Upon recovery, he. Ant Anstead has confirmed the decision to divorce was not his. [45], Ant headlined at the Scala again on 18 November,[46] joined by a trio of female backing singers. He gained popularity as the lead singer of new wave group Adam and the Ants and later as a solo artist, scoring 10 UK top ten hits from 1980 to 1983, including three UK No. To focus more on his music career, Goddard then dropped out of Hornsey after the completion of his BA. Furthermore, also find out more about the early life, career, net worth, relationships, and controversies of singers and musicians like Andie Case, Landon Pigg, Alejandro Aranda, Evan Dando, and Ian Anderson. When the auto-complete results are available, use the up and down arrows to review and Enter to select. In 2023, a US show was announced: Ant will be one of the headliners at the Cruel World Festival in Pasadena, California on May 20. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. THE OFFICIAL ADAM ANT WEBSITE Home News Features Biography Performance Guide Media & Interviews Film, TV & Theatre Discography Gallery Contact Contact Forum Merchandise TOUR DATES TWITTER NEWS FEED Tweets by @adamaofficial FACEBOOK Home [88][89] He performed the album in its entirety in an 18-date tour in North America before returning to the United Kingdom for 26 shows. They had no idea they could sell it out. Adam Ant is currently single and there are no rumors of him being in a relationship with anyone. [96], In addition to the above, seven London concert dates between October 2010 and January 2011 were promoted as the World Tour of London. In his 31 December 2010 interview for The Sun, Ant discussed the side effects of medication for his bipolar condition: "In the past I've been a robot. He said: 'Look, what do you want?' "It's pornographic, it's not radio-friendly," he warns. But Adam was prettier than most punks, and wrote catchier songs; in 1981, he became the first teen idol of that decade. The baseball player is married to Jenny Curry, his starsign is Virgo and he is now 41 years of age. Grammy-nominated pop icon Adam Ant, known for massive hits including "Goody Two Shoes", "Stand and Deliver," and "Wonderful," has sold more than 40,000,000 albums, crowned music charts worldwide and, globally, once had eight singles in the Top 40 in one week. I was very ill and that was part of the reason I left college. ), but in the way of former rock royalty he ignores the bemused looks. [44] He also performed some smaller guerilla gigs in Autumn 2010, which received no advance billing, including a solo show at the Dark Mills festival at London's Colour House Theatre on 4 September 2010, the launch party of the Illamasqua store on 16 September (at which Boy George served as DJ), and a guest spot at the Monster Raving Loony Party's annual conference in Fleet, Hampshire, on 25 September. After this came a band called The B-Sides. For his guest spot on Nicky Campbell's show this morning, he took along not America but a new tune called Big Trouble, slated to be the first single on his own record label once he finds a distributor. [55] The tour closed in Manchester on 5 June with a show at the city's Manchester Academy. Adam Ant is a spokesman for Mental Health issues, He suffers from Bi-Polar disorder and severe depression. [51] On 29 March 2011, BBC Radio 4 transmitted an interview of Ant by John Humphrys for the On the Ropes series in which Ant discussed his bipolar condition and its impact on his career. In 1982, he quit the group for a solo career, keeping only Marco Pirroni as a bandmember and co-songwriter. By then he was dressing as a pirate, and his native American and highwayman phases weren't far off. To promote this exhibition, Ant performed a solo charity concert at the gallery on 6 March[64] with the same two band members as the Ronnie Scotts concert from the previous December. www.adam-ant.com Merchandise: http://adamantmerch.com Instagram @adamantofficial Twitter @adamaofficial He snickers. THE OFFICIAL ADAM ANT WEBSITE Home News Features Biography Performance Guide Media & Interviews Film, TV & Theatre Discography Gallery Contact Contact Forum Merchandise TOUR DATES TWITTER NEWS FEED Tweets by @adamaofficial FACEBOOK It is with great regret that tonight's show in Glasgow and tomorrow'[.] Adam and the Ants had both style and substance. He gained popularity as the lead singer of post-punk group Adam And The Ants . There was a time when everyone under 30 would have recognised him, the most theatrical star of the camp early 1980s, but 20 years on he's essentially anonymous. It was the end of rock 'n' roll. "I got