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Digital Digital radio BBC digital radio station censors lyric in Elvis Costello hit Oliver's Army

BBC digital radio station censors lyric in Elvis Costello hit Oliver's Army

Tuesday, 19 March 2013 04:49 Digital - Digital Radio
The song, taken from the album Armed Forces, is one of Costello’s best-known and has received endless plays across all BBC radio stations without any complaint – until now.


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