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Although I have a soft spot for “I’m Still Standing” as it reminds me of a holiday in Cornwall in 1983… I was 8 and I reckon that’s allowed… Anyroad, apparently he played a gig in Taunton’s cricket ground<\/a> last week. This is huge for Taunton and the Gazette’s going all out on an 8 page special edition souvenir spread. The only decent concert I’ve ever attended in Taunton (for all I know the only concert Taunton’s had since the Beatles played there in sixty something) was the Senseless Things in the Blackbrook Sports Center. Maybe this will herald the way for big-name gigs in Somerset. Which would give the kids something to do rather than<\/strike> while getting wasted on alcopops and planning how to leave the town…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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