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- ↑ Citizen, The (3 March 2015). "Remember the Pineapple? Gloucester Leisure Centre in pictures". Gloucester Citizen. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
- ↑ "Leisure Centre, Gloucester, England Concert Setlists". setlist.fm. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
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