
Only prog I can find in London over this period is a GAZPACHO concert at Islington. Does anybody know of anything else ? My wife and I will be there from 7 to 11/4. I'm afraid Tina Turner does nothing for me even at our respetive ages ! ! Not that she ever did . ------------- Looking still the same after all these years... mrgd |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: March 20 2009 at 04:33
| BTW, Rentle Giant... sounds a bit like The Rutles |
Posted By: Man Erg
Date Posted: March 20 2009 at 04:47
Perhaps older members of PAs could form a GG tribute band and call it PArentle Giant...Maybe not.  ------------- 
Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb. |
Posted By: RaphaelT
Date Posted: March 20 2009 at 05:42
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Gentle Giant - one of the few classic bands that are impossible to make a tribute band for them ------------- yet you still have time! |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: March 20 2009 at 10:03
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I'd love to go, but SBS is about 160 miles from my hometown, so a 320 mile round trip on a Thursday (aka work) night; I know I should go but, my age & lethargy says otherwise... ------------- 
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: counterpoint
Date Posted: March 20 2009 at 12:33
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I would love to go, but I am in the USA. If they make it within 250 miles of my home, I will go.
There are few things I love more than the music of Gentle Giant.
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Posted By: threefates
Date Posted: March 20 2009 at 13:19
So true. I'm wondering what they'll sound like without any Shulman's involved. ------------- THIS IS ELP
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Posted By: counterpoint
Date Posted: March 20 2009 at 14:19
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Before Three Friends came into being, there Rentle Giant, which did a single gig last October. It was a five man band (Three Friends will add Minnear and the vocalist) and several videos are on You Tube. The quality of the perfomances on You Tube is quite good. And they played some songs that I do recollect Gentle Giant playing live (e.g., His Last Voyage).I believe it will be a very good band.
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Posted By: UncleFudge
Date Posted: March 24 2009 at 05:21
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As GG were my favourite band of the '70s, this does my old heart good to see. If I were still in the UK, with 5 less children and the bank balance of when I was footloose and fancy free, I'd do all that I could to be there. Shoreham-by-Sea seems a little low-key, but perhaps suits a first time out. I expect it is near where one/all live? Not a Shulman brother in sight but I think that very unlikely ever, so Three Friends is pretty good (hopefully excellent). I read somewhere a while back that Kerry Minear was giving piano lessons to kids in Birmingham (West Midlands), which made me kind of sad, but I guess the reality of life after a modicum of success 30+ years ago. The recorded evidence of his and Gary Green's talent is better than a thousand words I could write, so I wish them luck, await reports and hope the project moves into the future as Malcolm suggested. ------------- There's an angel standing in the sun... |
Posted By: thz lzzz
Date Posted: March 25 2009 at 05:14
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they will do more uk gigs surely?! travelling hundreds of miles on a thursday to somewhere that, despite sounding lovely and quaint, i have never heard of is awkward. i would make that journey for GG in any form but i have an event to put on the next day. grrrrr
i am going to have to wait for the, surely inevitable, northern dates.
TOUR!
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Posted By: RaphaelT
Date Posted: March 25 2009 at 13:08
Not that I claim Three Friends a mere tribute band - I just think that it would almost impossible to make an imitation of the old Gentle Giant, switching instruments in course of single song, turning from rock band to a medieval band to a jazz group - but I'd likely see someone trying to do shows in the vein of the Gentle Giant gigs. That really is a challenge
Their versatility on instruments made Emerson Lake & Palmer look humble, a bunch of poor show-offs  ------------- yet you still have time! |
Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: March 25 2009 at 13:09
| Nice to see them playing. Too bad it's not a full reunion. |
Posted By: Hamfari
Date Posted: March 25 2009 at 19:05
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They´re also playing in Gothenburg Sweden
http://www.ticnet.se/html/artist.htmI?l=SE&artist=Three%20Friends - http://www.ticnet.se/html/artist.htmI?l=SE&artist=Three%20Friends ------------- Nobody needs to go anywhere else. We are all, if we only knew it, already there. |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: March 29 2009 at 12:49
every band should at least tape all their shows, unless they play their songs by the numbers ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm 
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Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: March 30 2009 at 09:58
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Well, sadly it looks like I'm just not going to be able to attend this gig due to everything else in my life getting massively in the way. If anyone would like to get their hands on a pair of tickets for twenty quid or so (they cost me £25 including booking fee) then e-mail me asap ([email protected]) and we can arrange something. Thanks. *sniff sniff*  Apologies to the admin if this is the wrong place to post this sort of message. |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: March 30 2009 at 10:12
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Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: March 30 2009 at 12:32
I wish that I could help you out but the plane ticket alone makes it restrictive on my part. |
Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: March 30 2009 at 14:14
No worries. I'm hoping someone in the UK will be willing to take me up on this offer. I just don't want to see good tickets go to waste. |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: April 04 2009 at 08:14
I really want to experience this. I'll see what I can manage to do! ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: davecigs
Date Posted: April 15 2009 at 06:18
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I have always wanted to see, as close to as I could get, Gentle Giant play live so when this gig was announced I bought my ticket instantly, even though it meant travelling from Liverpool on a school night. Anyway I learned last night that a job has come up for the rest of the week and I simply cannot go and I am devastated. I was really looking forward to the whole event but, in these current troubled days, I cannot refuse the work. So, to get to the point, I have a ticket for tomorrow's Three Friends show that some lucky blighter can have for free, just give me a shout. If you are too far from Liverpool to pick it up I will see if something can be left at the venue to enable you to gain admittance. Please contact me if interested, as I say you can have the ticket for nowt, I just don't want it to go to waste! |
Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: April 15 2009 at 07:47
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Sadness, sir! I hope someone's able to take you up on that offer.
