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Green Day, Fall Out Boy and Weezer’s ‘Hella Mega Tour’ Unveils New Summer Dates

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The “Hella Mega Tour” featuring Green Day , Fall Out Boy and Weezer has unveiled new dates, beginning in July and stretching into September. The Live Nation-produced tour, originally scheduled for last summer but postponed due to the pandemic, will hit 21 cities in North America, including such stadiums as Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Wrigley Field in Chicago, Citi Field in New York and Fenway Park in Boston before wrapping September 6 in Seattle.  The Interrupters will appear as special guests on the tour.

Full dates appear below; tickets for all shows, including the rescheduled dates, along with more information is available now at www.hellamegatour.com .

All three bands will participate in “Good Morning America’s” Summer Concert Series on July 17; Weezer and Fall Out Boy will perform with Green Day joining them for an interview.

Green Day has also released a new single, “Pollyanna,” while Fall Out Boy will perform on the season finale of “American Idol” on Sunday night. Weezer has released two albums this year: The orchestral “OK Human” and the more straight-ahead rock outing “Van Weezer,” which was originally scheduled to come out in May of 2020, last week.

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“Hella Mega Tour” North American Dates:

DATE CITY VENUE

Saturday, July 24 DALLAS, TX Globe Life Field

Tuesday, July 27 ATLANTA, GA Truist Park

Thursday, July 29 HOUSTON, TX Minute Maid Park

Saturday, July 31 JACKSONVILLE, FL TIAA Bank Field

Sunday, August 1 MIAMI, FL Hard Rock Stadium

Wednesday, August 4 FLUSHING, NY Citi Field

Thursday, August 5 BOSTON, MA Fenway Park

Sunday, August 8 WASHINGTON, DC Nationals Park

Tuesday, August 10 DETROIT, MI Comerica Park

Friday, August 13 HERSHEY, PA Hersheypark Stadium

Sunday, August 15 CHICAGO, IL Wrigley Field

Tuesday, August 17 COLUMBUS, OH Historic Crew Stadium

Thursday, August 19 PITTSBURGH, PA PNC Park

Friday, August 20 PHILADELPHIA, PA Citizen’s Bank Park

Monday, August 23 MINNEAPOLIS, MN Target Field

Wednesday, August 25 DENVER, CO Dick’s Sporting Goods Park

Friday, August 27 SAN FRANCISCO, CA Oracle park

Sunday, August 29 SAN DIEGO, CA PetCo Park

Wednesday, September 1 MILWAUKEE, WI Summerfest

Friday, September 3 LOS ANGELES, CA Dodger Stadium

Monday, September 6 SEATTLE, WA T Mobile Park

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Green Day, Weezer, Fall Out Boy Launch ‘Hella Mega’ With Epic, Emotional Dallas Concert

By Andy Greene

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Just two songs into Green Day ’s headlining set at the Hella Mega tour launch at Arlington, Texas’s Globe Life Field, Billie Joe Armstrong asked for the houselights to be turned on so he could see the roughly 35,000 people in the audience. This was quite possibly the largest rock audience that had assembled anywhere in the world since the start of the pandemic, and he wanted to bask in their glow.

“Take a look around you,” he said. “This is human contact. We cannot be locked up anymore. We need to be together.”

It was a sentiment shared by every performer throughout the five-and-a-half hour concert, which also featured the Interrupters, Weezer , and Fall Out Boy , and it was almost enough to make you forget that the Delta variant is causing infection spikes all over America, mask mandates are returning, and the future is suddenly feeling very uncertain again. But the youthful crowd seemed unbothered by this, and masks were worn by no more than one out of every 300 people.

Covid issues aside, the show was wildly entertaining and well worth the nearly two-year wait fans have had to endure since the initial tour announcement . Like a 2005 iPod set to shuffle, it veered from “Sugar, We’re Goin Down” to “Beverly Hills” to “Wake Me Up When September Ends,” and since none of the artists have been on the road since in over a year and a half, they all had energy of racehorses freed from their starting gates.

