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Rebecca Ferguson kicks off this morning.

She took to Twitter.

She's retiring at the age of 35.

She wants to focus on nurturing emerging artists, which is interesting. She revealed recently she was warned she could be murdered after telling police...

Did you hear this? Yeah.

After telling police that she was sexually harassed by a senior figure in the music industry,

which is not right. In fact, I'm sort of kind of

kind of immune to these kind of things now. She said, I'm grateful for the career I've had.

I've achieved all I ever wanted to achieve in music, but now I'm excited for the next chapter.

Well, good luck. I mean, dreadful things have to go through. It's only 35. Her final album will drop

next year. That means be released. It's only 35. Her final album will drop next year.

That means be released.

It's a new technical term.

It'll drop next year.

It'll be a combination of songs I've written over 10 years.

So good luck.

But, you know, I love the idea that somebody says you could be murdered

for telling on somebody, you know, I mean, it's, it is, you can't believe

the behaviour of some people, can you? Mind you, I've noticed today, and thank goodness, that all the,

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