I should probably also point out that I've somehow managed to squeeze this gig back into my schedule, so my previous (far less generous) offer no longer stands. Also, if anyone reading this will be there tomorrow night and fancies a quick chinwag with me then I'll be the mad-looking bloke in the bowler hat.
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Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: April 15 2009 at 12:19
Thanks for the invite but I will be seeing the Adrian Belew power trio tomorrow night in St.Louis. Enjoy the GG show. |
Posted By: davecigs
Date Posted: April 15 2009 at 12:49
Me too, but as of yet no takers! I am absolute gutted not to be going to be honest, consoling myself with the fact that I am going to see Diagonal in Liverpool on Friday night :) |
Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: April 15 2009 at 16:25
Ooh. I'd not heard of this band until I read your post just now. I'm currently listening to their myspace page and am more than a little impressed. I shall have to try and see them live myself, when the opportunity arises! |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: April 16 2009 at 03:03
Big jealousy - just got their debut album - you're only a newbie, but I hate you already 
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Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: davecigs
Date Posted: April 16 2009 at 06:22
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I'm sure the opportunity will arise Jim! After Diagonal the next band on my list to see is 'Godsticks' marvellous, marvellous, marvellous stuff!!! BTW I like the pic in your sig Jim, sheds in snow! |
Posted By: kineto_zetetics
Date Posted: April 17 2009 at 03:46
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The 3 Friends gig (last night) was the best prog gig I have seen for 17 years and I've seen all the greats since 71. Totally amazing.
Dave Gooding
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Posted By: BAD ALCHEMY
Date Posted: April 17 2009 at 06:11
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I second that Dave!! what a wonderful & amazing band,Gary & Malcom& kerry have put together.the set list was perfect, highlight's for me were 'The House The Street The Room',Three Friends , Prologue & Giant, well pretty much all of it.! I So good it should or deserve to be going out under 'Gentle Giant'!
I would love to see them at The royal festival hall & record a new album with this line up
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Posted By: counterpoint
Date Posted: April 17 2009 at 07:04
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I am glad to hear it was a great show! Was it a full house? An enthusiastic crowd?
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Posted By: neilkeys
Date Posted: April 17 2009 at 07:33
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What can i say,waited 28 years for something like this and i certainely wasnt disappointed,spoke to gary before the show and he said he wanted to offer the fans something different by playing classic tracks that had never been played live before,it was an unbelievable setlist with mister class/three friends,advent of panurge,pentagruels nativity etc stunning. they had so much enthusiasm and energy and the material sound totally fresh and vibrant,i didnt expect neal morse lookalike singer to fill the shulmans shoes but he was excellent like dave said,one of the all time great gigs lets hope for more and a new cd Neil |
Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: April 17 2009 at 12:41
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It was awesome. I never thought I'd get the chance to hear ANYONE play those tunes live, let alone any actual members of the original band! Hearing Gary Green and Kerry Minnear playing live was... well, quite literally a dream come true. Malcolm Mortimore did a superb job of drumming on all the material recorded after he'd left GG – he made a very interesting comparison to John Weathers' style. The additional musicians were also fantastic – especially the bassist, who was the only member of the group that didn't seem to make a single slip-up all evening... at least, not that I noticed anyway! The biggest surprise of the evening was probably Kerry Minnear performing “Think of Me With Kindness” - I'd eversoslightly half-hoped he might sing a bit live but I didn't expect that at all! Fingers crossed, this is just the beginning, eh? The set-list, for those who care about that sort of thing: Prologue Playing the Game The Advent of Panurge Pantagruel's Nativity Just the Same Think of Me With Kindness The House, The Street, The Room The Boys in the Band His Last Voyage In a Glass House Mister Class and Quality/Three Friends Free Hand Giant Peel the Paint By the way, for those of you who missed this gig, I've noticed that some mp3s are already doing the rounds... |
Posted By: counterpoint
Date Posted: April 17 2009 at 13:24
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That's a great set list; some of my favorites that I could only wonder why they were never played live.
