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Return of the bloomtown rats

Don’t go, they said. but they didn’t follow their own advice. Now, after much professional and personal upheaval, the Hothouse Flowers are back, once more in love with the idea of “ringin’ the bell”.

Peter Murphy, 20 Feb 2004

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