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Paul Draper

@PaulDraper

4 years

5. Wide Open Space - I just couldn’t find anything to fit the melody line. So I was sat watching Match of the Day one night when John Motson screeched “He’s in a wide open space” and there it was. #Mansun #TimsTwitterListeningParty

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@PaulDraper

4 years

Anyone fancy seeing me and Rathbone playing the whole of the Six album live?

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@PaulDraper

4 years

Just spoke to @Tim_Burgess and we’ve decided we’re going to have two listening parties, one for Attack of The Grey Lantern and one for Six, hope that makes all fans happy, check Tim’s playback party schedule on his twitter page over the coming days! PD & @Tim_Burgess

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This week wed 6th & Thurs 7th at 9pm I’ll be hosting @Tim_Burgess listening parties for a Mansun Double header of Attack of the Grey Lantern and Six. Hope you can join me! PD.

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It’s been a beautiful honour tonight! Tweet where you are in the world, I love you all. Massive thanks to @Tim_Burgess who deserves an MBE at least for bringing so much joy and positivity. Love u all. Paul Draper. Goodnight.

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@PaulDraper

5 years

RIP Mark Hollis, massive influence, gone too soon, legacy is enormous. PD

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@PaulDraper

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Attack of the Grey Lantern - I came up with the grand idea of trying to write a story. I wanted to write about flaws in people’s characters and what life is like in a small town because that was all I knew. #Mansun #TimsTwitterListeningParty

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4 years

Look what I found! PD

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@PaulDraper

4 years

My dad Ted, 83, has begun Tai Chi as he’s on lockdown and not been out of his house or garden for 12 weeks. He’s only a beginner but very proud of him, keeping his joins supple at 83 on lockdown is no mean feat. Well done dad. #taichi #excercise #83yearsold ❤️ #stillgoingstrong

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@PaulDraper

5 years

Me and Mother Draper, 82, Christmas Day!! PD.

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3 years

Been watching @thebeatles Get Back film. The critics might think its boring but if you've ever been in a band, watching the best band there's ever been work out songs sitting very close together facing each other, eyeball to eyeball, is fascinating. PD. #thebeatles #getback

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Look how beautiful my mum is. She’s 82 years young, still drives and she lives life at the pace of a rocket. I’m very proud of her and hope im @like her in my 80s. Love you mum xxx

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6 years

Just a thought but I had such a great tour in USA, would fans be interested in me doing a small UK acoustic tour? Maybe visit a few new cities not been to for a while, small venue type of thing, do some solo & Mansun songs, maybe preview one or 2 from album 2? Thoughts? PD.

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@PaulDraper

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OMFG Andy Rathbones on here!! Is peace gonna break out. Your drumming on this record is the tour de force of the Britpop era.. Now there’s a turn up @for the books 2 Mansuns reunited!!! No animosity my side bro!!! Let’s make music again!! PD

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@PaulDraper

6 years

. @mansunband 's new label @kscopemusic announce Attack of the Grey Lantern: Deluxe Remastered Reissue Edition! Release: 8/6/2018. Preorder: … Via: digital; media book CD; 2xblack gatefold vinyl; ltd 2xpurple gatefold heavyweight vinyl+rarities Deluxe Book

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@PaulDraper

4 years

Attack of The Grey Lantern is 23 years old today, I’ll do a special performance of it for the 25th Anniversary I think. Happy birthday la! PD.

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@PaulDraper

2 years

My beloved dad passed away last night after a brave 18 month fight against lung cancer. I’m beyond distraught. I was able to be with my dad last night as he passed peacefully at the Countess of Chester Hospital.

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@PaulDraper

4 years

Well up for doing a listening party @Tim_Burgess get in touch mate! Paul x

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@PaulDraper

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. @Mansunband 's new label @kscopemusic announce SIX: Deluxe Edition! Deluxe remastered reissue is released 22nd March 2019. Preorder: Available on all digital platforms, media book CD, 2x gatefold heavyweight VINYL + Deluxe Book (3CD+DVD inc 5.1 mix).

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3. Taxloss - The lyrics are a dig at the money record companies were throwing at bands around that time so we threw the video budget off the concourse at Liverpool Street Station. #Mansun #TimsTwitterListeningParty

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@PaulDraper

4 years

I literally can’t believe they’ve named a new music venue and bar in Birmingham after one of my records, it’s like getting an MBE or a statue or something, in fact it’s better coz you can’t get beer from a statue. Feeling very honoured about this! PD.

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After 22 years of waiting for an official release, this year’s Record Store Day 18th April, the legendary lost Mansun album ‘The Dead Flowers Reject’, recorded at the same time as last years No.1 Vinyl Chart classic album ‘Six’ will be available as a Ltd Edition white only Vinyl.