After a quick opening set by the L.A. ska punk band the Interrupters, who won over the crowd with their unique take on Billie Eilish’s “Bad Guy,” Weezer came out. It was hard to recognize Rivers Cuomo for a moment because of his new mustache and mullet look, not to mention his studded leather jacket that shows he’s really embracing this whole Van Weezer era.

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The early part of their set was heavy on new songs like “Hero,” “All The Good Ones” and “The End of the Game,” a bold move for a stadium show, but the opening notes of “My Name is Jonas” triggered a flood of classics like “Undone – The Sweater Song,” “Surf Wax America” and “Island In The Sun.” No matter how many times they’ve played them over the years, they always work.

“El Scorcho” generated some of the loudest cheers of the night thanks to the line about asking a girl out to a Green Day concert, and the inevitable “Africa” came not longer after it. Cuomo got a little confused when he got to the “I stopped an old man along the way” part and started just muttering “blah blah blah.” Perhaps the fact that Weezer’s biggest hit in years is a novelty cover of a 1982 Toto song has left him less than thrilled. The audience took over until the recovered on the chorus. After the live debut of “California Snow,” they ended with singalong renditions of “Say It Ain’t So” and “Buddy Holly.”

Fall Out Boy are the slight odd ones out on the bill since they weren’t graduates from the MTV class of 1994 like Weezer and Green Day, which Pete Wentz acknowledged midway through their set. “Imagine what a mind fuck this is for our band,” he said. “Our band is so influenced by these bands that to be on a stadium tour with them is absolutely mind-blowing. Dream big, you know what I mean?”

They certainly dreamed big with the stage show, which included more pyro than your typical Kiss concert, including flames that shot directly out of Wentz’s bass during their opening number of “The Phoenix.” And when Patrick Stump sat down at the piano to sing “Save Rock and Roll,” that burst into flames as well. There was also a video intro by actor Ron Livingstone that he delivered like Rod Serling of The Twilight Zone.

Their set featured just a single song from 2018’s Mania (“The Last of the The Real Ones”) and was instead a journey through their hits, including relatively recent ones like “Uma Thurman” and “Centuries” and vintage ones like “Dance, Dance” and “A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More Touch Me.” The younger members of the crowd sang along to every word, while the older ones sipped their beers and looked on respectfully.

Fall Out Boy wasn’t a band that seemed built for the long run when they broke big with teens in 2005. And when they took an indefinite break in 2009, it was easy to imagine them going the way of Gym Class Heroes. But they had one of the most surprisingly successful second acts in rock history, and this tour could be the start of a third one since it is basically establishing them as a classic rock group. Who would have guessed?

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By the time Green Day took the stage, the sun was down and the crowd was primed for the main event. An explosive “American Idiot” got things started, and they kept the intensity up by going right into “Holiday” and “Know Your Enemy.” Their album Father of All… hit just a little over a year ago, but they didn’t play a thing from it. It was instead classics like “Longview,” “Welcome to Paradise” and “Brain Stew,” and they caused the GA area near the stage to erupt into a giant mosh pit straight out of 1994. A large group of bros even ripped their shirts off and started slamming into each other and everyone near them, letting off 18 months of lockdown steam in a few crazed minutes of Dookie chaos.

Selections from American Idiot were sprinkled through the entire set, including an epic “Jesus of Suburbia” and a moving “Wake Me Up When September Ends.” These songs were written for the George W. Bush era, but they don’t seem like relics in any way. We’ve only grown more idiotic as a nation since W’s term ended, and these songs are now timeless anthems.

Near the end, they broke out “Still Breathing” from 2016’s under-appreciated Revolution Radio . It’s about finding meaning in life after difficult times, and it had a newfound resonance in the Covid era. “I’m like a soldier coming home for the first time,” Armstrong sang. “I dodged a bullet, and I walked across a landmine/Oh, I’m still alive.”

It was a joy to sing along with those words, and it was a joy to experience live rock and roll in a stadium after all this time. We don’t know what the next few months may hold, but at least for one glorious night, we were all still breathing, and still singing.