fucked by record labels. The singer was attracted to women only. "It's about time they paid homage to the greatest period of pop artistry ever. Adam Ant (born Stuart Leslie Goddard) began his music career in 1976 in London during the Punk movement where he fronted Adam and the Ants. Adams height of 5 feet 8 inches with bodyweight is unknown. He studied graphic design at Hornsey School Of Art in London, but dropped out to pursue music. Adam Ant pulled out the gun, a replica Second World War revolver, threatened to shoot them if they didn't back off, and then disappeared. "Hello, Mr. and Mrs. Ant," the grasshopper said. [4]:28 In the aftermath of this incident, Goddard was placed under the supervision of teacher Joanna Saloman, who encouraged him to develop his abilities in art and whom he later credited as the first person to show him he could be creative. In an interview during a set visit (via io9), Reed called Wright and Cornish's script the "spine" of the movie.The director explained that, like in the final film, Wright's version was a heist movie involving Hank Pym passing on his Ant-Man role to Scott Lang. Live at the Bloomsbury UK Release date: 2008. Marking the release of the book, Ant did a UK book signing, which went from London to Edinburgh. His first solo album was Friend or Foe (1982), from which the debut single "Goody Two Shoes" reached number one in the UK and Australia in 1982, and became his first top-20 hit in the United States. Adam Ant married his girlfriend Carrol Mills in 1975 and divorced her shortly after. He's also working on a book, "to be called, imaginatively enough, The Punk Diaries", based on the daily journal he kept from 1976-80. "[134], Ant has spoken candidly about his mental health issues and experiences with the effects of the illness. [93], The music on Vive Le Rock has been said to be a "50s-style rock & roll sound". Goddard then attended Barrow Hill Junior School where he was a member of the cricket team and he passed the eleven-plus exam. Explore. Ant regrouped with new members, including Marco Pirroni, to release his second album Kings of the Wild Frontier (1980). Filed under Uncategorized Tagged with Alexis Jacknow, Ants, Aunts, Damian Cecere, Geico, Marianne Muellerleile Stuart Leslie Goddard, better known as Adam Ant (born 3 November 1954), is an English singer, musician, and actor. [4]:5 He recalls: "There was no luxury, but there was always food on the table." Other - Spouse. 5 in the UK charts in October 1983. He previously dated actresses Amanda Donohoe between 1977 and 1981, Jamie Lee Curtis in 1983 and Heather Graham in the early 1990s. He was born in Marylebone, London, and was the only child of parents Leslie Alfred Goddard and Betty Kathleen Smith. Adam Ant Affairs First Affair with Amanda Donohoe She is an English film and television actress. Adam Ant. [citation needed]. His parents divorced when Adam was seven, and his mother supported him by working as a cleaner, and briefly employed by Paul McCartney. He resumed the US tour, completed on 18 May 1983 at the Bronco Bowl in Dallas, Texas. Adam Ant is not having an affair with anyone presently. Adam Ant was one of the biggest popstars at the turn of the 1980s. The band found success in the early 1980s, scoring. He scored 10 UK top 10 hits from 1980 to 1983, including three UK number one singles: 'Stand and Deliver', 'Prince Charming' and 'Goody Two Shoes'. Ant I chose because, if there's a nuclear explosion, the ants will survive". I didn't write a song or pick up a guitar in that time and piled on the weight. "Malcolm was a sort of mentor in my life", he said. At one point, with 15 hits in three years, he was so famous that fans (known as Antpeople after his slogan "Antmusic for sexpeople, sexmusic for Antpeople") besieged his houses in London and Hertfordshire. Adam Ant married his girlfriend Carrol Mills in 1975 and divorced her shortly after. They learned how to transplant a heart. [27] He severed ties with CBS in late 1986, following the release of the Hits audio/VHS compilation. A French anthropologist specializing in nomadic groups moves to Los Angeles with his wife, and starts following a group of sinister street punks who seem to live and move around in a black van. The band signed a major label deal with CBS Records and recorded Kings of the Wild Frontier during the summer of 1980. PERFORMER "Adam Ant" INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "13 - Adam Ant - Friend Or Foe.wav" WAVE TRACK 13 AUDIO TITLE "Friend Or Foe" PERFORMER "Adam Ant" ISRC GBBBN8200012 INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "14 - Adam Ant - Strip.wav" WAVE