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4 years

6. Stripper Vicar - this was part of my big idea of writing a debut album about weird people who live in a small town. It features my most obvious Prince influence on the album in the funk guitar under the middle 8, although we kept it low in the mix. #TimsTwitterListeningParty

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@PaulDraper

4 years

We ended with the strings at the star. Goodnight xx

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@PaulDraper

4 years

Coming soon...

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@PaulDraper

6 years

Message from Paul Draper.

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@PaulDraper

6 years

Nice to see Mark Radcliffe still playing Wide Open Space, It’s first play was on his Radio 1 evening show live in session and he came out to the live room and said what a massive track it could be...... @BBC6Music

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@BBC6MusicBot

6 years

Now Playing Mansun - Wide Open Space (Perfecto Mix Edit) @mansunband

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🔊 Happy birthday Six! Released 20 years ago today and hit the @officialcharts at #6 . 📽️Celebrate with this amazing tb - @mansunband performing album track Negative on @TFIFridayLIVE 1998 #itsmybirthday #mansun #livemusicrocks #AlternativeRock

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@PaulDraper

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5. Wide Open Space - having written this on my 12 string Martin acoustic, I had the music for months while I worked on the lyrics. #Mansun #TimsTwitterListeningParty

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@PaulDraper

4 years

This was proper different to Britpop, we got pilloried for it, but good music lasts.PD

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3 years

Cult Leader tactics is finished. PD.

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@PaulDraper

6 years

Aretha Franklin. Greatest female vocalist ever. R.I.P. Paul x

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@PaulDraper

5 years

COMPETITION TIME!! Win 2 Ltd Edition SIGNED Vinyls. Attack Of The Grey Lantern Purple Vinyl & Paul’s Solo Album Spooky Action on Clear Vinyl. To enter, simply Retweet this tweet and make sure you are on our mailing list at to win!

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@PaulDraper

4 years

3. Taxloss - this was the most complicated track on the album to record. It eventually came together like a big jigsaw puzzle. #Mansun #TimsTwitterListeningParty

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@PaulDraper

4 years

12. Legacy - I didn’t want any singles on the album and then I changed my mind with this. It was one of the last songs to be finished and lyrically it’s me wandering about in the future looking back at myself and thinking nobody cares when you’re gone. #TimsTwitterListeningParty

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@PaulDraper

4 years

11. Dark Mavis - this is another track where the village characters emerge. The name Dark Mavis refers to Mark Davies who was co-founder of Crash Studios in Liverpool where we rehearsed. Listen out for the Duncan Ferguson chant towards the end. #Mansun #TimsTwitterListeningParty

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@PaulDraper

7 years

Question - Do you think there would be any demand/fan interest if I played a gig where I played one of the Mansun albums in full? PD

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@PaulDraper

4 years

Not really thought about doing it before but anyllive had lots of fans requesting hand written lyrics to frame it as a gift or something? I’d only do it if it was meaningful and enough people wanted me to do it. Just DM me if your be interested in my doing this for you. PD.

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@PaulDraper

4 years

2. Mansun’s Only Love Song - I always vowed never to write a love song, yet here it is. This was the last song I wrote for the album and it was also the last one we recorded on a last minute trip to The Windings Studio near Wrexham. #Mansun #TimsTwitterListeningParty

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@PaulDraper

6 years

RIP Pete Shelly, huge influence on me. PD.

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@PaulDraper

4 years

8. She Makes My Nose Bleed - this was originally called ‘She Makes Me Bleed’ but it sounded too earnest so I added the ‘nose’ for a bit of humour and everybody thought it was a drugs reference !! #Mansun #TimsTwitterListeningParty

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@PaulDraper

6 years

Tomorrow Im going to the EMI archives to retrieve the multitrack tapes for the Six album. Keep an eye out on my Instagram page for pics of the trip, I'm at pauldraperofficial on instagram. PD.

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4 years

1. The Chad Who Loved Me - this was originally called Desperate Icon and we changed the title at the last minute. It was written in various stages with the strings getting added to the band at the mastering session. #Mansun #TimsTwitterListeningParty

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@PaulDraper

5 years

Released 22 years ago today. RT.

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@PaulDraper

6 years

Today is the 21st anniversary of Mansun's No.1 debut album Attack Of The Grey Lantern. On his upcoming UK & Ireland tour, Paul Draper will play a set of solo material before presenting AOTGL, live in full for the first time ever! Remaining tickets:

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No he’s not, he’s a right wing bigot who is causing massive division. We’ve been trying to rid Europe of his sort for decades Boris but you’ll kiss his ring for any form of power. The pair of you stink the stench of human ambition. Rock n roll for ugly people.

