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Tim Burgess

@Tim_Burgess

2 months

Live dates for ya x x Tickets:

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Tim Burgess

@Tim_Burgess

3 years

I think we are owed an explanation @OliverDowden @RishiSunak @BorisJohnson

UK ‘rejected offer’ of visa-free tours by musicians in EU, despite blaming Brussels for permit blow

Exclusive: ‘Standard’ proposal to exempt performers for 90 days was proposed, but ‘the UK said no’

www.independent.co.uk

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Tim Burgess

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The entire scientific world: The Earth is getting dangerously hotter and threatens our very existence Dave936 on Twitter: I was 9 in 1976 and I remember it being hot. There��s nothing to worry about, have an ice cream

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Tim Burgess

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The estimated value of this hat (made from plundered jewels) is between £3billion and £5billion. Sell it and help everyone who is struggling to pay for food and heating. What a jubilee gift to the people that would be

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Tim Burgess

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5 years

A girl trying save the planet, is called a spoilt brat by a man who punched someone for getting his food wrong : /

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Tim Burgess

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2 years

The Bank of England reporting that Brexit is costing the UK £444 million a week. Let’s just let that sink in. Maybe summat for the side of one of your model buses @BorisJohnson

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Tim Burgess

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1 year

In 1994 @thecharlatans accountant stole £300k from us and had faked our taxes for 7 years. We ended up owing £1.9Million. We didn’t earn money from any of our gigs for the next 10 years. He went to prison. Now let’s see what happens to those PPE fraudsters who stole from us all

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Tim Burgess

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4 years

Debbie Harry’s isolated vocals from Heart of Glass

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Tim Burgess

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2 years

Never mind the legalities of someone buying £46m of (unfit for purpose) PPE from China then selling it to the NHS for £122m - the morality of doing it when the world was on its knees is reprehensible. Add in that it was done by a Tory peer and we are in uncharted waters of sleaze

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1 year

Carol Vorderman helping bring down the government wasn’t on my 2023 bingo card, but I’m very much here for it

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Tim Burgess

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4 years

Quick Survey: Please click ‘like’ on this tweet if you have joined in on one, or more, of our listening parties. Thanks Tim x

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Tim Burgess

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4 years

The entire story in 54 seconds. As told by Emily @maitlis

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Tim Burgess

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1 year

We have a government that doesn’t use public transport, they access private healthcare and their children are in private education. They claim expenses for everything from heating to furnishing and paying for a second home. They might as well live on a different planet to us

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Tim Burgess

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4 years

Remember when they told the bankers that they would have to look for a different job? Me neither

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Tim Burgess

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2 years

If. It. Keeps. On. Moving. It. Is. NOT. A. Price. Cap.

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Tim Burgess

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2 years

Royal Mail staff returned to work as a mark of respect while MPs are getting two weeks off when they are needed more than ever 🤷‍♂️

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Tim Burgess

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4 years

Whoever did this, we salute you ; )

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Tim Burgess

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2 years

In 2001 a guy tried to blow up a plane with a bomb in his shoe. Security changed the very next day for every flight around the world. There have been 27 school shootings in the U.S. so far in 2022 and nothing ever gets done.

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Tim Burgess

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3 years

If you can’t bring yourself to wear a mask while sitting next to 95 year old David Attenborough, how can you say that you actually care about other people? @BorisJohnson you really should be ashamed of yourself

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Tim Burgess

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1 year

British gas has tripled its profits to over £3bn - and they told us that energy prices were hiked because of the war in Ukraine. Ever get the feeling that we’re being mugged?

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Tim Burgess

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2 years

Rumour of a @BorisJohnson super injunction launched to stop this story. So please don’t read it or share it. Thank you.

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Tim Burgess

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3 years

I can now reveal I was part of a drug testing pilot scheme for much of the 1990s

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Tim Burgess

@Tim_Burgess

2 years

The Tory leadership contest is like a group of arsonists who burnt your house down, telling you how they’d redecorate it for you

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Tim Burgess

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2 years

Be quicker for Sue Gray to release the report on vinyl at this rate

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Tim Burgess

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1 year

Worth remembering that the real enemy travels by private jet, not by dinghy.