TRACK 14 AUDIO TITLE "Strip" PERFORMER "Adam Ant" ISRC GBBBN8300014 INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "15 - Adam Ant - Vive Le Rock.wav . [65] While this exhibition was on, Ant took his band on tour to Australia with an initial five date schedule spread over a two-week period from 23 March to 8 April, taking in Sydney, Perth, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane. 1,657 Adam Ant Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images CREATIVE EDITORIAL All Sports Entertainment News Archival Browse 1,657 adam ant stock photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. He takes a morose drag on his Lucky Strike. He led Adam and the Ants in the early 1980s. 1 singles. I literally couldn't move. Jack Bond's documentary on Ant, The Blueblack Hussar, covering his life and performances from late 2010 to mid 2011, was released on DVD in July 2014 by Sunrise Pictures. Marrying the Gunner's Daughter is a naval term for when a sailor . [30] These new songs with Pirroni were for Ant's own new label Blend Records. The couple later separated which pushed Ant into a mental crisis. Sources revealed that Adam Ant dated Amanda Donohoe between 1977 and 1981. His debut as a recording artist was the song "Deutscher Girls", which featured on the film's soundtrack, along with "Plastic Surgery" which was performed in the film itself. This page was last edited on 13 February 2023, at 12:46. Following the abrupt departure of Mooney in February 1981, bassist Gary Tibbs, formerly of Roxy Music, joined the band. I just became a vegetable for three months. That's not White Stripes as in the modish Detroit band, by the way, but the one Ant painted across his face to signal affinity with American Indians when he released 1981's Kings of the Wild Frontier, his 5m-selling breakthrough album. Since 2010, Adam Ant has continued to perform live and release music. ", It seems a sorry pass to have come to, a 47-year-old Ant reliving his glamorous youth on one of the increasingly popular 1980s tours, but he testily differs. [1] He has said that the idea of Adam Ant came to him after watching the Sex Pistols play their first gig in 1975: "After seeing the Pistols, I wanted to do something different, be someone else, but couldn't work out what and who". Ant subsequently performed the full album again with his regular band for four nights at the Islington Assembly Hall in November 2014 and a full UK tour in Spring 2015. They were well known for their new wave music and he also produced hits as a solo artist. "It's about time we had 80s nostalgia!" Ant talked to us about coming back to music, the new album, Muhammad Ali and becoming . In 1982, he disbanded his group for a solo career retaining only Marco Pirroni as a bandmember and co-songwriter for later solo albums. Adam Ant is currently single. They broke after four years of dating. This video is private Watch on Share this: Loading. [4]: 94 In 1977, together with drummer Paul Flanagan, they went on to form Adam and the Ants (initially named just "The Ants"), with the inaugural band meeting held in the audience at a Siouxsie and the Banshees performance at the Roxy Club in London's Covent Garden.[10]. [82] In an interview for Bizarre magazine published that month, Ant named the song co-written with Andy Bell as "Cool Zombie".[83]. He dated his ex-wives before marrying them. He hailed a taxi in nearby Hawley Street. Adam Ants has also returned to the stage doing music tours in the U.S, Australia, and the U.K. It had previously been at number 8 in the Midweeks. [41] Despite the decidedly DIY nature of the release, the album reached number 25 on the UK Albums Chart, only one place lower than its predecessor had managed when released on the corporate EMI label nearly eighteen years earlier. . He took an overdose of pills and, after having his stomach pumped, was sent to Colney Hatch psychiatric hospital in North London; he was diagnosed as having bipolar disorder and discharged after three months. A new version of Adam and the Ants was formed with Marco Pirroni (guitar), Kevin Mooney (bass guitar), and two drummers, Terry Lee Miall and Chris Hughes (ex-Dalek I Love You), who used the name "Merrick". On New Year's Eve 2012, Ant and his full band appeared on Jools Holland's Hootenanny New Year music show, performing new album track "Vince Taylor" as well as old hits "Stand And Deliver" and "Antmusic". This got off to an early start when Ant stepped in as replacement headliner at the Bearded Theory festival in Derby on 18 May 2012, when the Levellers had to pull out due to one of the band members being injured. Give yourself a break.' About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators . [48] Prior to the tour, Ant and his band appeared on NBC's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to promote the new album, performing a live version of the track "Vince Taylor". He also described the album as "very autobiographical, very personal. [63] A five-date warm-up UK mini tour for Ant and his band nonetheless went ahead for 1924 January 2012. Adam started again with new members, and found huge success with his second album Kings of the Wild Frontier in 1980. It annoys me that they always show them under the New Romantic label. 