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Set list [ ]

• North America
• " The Phoenix "
• " Sugar, We're Goin Down "
• " Irresistible "
• " Uma Thurman "
• " Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy "
• " Save Rock and Roll "
• " The Last of the Real Ones "
• " Dance, Dance "
• " A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More "Touch Me" "
• " This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race "
• " My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up) "
• " I Don't Care "
• " Thnks fr th Mmrs "
• " Centuries "

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• Fall Out Boy were unable to perform on August 4, 5 and 8, 2021 due to a positive COVID-19 test on one of the band's crew members. While Fall Out Boy were unable to perform, during Weezer's set list, Rivers Cuomo performed a cover of " Sugar, We're Goin Down ". [5]

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Green Day, Weezer Return to Touring With First ‘Hella Mega’ Show

Green Day , Weezer and Fall Out Boy launched their long awaited Hella Mega tour with a performance in Dallas on Saturday (July 24).

“Take a look around you,” Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong proclaimed just two songs into their set. “This is human contact. We cannot be locked up anymore. We need to be together.”

Nearly 18 months had passed since the tour was originally announced in September 2019. The trek was initially supposed to begin in Paris on June 13, 2020, but -- like the majority of touring -- those plans were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rescheduled Hella Mega tour dates were announced in May. Just nights before the trek’s official launch, Green Day played a surprise club show in Tulsa, Okla.

A medley of classic rock tracks -- including the Ramones ' “Blitzkrieg Bop,” Joan Jett 's "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" and Queen 's "We Will Rock You" -- welcomed Green Day to the stage for their Dallas set. From there, the headliners immediately worked the 35,000 person crowd into a frenzy, starting their performance with monster hits “American Idiot” and “Holiday.”

Watch Green Day Perform 'American Idiot' 

Further highlights included the band’s iconic tracks “Longview,” “Welcome to Paradise” and “When I Come Around,” as well as a cover of Kiss ’ “Rock and Roll All Nite.” Surprisingly, the punk icons eschewed any material from their 2020 LP Father of All Motherfuckers , instead focussing on their deeper catalog of tunes. The evening closed with Green Day’s poignant classic, “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life).”

Earlier in the night, Weezer delivered their own rousing set, featuring such beloved tunes as “Hash Pipe,” “Beverly Hills,” “Island in the Sun,” “Say It Ain’t So” and “Buddy Holly.” The band also included their cover of Toto ’s “Africa,” which became a surprise hit for Weezer in 2018.

More videos and full set lists from the first Hella Mega tour date can be found below.

Watch Green Day Perform 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams'

Watch Green Day Perform 'Wake Me Up When September Ends'

Watch Green Day Perform 'Basket Case'

Watch Green Day Cover Kiss' 'Rock and Roll All Nite'

Watch Green Day Perform 'Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)'

Watch Weezer Perform 'Hash Pipe'

Watch Weezer Perform 'All My Favorite Songs' and 'Undone - The Sweater Song'

Watch Weezer Cover Toto's 'Africa'

Weezer, 'Hella Mega' Tour Set List, July 24, 2021, Dallas

1. “Hero” 2. “Hash Pipe” 3. “All the Good Ones” 4. “Beverly Hills” 5. “The End of the Game” 6. “My Name Is Jonas” 7. “Pork And Beans” 8. “Feels Like Summer” 9. “All My Favorite Songs” 10. “Undone — The Sweater Song” 11. “Surf Wax America” 12. “El Scorcho” 13. “Island In the Sun” 14. “Africa” (Toto cover) 15. “California Snow” 16. “Say It Ain’t So” 17. “Buddy Holly”

Fall Out Boy, 'Hella Mega' Tour Set List, July 24, 2021, Dallas

1. “The Phoenix” 2. “Sugar, We’re Goin Down” 3. “Irresistible” 4. “Uma Thurman” 5. “Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy” 6. “Save Rock and Roll” 7. “The Last of the Real Ones” 8. “Dance, Dance” 9. “A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More​ ‘Touch Me’” 10. “This Ain’t a Scene, It’s an Arms Race” 11. “My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up)” 12. “I Don’t Care” 13. “Thnks fr th Mmrs” 14. “Centuries” 15. “Saturday”

