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British band
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Pino Palladino
Welsh bassist
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Andy Fairweather Low
Welsh singer, guitarist and songwriter
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Midge Ure
Scottish guitarist, singer, keyboard player, and songwriter
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Queen
British rock band (1970-)
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Depeche Mode
English band
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Westlife
Irish boy band
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Wings
British–American rock band led by Paul McCartney
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Travis
Scottish band
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Madness
English ska band
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Adam Ant
English musician
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John Mayer Trio
American blues rock band
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The Cure
English rock band
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George Michael
English singer-songwriter, musician, producer
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Status Quo
rock band from England
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Simple Minds
Scottish rock band formed in 1977
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Ocean Colour Scene
English Britpop band
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Free
English rock band formed in London in 1968
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Wham!
English pop duo
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The Who
English rock band
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The Vaccines
British rock band
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Ian Paice
British rock drummer, songwriter
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Paul Weller
English recording artist; singer-songwriter, musician
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Bad Company
English rock supergroup
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Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
American pop/rock band
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Tears for Fears
English pop/rock band
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Sting
English musician
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A-ha
Norwegian pop band
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Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
English rock band
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Shakin' Stevens
Welsh rock and roll singer and songwriter
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Liam Gallagher
English singer and songwriter
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The Police
English rock band
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Keane
English alternative rock band
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Howard Jones
English musician, singer and songwriter
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Eric Burdon
English singer-songwriter
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Crowded House
pop rock band from New Zealand/Australia
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Neil Young
Canadian-American guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Mott the Hoople
British rock band
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Lindisfarne
British folk rock and progressive rock band
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Duran Duran
English New Wave band
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Glen Matlock
English musician
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A1
English-Norwegian pop group
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Paul McCartney
English singer-songwriter, bassist of The Beatles
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Motörhead
English rock band
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Bryan Adams
Canadian guitarist
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The Sweet
British glam-rock band
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Starsailor
English band
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Meat Loaf
American singer and actor
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Huey Lewis and the News
American pop rock band
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Level 42
English jazz-funk band
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The Damned
British rock band
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Turin Brakes
English band
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The Feeling
English band
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The Corrs
Irish musical group
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Joe Walsh
American musician, songwriter, record producer, and actor
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Take That
British five-piece vocal pop group
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Dire Straits
British rock band
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Kaiser Chiefs
English indie rock band
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Thompson Twins
British band
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Thin Lizzy
Irish rock band
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Ultravox
British new wave band
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
American rock band
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Holly Johnson
British artist, musician and writer
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Zucchero Fornaciari
Italian singer and songwriter
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The Specials
British 2-Tone ska band
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One Direction
English-Irish boy band
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Niall Horan
Irish singer and songwriter
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Coldplay
British band
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Simon Phillips
English drummer (born 1957)
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James
British rock band
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First Aid Kit
Swedish musical duo
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The Killers
American rock band
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The Zombies
English rock band
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The Undertones
Northern Irish band
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U2
Irish rock band
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The Cult
British rock band
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Robbie Williams
British singer and entertainer
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Dermot Kennedy
Irish singer-songwriter and musician
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Foster the People
American rock band
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The Airborne Toxic Event
American rock band from Los Angeles, California
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Stereophonics
Welsh rock band
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The Jam
English rock band
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REO Speedwagon
American musical group; rock band from Champaign, Illinois