Boris Johnson

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6 years

It's vital that all MPs are able to air their views on Brexit. Whatever your position, I hope we can all agree that @Jacob_Rees_Mogg is a principled and dedicated MP who wants the best for our country.

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4 years

I’m officially opening ‘THE GREY LANTERN’ live music Venue in Birmingham on March 13th, named after Mansun’s seminal album ‘Attack of the Grey Lantern.” Doors open 8pm & I’ll be cutting the ribbon on stage just before the first band to officially play at 8.45pm. Feeling honoured.

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4 years

7. Disgusting - this would have been a great single, but the record company didn’t want to know. The lyrics are a nod to the small village concept and it’s inhabitants with their disgusting morals. #Mansun #TimsTwitterListeningParty

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@PaulDraper

5 years

Lots of approving stuff going on for the @mansunofficial ‘Six’ reissue series. A lot of fans have asked me if the reissue will be as good as the AOTGL one, well it certainly will be. Lots of care and preparation and work gone into this entire project. PD.

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@PaulDraper

4 years

We recorded the vocal on wide Open Space in 3 takes, nobody thought it was a hit but it did the business!

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@PaulDraper

5 years

Merry Christmas Mansunites. 2020 will be a big year with @mansunband Live albums being released and @PaulDraper solo album being released, as well as PD performing Six in full on his solo tour. Ho ho ho DM X

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@PaulDraper

4 years

Today was a trek round London visiting my record label discussing upcoming projects, I hope fans who’ve waited patiently for release info will be delighted at the release pipeline in addition to my 2nd solo LP. It’ll be an exciting year, now I need to catch the Bakerloo line. PD.

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@PaulDraper

6 years

Happy New Year. See you on the road in 2019 in France, Japan, China & UK. I hope you enjoy my upcoming second solo album due for release 2019. Thank you for all your support in 2018, it’s been amazing, you lot are the best, let’s make 2019 even better! PD.

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The folks, 81 & 80 years young. PD.

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@PaulDraper

6 years

The Blue Hour by @suedeHQ is a magnificent record. Listened to it in full today. A career best. PD.

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@PaulDraper

4 years

13. Being A Girl - this was a male insecurity song wrapped up with a bit of androgyny. The first two minutes are new wave followed by a loose jam. The single edit cut the jam and the promo video launched Danny Dyer’s career. #Mansun #TimsTwitterListeningParty

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4 years

Starting to talk about gigs again!! PD.

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10. Egg Shaped Fred - lyrically inspired by John Lennon - ‘I am the Eggman’. Chad did the intro riff on this and I played the rest. We re-recorded it when Andie joined and that is the version you can hear on the album. #Mansun #TimsTwitterListeningParty

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@PaulDraper

4 years

Getting excited for the listening party with @Tim_Burgess for the @mansunband Six album at 9pm, have you got your Doritos and Prosecco in for a mega night? PD

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13. Being A Girl - I like part two best because it has these amazing drum and guitar sounds. It’s Mansun at our best - not dead tight, but exciting. #Mansun #TimsTwitterListeningParty

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6 years

Today I've been to the EMI archive to retrieve the original mastertapes for @mansunband 's Six album. We'll be using the tapes to create elements of the album for a full live performance + remastering, reissuing on vinyl and mixing in 5.1 surroundsound stereo. PD.

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1. The Chad Who Loved Me - I really wanted this as a single, but nobody else was keen. #Mansun #TimsTwitterListeningParty

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6 years

It’s great to see Mary and Joseph depicted as a synth pop duo this festive season, good to see the Post Office on trend.

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@PaulDraper

6 years

Please take 10 secs of your time to vote for Spooky Action as Album Of The Year at the Progressive Music Awards. Your vote is much appreciated. PD.

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@PaulDraper

5 years

@mansunband 's SIX: Deluxe Edition! ⚡️The deluxe reissue of the classic cult album is OUT NOW! Stunningly remastered and available on all digital platforms; as a media book CD; Ltd Ed coloured vinyl and a lavish 4 disc Deluxe Book.

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@PaulDraper

4 years

We have a winner for @Tim_Burgess listening party! It’s ‘Attack Of The Grey Lantern’ keep an eye out on twitter as Tim will be announcing the time and date the listening party will commence! PD.

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@PaulDraper

6 years

Done over 10,000 tickets for the solo dates now, unbelieveable....

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4 years

1. Six - the lyrics are about Number Six from ‘The Prisoner‘ and the how themes from the show run thru life in general. Playing the game, toeing the line, working within parameters and compromising yourself to move forward. #Mansun #TimsTwitterListeningParty

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@PaulDraper

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10, 9, 8, 7, SIX, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 and play.. #Mansun #TimsTwitterListeningParty

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4. You Who Do You Hate - I had this floating around since my days at art college so it’s one of the earliest songs I wrote for the album. I went about recording it like my hero, Prince and hey presto it was done in a few hours. #Mansun #TimsTwitterListeningParty

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5 years

Working hard at the studio. PD.

