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Meet the musical act comprised entirely of world leaders – POLITICO

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Music and politics make uneasy and often uncomfortable bedfellows. You may remember former U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown saying that the Arctic Monkeys “certainly wake you up in the morning.”

Of course, he couldn’t name a single tune by the band because he doesn’t listen to them (he prefers Coldplay, just like all tech CEOs do), and had just said it to look cool.