And most of Three Friends (4 of 6) was played. How appropriate!
I do hope this lasts. It would be nice if somewhere an official live recording were released.
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Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: April 17 2009 at 13:33
Agreed. One can but hope. As for why some of them weren't played live back in the day, I think that's largely down to the technological limitations of the time. Whilst they were able to do all kinds of things in the studio, they were always limited with what they could play live. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: April 17 2009 at 13:45
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Everytime I read that setlist I can't stop salivating. Especially since they played my all time favorite giant song...The boys in the band! Glad to see Peel The Paint in there as well, that guitar solo part must have been orgasmic to see live.
I'll add my name to the list of those that hope this continues. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: counterpoint
Date Posted: April 17 2009 at 14:21
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One thing GG did back in the 70s, was modify their arrangements somewhat in live versions to get around some of the difficulties. They did do a some of the challenging pieces live in some form (e.g., So Sincere, Knots, On Reflection).
One thing I am especially happy about was that Think of Me With Kindness was played. It was the first GG song I shared with my teenage son, who has grown to enjoy the work of the band.
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Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: April 17 2009 at 23:14
| Color me green with envy. I hope that they tour more. |
Posted By: phibes
Date Posted: April 19 2009 at 13:24
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Hi there!
Great to meet you at the B&B after the amazing Three Friends gig. Myself and Al left soon after you to get up to Liverpool for what I believe will be a monthly prog night at the monochrome club. Diagonal were amazing by the way! Impressed with Balloons and The Laze too at the same show. You mentioned that there are some downloads of the GG gig. Please let me know how to get them.
Paul
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Posted By: phibes
Date Posted: April 19 2009 at 15:11
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Hi mate
Paul here (Al's cousin). When are Godsticks playing. Just about recovered from all the travelling from Oswestry to Shoreham to Liverpool and back. Worth it though.
Amazing nights
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Posted By: Charlie
Date Posted: April 20 2009 at 18:26
| When you spoke to Gary green did he mention any more gigs in the U.K?? |
Posted By: Nalta Kaffe
Date Posted: April 27 2009 at 04:41
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I was very pleased when i heard that Three friends would play in my hometown Gothenburg, Sweden saturday 25th of april. It was the third concert ever for the band, and what a marvellous concert! Me and my two friends (yes, we were three) was totally in agreement: this was one of the best concerts that we ever had visited. It was obviuos that the material had aged well, it was played in a somewhat updated manner with no flutes, strings or trumpets, but it sounded very, very good. The singer Wilson var amazingly good and sang the material sometimes better than Derek Shulman did in the 1970´s.
I hope that this band will continue the tradition of Gentle Giant music in the 21st century. ------------- Kung Bore |
Posted By: rosenbach
Date Posted: April 27 2009 at 08:29
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I hope they keep touring and cross my fingers to see them live someday.
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: April 27 2009 at 10:51
| Any youtube videos out there? |
Posted By: Failcore
Date Posted: April 27 2009 at 11:18
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It would be awesome if they could release at least a Playing the Fool part 2. I liked the original, but they were definitely limited by Tech back then. However, if they decided to record a new studio album, I sure hope it's not just a rehash of their old work |
Posted By: Rune2000
Date Posted: April 27 2009 at 14:07
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Posted By: Charlie
Date Posted: April 27 2009 at 14:09
| So still no news of any more 'Three Friends' planned gigs ?? |
Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: April 27 2009 at 15:31
Yep. Just scroll down to the "video" section here: http://www.blazemonger.com/GG/Three_Friends_%28band%29 - http://www.blazemonger.com/GG/Three_Friends_(band)
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Posted By: Charlie
Date Posted: May 04 2009 at 03:47
Thanks for the tip but the website only shows the past gigs not future plans  . Hopefully there will be some good news soon.
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