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Tim Burgess

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2 years

This is Manchester United 😉

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Tim Burgess

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2 years

Why the heck didn’t Paul McCartney consult Ken9365 on Twitter before deciding on his setlist for last night????

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Tim Burgess

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4 years

This was a day we’d been expecting for while but it makes it no easier to take. My Dad, my hero, left this world today. Some of you will have known him, most wouldn’t. He was the best. Allan Edward Burgess, thanks for everything Dad x x

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Tim Burgess

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1 year

A baroness, Michelle Mone was paid £29m via convoluted methods to avoid detection after supplying £200m of useless PPE via the fast track system brought in to help MP’s friends. She was only found out after tireless work by @david_conn . Imagine all the cases we don’t know about

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Tim Burgess

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3 years

Imagine what we’d say about another country that had 1,300 foodbanks but were considering building a Royal Yacht 🤷‍♂️

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Tim Burgess

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9 months

Sinead was the true embodiment of a punk spirit. She did not compromise and that made her life more of a struggle. Hoping that she has found peace x

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Tim Burgess

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2 years

He said he’d like to stay until 2030. Not sure he’s going to make it to 19:30

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Tim Burgess

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5 years

Hey @GlastoFest / @glastowatch / @twitter , Any chance we could find out who this guy is? We’d like to invite him to a gig where he can watch rather than work. We love him x x

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5 years

Even the security guards like a sing along ⁦ @thecharlatans ⁩ ⁦ @Tim_Burgess ⁩ ( posted with permission ) 💪❤️

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Tim Burgess

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1 year

Hey @Louis_Tomlinson - this is a seriously great album. You should be very proud mate! #FaithInTheFuture #TimsTwitterListeningParty

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Tim Burgess

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2 years

Don’t lump us in with that lot

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Tim Burgess

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1 year

Hey @sajidjavid , we already pay for The NHS - if it needs more money, maybe ask your tax dodging /avoiding colleagues to chuck some cash in

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Tim Burgess

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4 years

Here’s Lindsey Buckingham’s isolated vocal track from Go Your Own Way. You’re welcome ; )

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Tim Burgess

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2 years

Brilliant. We ❤️ @KirstyWark

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Tim Burgess

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4 years

Paaaaaaaat, don’t do it love 😬

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Tim Burgess

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4 years

Not sure who made this...

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Tim Burgess

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2 years

Just been reminded of this

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Tim Burgess

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2 years

For anyone in any doubt

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Tim Burgess

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5 years

Salford is where I was born. ‘Tommy Robinson’ has turned up spouting his hatred and poison. The people of Salford have more class and intelligence than to be taken in. Maybe he should follow his own advice and ideology and fuck off back to where he came from.

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Tim Burgess

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3 years

A fan wrote to Kate Bush asking her if he could pay for her to write out and send the lyrics to Wuthering Heights. Her reply was 😍😍😍😍😍

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Tim Burgess

@Tim_Burgess

4 years

Hey @MattHancock , in the past I’ve spent a large amount of time with people who would do little more than ingest mind bending hallucinogenics for most of the day. After much consideration I can confirm that they all made more sense than you and your lockdown announcements. Sorry

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Tim Burgess

@Tim_Burgess

4 years

But you work for The Sun, though. That’s not journalism

Dan Wootton

@danwootton

4 years

Britain's brilliant newspapers provide a lifeline of trusted information for millions during this crisis. A paper costs less than a cup of coffee. Do your bit and keep journalism alive for future generations. #buyapaper

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Tim Burgess

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4 years

A few days after Jon had passed away, The Sun reported that The Charlatans were ‘cursed.’ Rob had died nearly twenty years earlier and in our thirty years together we lived through addiction, imprisonment and other issues. I will never forget their absolute lack of class

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Tim Burgess

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2 years

Went outside to take this pic. Mask & hat in place. Guy next to me, taking the same pic asked if I was going to the gig “Yep, I’ll be down the front for sure” “Might see you in there” he said You certainly will 😉

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4 years

A lady with a hat made out of diamonds and a spare 775 room house in London is going on TV later, to tell us how much she cares

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Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi on energy consumption: "The reality is that we should all look at our energy consumption. It is a difficult time." To clarify, it’s the same @nadhimzahawi who claimed of £5,822 to heat his stables (which he was forced to pay back after it was revealed)

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Tim Burgess

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2 years

If MPs couldn’t claim back unlimited energy bills, would they then actually do something? Asking for a country

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Tim Burgess

@Tim_Burgess

3 years

Night buddy x

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10 years

Wow @Tim_Burgess - 56k tweets for 68k followers.. no wonder you can't sell a bus ticket these days! Night, buddy.

