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Blossoms on Gary, the gorilla that helped them reach 'the peak of our powers'

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Summary
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62% Informative

Manchester band Blossoms dedicated their fifth album to an eight-foot fibreglass gorilla called Gary .

Tom Ogden wrote an indie-pop anthem about the incident in a car listening to a news report.

Gary has now become muse and mascot, spirit animal and unofficial sixth member of the band.

Ogden and the Charlatans will be playing at Manchester Academy on Tuesday .

The band's mini one -city tour starts at the Ritz , Albert Hall , Victoria Warehouse and Apollo .

Ogden: "The memories are in the walls of what you were doing last time".

VR Score

50

Informative language

40

Neutral language

17

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

27

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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