3 UK hit "Ant Rap". He jabs a fork into his Caesar salad. It's his first interview since the shock split. In 1976 he became seriously ill after overdosing on prescription pills. No wonder Campbell played only 15 seconds. Adam Ants played supporting roles in several movies and in 1989 he played his first lead in the movie Trust Me. Adam Ant is the Blueblack Hussar in Marrying the Gunner's Daughter UK Release date: 21st January 2013. Adam Ant. [101] Ant also appeared on American television shows, including The Equalizer,[102] Sledge Hammer!,[103] Tales from the Crypt[104] and Northern Exposure[105] in which he played a rock musician. [37], In September 2006, he published his autobiography, Stand & Deliver. [4]:244 The Fort Lauderdale show was Ant's last full-length concert until February 1993. It would be nice to think there's still a niche in pop for the Ant brand of eccentricity. Ant was back playing live two days later on 23 December, when he and Baillee guested onstage at the Christmas party of West Rocks at Shepherds Bar in Shepherd's Bush and played live again at Proud, Camden on 5 January 2011[47] and at Madame Jojo's in Soho on 17 January. In 1981, the band had surprising seven singles which included Stand and Deliver. This article is about the singer and musician. [135][136] In June 2003, it was reported that Ant had been arrested again on suspicion of criminal damage, before it was decided that he should be hospitalised for treatment. After six assorted dates around the UK in early July, Ant's next major show was a headline slot at the Silverstone Classic Festival on 21 July[72] followed the next day by an appearance at Rewind in Perth and then at Camp Bestival on 27 July 2012. The charges against him, which included criminal damage and threatening members of the public, were reduced to a single count of causing affray, to which he pleaded guilty. Ant toured the UK in 2016 and North America in early 2017, performing his Kings of the Wild Frontier album in its entirety. It was also described as being "one of Ant's best records and one of the best new wave albums". Adam and the Ants started as part of the burgeoning punk rock movement. 1 singles "Stand and Deliver" and the title track, "Prince Charming" as well as the No. He celebrated his 68th birthday in 2022. Adam Ant married Carol Mills in 1975, while they were still students at Hornsey College of Art. In 1982 he released his first solo album, Friend or Foe. Ant Anstead, the 41-year-old host of British car show "Wheeler Dealers," shared a black-and-white photo to Instagram on Saturday of himself and his wife, who gave birth a year ago to their . "After seeing the Pistols, I wanted to do something different, be someone else, but couldn't work out what and who," he said. Ant eventually returned to performing, performing as a guest on the NBC' show Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever, joined onstage by Diana Ross. A further album, Bravest of the Brave, was recorded in 2014[3] and is still awaiting release. He has also worked as an actor, appearing in many . [13], A few months after Adam and the Ants split, Ant launched his solo career and retained Pirroni as guitarist and co-songwriter. Also around this time, they recorded a cover version of the T. Rex song "Dandy in the Underworld". Adam Ant has been in relationships with Georgina Baillie (2010 - 2011), Jamie Lee Curtis (1983), Vanity (1983 - 1984), Carole Caplin (1982), Tessa Hewitt (1981 - 1982), Amanda Donohoe (1977 - 1981) and Kim Wilde. Sony Records issued a deluxe box set of the album linked to the UK leg of the tour, including a gold vinyl pressing of the album (as previously announced by Ant at the 100 Club gig in 2014). He heads a bill of some of the most extravagant haircuts of the era, including Howard Jones and Toyah, and it's likely to be a bittersweet experience as he revisits venues he once headlined in his own right. [9] He formed his own band, the B-Sides, with Lester