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Tim Burgess

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5 years

Backstage at The Isle Of Wight Festival 2004...... Me (nervously): Hi David, I'm the singer in The Charlatans. We're playing before you tonight. Bowie (sweetly): I know Tim. I know. *Life made*

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Tim Burgess

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3 years

Hey @BorisJohnson , you seem to be obsessed by fish - the music industry generates nearly four times as much for the economy (£5.2 billion compared to £1.4 billion) and you seem to be ignoring it/ us

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4 years

David Bowie’s isolated vocal from Starman

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Tim Burgess

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1 year

I thought ‘careless’ covered stuff like spilling your coffee, but apparently it includes setting up an offshore trust in Gibraltar under your parents’ name, transferring your shares to that Trust and then selling those shares for £27million - you live and learn I suppose

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Tim Burgess

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In literally any other job in this country, @BorisJohnson would have been dismissed for one or more of his actions of the past couple of years. Kind of mad that he’s still the resident of @10DowningStreet 🤷‍♂️

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Tim Burgess

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2 years

Venues, please stop taking merch money from artists. We don’t ask for a share of the bar.

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Tim Burgess

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4 years

So. @BorisJohnson just said that ‘most people would accept and agree’ with what Dominic Cummings did. Please answer and retweet. Do you accept and agree with what Dominic Cummings did?

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Tim Burgess

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4 years

If you were this late for a Job Centre interview, you would lose your benefits

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Imagine an ex Manchester United right back seemingly doing more than our monarch, in our country’s biggest hour of need for over 75 years

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Tim Burgess

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1 year

Hey @JacobYoungMP - these are percentages right? 2.9% of an MP’s £84,154 is £2,404. Whereas a nurse offered 6.5% on £30,000 would be an increase of £1,950 So it’s not a ‘bigger pay rise’ in reality is it? Plus your parking, energy bills and expenses are paid for by us

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2 years

This was my approach in exams. Answering the question you wished you’d been asked, rather than the actual question

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Tim Burgess

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3 years

Just been reminded of Jack Lemmon’s headstone 😢

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Tim Burgess

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1 year

Until artists are paid a percentage of the bar take, we should fight the demands of venues to take a percentage of the merch sales at a gig

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Tim Burgess

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2 years

Charlatans, the lot of them. And not in a good way. Tainting our good name

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Tim Burgess

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2 years

The question of whether it’s legal to transport refugees to Rwanda isn’t the main one. It’s utterly immoral and that should be the primary consideration

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Tim Burgess

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2 years

If you support new music, then you are on the right side. @Louis_Tomlinson is a good’n - I was asked to DJ at his festival and I’d have jumped at the chance but we had a Charlatans gig. There are plenty of others out there to take pot shots at but Louis isn’t one of them

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Tim Burgess

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4 years

Talking of Robert Smith, there’s this absolute gem too 🤘

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Awkward moment at the listening party : /

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4 years

Can everyone stop blaming us please : /

ALASTAIR CAMPBELL

@campbellclaret

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Is there a single aspect of the government’s handling of Covid-19 that has been bog standard average, let alone world-beating? Charlatans creating never ending shambles

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Michael Gove and Jacob Rees Mogg are both younger than me. I’m not saying someone like me should be running the country but maybe if we move away from these insurance ombudsman and Victorian workhouse supervisor looking types, then we might actually get somewhere

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Tim Burgess

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3 years

Vaccinate teachers

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Tim Burgess

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2 years

Meanwhile, back home. Our health secretary just said “Poor people are richer than you think” on @BBCRadio4 . What an obnoxious and divisive comment. They need removing from power as soon as is possible

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Tim Burgess

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1 year

Another tragic loss of a beautiful soul. Martin Duffy stepped in to save The Charlatans when we lost Rob - he played with us at Knebworth and was a true friend. He toured with me in my solo band too - he was a pleasure to spend time with. Safe travels Duffy 💔

