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| | Beautiful South: Radio One Foot in the Grave |
 | | The view is of two white panels, the cropped head of Goodier bobbing around and a makeshift stage ready to bear the weight of some of the week's hotter chart properties: CJ Lewis, Freak Power, locals PJ And Duncan and trusty stalwarts: The Beautiful South. |
 | | Such mid-term blues ignore the fact that the band have just had a highly successful year, a gold album, four hit singles and a sell-out tour, topped off by news of an REM support slot at one of next summer's gigs, and the release of their genuine, no short-changing, greatest-hits package. |
 | | Fffrrommmmmm Newcastle..." Mark Goodier's introduction for the 1FM Roadshow drifts across the city's Town Moor from a large, blue tent and is instantly smothered by wild screams. |
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