Square and Andy Warren. But a few . "People over 30. He also dated Jamie Lee Curtis in 1983 and Heather Graham in the early 90s. "[77] In addition, Ant re-recorded a song in tribute to the late Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren, who died earlier that month, and who also once managed Adam & The Ants. He denies that "losing his fame" set it off, blaming instead the pressures of first-time fatherhood - daughter Lily will be four in March - and marital problems. Subsequently, for the second year running, Ant was scheduled to make appearances on the summer festival circuit, interspersed with various one-off dates around the UK. The situation drove me round the twist." He now lives alone in a small flat in Primrose Hill, north London. Ant later acted in Derek Jarman's seminal "punk" film Jubilee in 1977, as Adam and the Ants were beginning to gig around London with manager Jordan from the SEX Boutique on Kings Road.His debut as a recording artist was the song "Deutscher Girls", which featured on the film's soundtrack, along with "Plastic Surgery" which . [48][63] Later in the year, Ant's postponed US tour finally went ahead, commencing 13 September in Los Angeles and finishing on 20 October in nearby Anaheim. He shrugs. A free concert in Rome took place on 14 June and a second full length 40 plus show US tour got underway on 17 July in San Diego and ran to 21 September in Anaheim. She visited me every day.". The Sydney Morning Herald gave a reservedly positive review of the opening Sydney date on 23 March (which it rated three stars out of five), noting "In a set plus two encores (the first cheered for; the second not really but played anyway) comprising 30 songs, it was kind of the equivalent of throwing a lot of make-up at the mirror and seeing what stuck. 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The Righteous Brothers, 26 December 2022, 18:52 | Updated: 27 December 2022, 13:24. Adam Ant Was Married to Two Women In The Past As a Straight Man The simplest way to understand Adam's sexuality is to look at his sexual interests. Ant announced the Friend or Foe tour, which traveled North America and the United Kingdom from September to December 2019. Top 20 Adam Ant Songs - Cartrouble 15 Desperate But Not Serious (1982) Whereas Goody Two Shoes and Friend Or Foe hadn't been too removed from the classic Ants sound, third solo single Desperate But Not Serious owed more to the moody theatrics of Bauhaus or The Cure. This punk group band came into the limelight when they released their album, Kings of the Wild Frontier in 1980. Ludicrous it may seem from this remove, but at the time his penchant for fancy dress and constant reinvention was daring, as was the hypnotic African-inspired drumming, dubbed "Burundi beat", on his records. Education: Attended Hornsey School of Art, London. Browse Adam Ant tour dates and order tickets for upcoming events near you. The Adam and the Ants star - real. The duo continued to demo other songs around this time, including such titles as "Tough Blokes", "Justine", "Picasso Meets Gary Cooper" and "Call Me Sausage" (the last of which leaked out into bootleg circulation among fans). It doesn't seem politic to suggest that in 2002 an Adam Ant charity single might fall on deaf ears. [21] Ant formally unveiled his new four-piece band at the 1984 Montreux Pop Festival,[4]:234, In July 1985, Ant secured a spot at the Live Aid concert the first live performance of the "Ant/Marco/Wiczling/De Niro" band but was asked to cut his set to one song, for which he chose his new single, the Vive le Rock title track[22] Ant later claimed to regret playing the fundraiser, saying, "I was asked by Sir Bob to promote this concert. Also Adam Ant said he was the pirate and . I work very closely with my GP and any decisions I make are made with him". Adam Ant. [53], The Seaside Tour follow-up to the main UK tour and a warm-up to Ant's appearance at Hard Rock Calling 2011 in Hyde Park, London, on 26 June 2011,[56] third on the bill to Rod Stewart and Stevie Nicks before an audience of 45,000. "Rough Stuff" became the second single for the United States and Germany as "Can't Set Rules About Love" charted in the United Kingdom. Miscellaneous Adam and the Ants/Adam Ant. "She got three months' jail, but she turned up straight after she got out, this time with her brother, who was an LA gangbanger. So now I like vodka and champagne. Tracks like Cool Zombie, the first single from the album, Stay in the Game and the tribute to the old rocker Vince Taylor are just . In 1997, Ant married Lorraine Gibson but the marriage did not last long. The