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“Elsie, a 77 year old woman has to ride around on buses all day to keep warm because she can’t afford to heat in her home” @susannareid100 @BorisJohnson ’s reply: “I actually introduced the freedom bus pass.” 🙄

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Tim Burgess

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3 years

2981 people registered for tickets for economic migrant Nigel Farage’s event at The Pittsburgh Marriott on Monday. Initially it was claimed that 21 people turned up, but they realised that 6 of those were part of his entourage. The final number of confirmed attendees was: 14

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Tim Burgess

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1 year

Love this tribute to Terry at @Coventry_City tonight

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1 year

So The Brits introduced an Artist Of The Year category as a gender neutral replacement for Best Male and Best Female Artist category - but this year all five nominees are blokes 🤔 🤷‍♂️

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Tim Burgess

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4 years

Quick note. Didn’t think I’d have to say it, but if you don’t like one of the bands or albums, don’t tell me. I don’t need to know. I need to know what you do like. Each album or artist isn’t for everyone. Don’t drag me down throwing shade at someone’s work. All good?? Yeah!!! x

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Tim Burgess

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2 years

Think this might be my favourite tweet of all time

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Tim Burgess

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1 year

Rich people have so much choice of what to do with their time and what to take up as a hobby. Those that choose to ride a horse behind a pack of dogs, looking to kill a fox, lack humanity, decency and a sense of what actually constitutes fun

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Tim Burgess

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1 year

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Tim Burgess

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3 years

If you think I should only tweet about music, then be prepared for me to check that you only tweet about your job

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Tim Burgess

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4 years

*sound on*

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Tim Burgess

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1 year

Such sad sad news about Andy Rourke - He was an inspirational musician with a style that made so many of us pick up a bass guitar; and the driving force for Manchester Versus Cancer. Our thoughts are with everyone who knew him. Travel well x

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Tim Burgess

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1 year

God speed Wilko 💔

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3 years

The Beatles weren’t inspired by a museum or by anyone celebrating music from 50 years before they were formed. They were about the present day, the moment, the now. We need grass roots venues and facilities for kids to make their own music. Don’t be taken in

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Tim Burgess

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Only weeks ago, workers were being graded as ‘unskilled’ - now we have cleaners, delivery drivers and supermarket staff on the front line to help us get through this. Nobody is unskilled

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Tim Burgess

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7 years

Top drawer trolling from Obama. The Donald couldn't even get a Springsteen covers band to play

U.S. News & World Report

@usnews

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As a thank you to his staffers, Barack Obama had Bruce Springsteen play a two-hour acoustic concert.

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Tim Burgess

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1 year

So @thecure and @RobertSmith wanted to keep ticket prices at a reasonable level for fans on their upcoming North American tour dates. Of course @Ticketmaster absolutely rinsed them with ridiculous extra charges wtf even is a service fee or a facility charge or processing fee??

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1 year

Suggesting that we all go and clap on our doorsteps when the first of the PPE fraudsters is jailed

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3 years

The end of an error

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4 years

Mic drop from @jonsnowC4

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2 years

Politicians used to be outraged about the behaviour of musicians. The tables have well and truly turned.

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1 year

UK based bands have faced all sorts of issues with European tour dates - Now artists from the EU are being hit with complex and unfathomable rules that are seeing them turned back - cancelling shows and incurring costs

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5 years

Not sure who made this, but I like it ; )

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Tim Burgess

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4 years

So many musicians have already trained and retrained: as baristas, roadies, chefs, sound engineers, graphic designers, teachers, bartenders and so many other roles. But music isn’t some kind of luxury or hobby - it makes a huge contribution to the mental well being of our nation.

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Tim Burgess

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2 years

Bring your own boos

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Tim Burgess

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1 year

Hey @BorisJohnson , thought I’d do a survey to help you read the room. A simple question: Should Stanley Johnson (Boris Johnson’s father) receive a knighthood? Please retweet once you answer so that we can get as many responses as possible

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Tim Burgess

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3 years

Oh man. Someone pinch me. I think I’m dreaming

Paul McCartney

@PaulMcCartney

3 years

Hey Twitter, let’s all say a big thanks to Tim for these brilliant events this year! We really needed them. So much great music being talked about. #TimsTwitterListeningParty #McCartneyIII

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