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Nickelback: Manchester Arena

Dave Simpson, The Guardian, 7 October 2012

CANADIAN ROCKERS Nickelback aren't universally popular. Some 55,000 American football fans once signed a petition to attempt to stop them playing at half time. A dating website has voted their music the No 1 "musical turn-off". In a particularly low moment, Nickelback haters set up a Facebook page to demonstrate that a pickled cucumber could get more fans.

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