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@PaulDraper

4 years

Me now........

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4 years

Cancer - by far the best track we ever did as a band!!! Never played it live. Yet. Fancy having a crack Rathbone?

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@PaulDraper

4 years

Great stuff @Tim_Burgess lol!!!!

Tim Burgess

@Tim_Burgess

4 years

Here’s the audio where Hawksbee & Jacobs ( @tSHandJ ) tell John Motson about the @mansunband song and what @PaulDraper tweeted at the listening party. Thanks to everyone who gave us a shout about it #TimsTwitterListeningParty

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6 years

SHIT!!!

Trump lifts travel ban on Chad

The White House says Chad has improved the sharing of information about "suspected terrorists".

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5 years

RIP Keith Flint, proper star. PD #prodigy

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Absolutely loved Peter Tork as a kid. RIP. PD.

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12. An Open Letter to the Lyrical Trainspotter - I put a lot of thought and time into all the meaning of the songs so I threw this in to trip up the listener and question their meaning. Can you hear The Carpenters? #Mansun #TimsTwitterListeningParty

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. @Tim_Burgess #timstwitterlisteningparty Mansun Album Listening Parties: Hosted by @PaulDraper Wednesday May 6th 9pm Attack of the Grey Lantern Thursday May 7th 9pm Six @mansunband

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12. An Open Letter to the Lyrical Trainspotter - a song to leave a question mark over the lyrics of the album and their meaning. #Mansun #TimsTwitterListeningParty

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@PaulDraper

4 years

Love u all. PD.

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Paul Draper

@PaulDraper

3 years

Paul Draper's new album 'Cult Leader Tactics’ is available to pre-order NOW and is available on deluxe 4 disc book edition, LP, CD and digitally on 28th January 2022. Become a massive cult and pre-order/save now: #PaulDraper #CultLeaderTactics

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@PaulDraper

4 years

TODAY! - 9pm. Join Paul Draper for a LISTENING PARTY. SIX features on #TimsTwitterListeningParty hosted by @Tim_Burgess . Tell us your stories and Paul will share his; well not all of them, and ask questions galore! See you 9pm tonight! DMx

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@PaulDraper

6 years

Day 2 of going vegetarian. So far so good. PD.

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@PaulDraper

6 years

Second date announced, Tokyo, Japan! Tickets on sale now👇

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8. Cancer - I wanted to do a song that had 6 random sections with no choruses to see if it would work. Lyrically it’s based on the theme of religion and the damage it causes. #Mansun #TimsTwitterListeningParty

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5 years

Selfie

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5 years

日本でまた演奏出来る日が来るとは... 夢が叶って本当に嬉しいです!! 8日は大阪、9日、10日はまた東京へ戻って来ます!! チケットは残りわずかです。みなさんにお会いできるのを楽しみにしています!! - Paul

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4 years

Teenage me....

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3 years

. @RSDUK EXCLUSIVE VINYL RELEASE: SEVEN EP 'CLOSED FOR BUSINESS' @kscopemusic are releasing a 12” CLEAR VINYL of @mansunband 's Seven EP 'Closed For Business’ for #RSD21 . This will be a strictly LIMITED EDITION release available from record stores only from the 12th June 2021. DMx

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1. Six - ROLLING... that’s Mike Hunter, our engineer. This was the first track we recorded for the album. I wrote the lyrics for this on the US tour and came to the simple conclusion that life is just a series of compromises. #Mansun #TimsTwitterListeningParty

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日本に来る

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4 years

Sir @Tim_Burgess ??

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3 years

Only 1 more mix to finish on Cult Leader Tactics. Very excited about this album. PD.

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4 years

Due to self-isolation, deliveries of the lyric sheets + vinyls are taking a little longer than planned. The lyric sheets will be with you ASAP and the final 15 signed vinyls will be sent out this week! Thank you for your patience and understanding. DMx

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6. Fall Out - it’s named after the last episode of ‘The Prisoner’ but the original title was Dr Funkoffski which came from using a Boss Dr. Rhythm drum machine riff, Atari and Akai 5900 sampler to play over Tchaikovsky’s Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy. #TimsTwitterListeningParty

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RIP Charlie Watts. When @mansunband were recording Six at Olympic Studios in Barnes, London, Charlie was next door recording his Jazz band. He’s always been one of my favourite drummers and a top bloke, he will be sorely missed, a true legend and a gent.

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