next Adam Ant concert is on May 20, 2023 at Brookside Park in Pasadena, California, United States. The bands performing are: Siouxsie Sioux / Iggy Pop / Billy Idol / Love And Rockets / Echo and the Bunneymen / Adam Ant / The Human League / Molchat Doma / Gary Numan / Boy Harsher / Modern English / Gang Of Four / Twin Tribes / ABC / Ela Minus / The Vapors / The Soft Moon / The Motels . During the intervals Ant talked about Sony records, how he rejected an alleged 2.6million O2 deal, and a new album collaboration with Chris McCormack. His two marriages have averaged 3.8 years each. Showing Editorial results for adam ant. Adam Ant has said that the idea of his stage persona and name came about after watching the Sex Pistols play their first gig in 1975. His smile is still dazzling. Late 1979 saw the release of their dbut album Dirk Wears White Sox (1979, Do It Records), with Matthew Ashman on guitar, Andy Warren on bass and Dave Barbarossa on drums. He has been in eight celebrity relationships averaging approximately 1.7 years each. Alexis Jacknow plays the wife, Damian Cecere is the husband, and Marianne Muellerleile is the slouching criticizer and friend requester. He is also an actor, having appeared in two dozen films or television episodes between 1985 and 1999. Adam Wainwright Facts & Wiki Where does Adam Wainwright live? [66] In mid February, Ant made a warm-up visit to Australia, including an appearance on the Adam Hills in Gordon Street Tonight show recorded on 13 February 2012 for transmission on 15 February[67] and promotional work in Melbourne and Sydney. A US tour began in New York on 8 November. [57] Ant later slotted in some more solo gigs, including the Soho Festival in London's Wardour Street on 11 July. Whilst in Hollywood, Ant dated a number of high profile actresses including Jamie Lee Curtis and Heather Graham. Scott Lang is a fictional character portrayed by Paul Rudd in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) media franchise, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name and known commonly by his alias, Ant-Man.He is depicted as a thief-turned-superhero after being granted access to Hank Pym's technology and training. Ant also played the first full band concert in continental Europe of his 2010s comeback on 24 June 2012 at the Parkpop festival in the Zuiderpark in the Hague, Netherlands, with his set broadcast on Dutch national TV. Knighthoods were made, Bono got it made, and it was a waste of f**king time. On top of starring in hit movies, Sandler produces them as well to a high degree of success, with Sandler forming his film production company, Happy Madison Productions, in 1999. I've been told I sold 110m albums and singles. [133], Ant, who does not own a television, enjoys reading, particularly historical novels. After approaching producer Malcolm McLaren to manage his band, McLaren instead took his backing band to form the group Bow Wow Wow. His shoe size is unknown. He is the son of Betty Kathleen, an embroiderer, and Alfred Leslie Goddard, a chauffeur, who served in the Royal Air Force. Wow what a crazy story Stuart Goddard aka Adam Ant and his wife loved living in Tennessee! Music - Singer. [citation needed] Ant also began to focus on an acting career, performing on stage and in film and television roles throughout the 1980s and 1990s. [31] He featured a song about Vanity of Vanity 6, the female vocal group associated with Prince, on the Strip album. 1 in the charts in Australia. [85] To promote the album, Ant performed a series of concerts around the British Isles during April and May (billed as a "Spring Tour") culminating in a gig at The Roundhouse on 11 May. That same day, Ant held a press conference and media preview gig at Under The Bridge in Chelsea at which he formally unveiled plans for an eleven date UK concert tour (as with the Paris concert, the first such event in 16 years) due to run from 16 May to 4 June 2011. He appeared in films and TV shows like The Equaliser and Northern Exposure, and used his Brit-abroad status to woo actress Heather Graham, whom he dated for several months in the early 1990s. In 1996, Ant and Pirroni recorded two new songs, "Lam" and "Inseminator", for the soundtrack to Ant's latest film Drop Dead Rock. I couldn't get to sleep and I didn't make love for seven years. Last January, a tabloid ran a sad story about one of the great pop icons of the 1980s. "What with having a new baby and watching my marriage dissolve and not knowing where I'd get the dough to enjoy time with the baby, I felt like I was going to snuff it. 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