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- ↑ BWW News Desk. "Lucky Chops Set To Release Self-Titled Studio Album September 27". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
- ↑ "Lucky Chops | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
- ↑ Trans Musicales de Rennes 2018 Lucky Chops aux Trans Musicales de Rennes 2016 (in French), retrieved 2020-09-23