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« MOUNTING THE TURLET | Main | WHO NEEDS THE NEW YORK TIMES... »

MANEATER

You know it's been a slow week when Entertainment Weekly's "Monitor" checks this as bullet-worthy, as listed under "Recovering":

Hall & Oates singer Daryl Hall, 55, has been diagnosed as with Lyme disease, forcing the duo to cancel shows on their current U.S. tour.

Finally, the reason we were all searching for in regards to their ommission at Live 8.

Posted on July 22, 2005 at 12:28 PM in Wookified Musings | Permalink

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