Green Day, 'Hella Mega' Tour Set List, July 24, 2021, Dallas

1. “American Idiot” 2. “Holiday” 3. “Know Your Enemy” 4. “Pollyanna” 5. “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” 6. “Longview” 7. “Welcome to Paradise” 8. “Hitchin’ a Ride” 9. “Rock and Roll All Nite” (Kiss cover) 10. “Brain Stew” 11. “St. Jimmy” 12. “When I Come Around” 13. “21 Guns” 14. “Minority” 15. “Knowledge” 16. “Basket Case” 17. “She” 18. “Wake Me Up When September Ends” 19. “Still Breathing” 20. “Jesus of Suburbia” 21. “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)”

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Hella Mega Tour Opener: See Weezer, Fall Out Boy And Green Day's Setlists

By Katrina Nattress

July 25, 2021

It's been almost two years since the Hella Mega Tour was initially announced , and on Saturday night (July 24), Weezer , Fall Out Boy and Green Day finally embarked on their epic stadium tour.

After The Interrupters warmed up the crowd at Dallas, Texas' Globe Life Field, Rivers Cuomo and company were the first to take the stage. They had plenty of new material to play, but also gifted fans with some of their biggest hits like "Undone — The Sweater Song," "Say It Ain't So," and of course their cover of Toto 's "Africa."

Fall Out Boy was next in line, and their 15-song setlist was packed with anthems like "Sugar, We’re Goin Down," "Light Em Up" and "Saturday." They also played "A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More​ 'Touch Me'” live for the first time since 2016.

Green Day ended the night with a career-spanning set that included everything from "Longview" to "Pollyanna," as well as a cover of Kiss 's classic "Rock and Roll All Nite."

See the remaining dates of the Hella Mega Tour here and check out each band's setlist below.

Weezer Hella Mega Tour July 24, 2021 setlist

All The Good Ones

Beverly Hills

The End Of The Game

My Name Is Jonas

Pork And Beans

Feels Like Summer

All My Favorite Songs

Undone — The Sweater Song

Surf Wax America

Island In The Sun

Africa (Toto cover)

California Snow

Say It Ain’t So

Buddy Holly

Fall Out Boy Hella Mega Tour July 24, 2021 setlist

The Phoenix

Sugar, We’re Goin Down

Irresistible

Uma Thurman

Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy

Save Rock And Roll

The Last Of The Real Ones

Dance, Dance

A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More​“Touch Me“

This Ain’t A Scene, It’s An Arms Race

My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up)

I Don’t Care

Thnks fr th Mmrs

Green Day Hella Mega Tour July 24, 2021 setlist

American Idiot

Know Your Enemy

Boulevard Of Broken Dreams

Welcome To Paradise

Hitchin’ A Ride

Rock And Roll All Nite (KISScover)

When I Come Around

Basket Case

Wake Me Up When September Ends

Still Breathing

Jesus Of Suburbia

Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)

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Hella Mega tour review – pop-punk’s middle-aged legends still have spunk

London Stadium Green Day, Fall Out Boy and Weezer combine for a pleasingly heavy romp through their hits, though there are spells when they lapse into cliche and gimmickry

B etter late than never. It’s been almost three years since pop-punk idols Green Day, Fall Out Boy and Weezer announced their Hella Mega tour and, thanks to Covid-19, only now are the triumvirate hitting the UK. A crowd of 75,000 congregate under a pale grey sky to see the royal family of their genre in one spot, preceded by the Aussie pub rockers Amyl and the Sniffers.

Amy Taylor’s rabble aren’t used to the glitz of stadiums and are more suited to venues where their in-your-face rock’n’roll ragers can bounce off the walls until they boot you in the chest. Tonight’s immensity sadly swallows up much of that force, and the quartet’s gravelly melodies are nowhere near gigantic enough to compensate. At least their singer is as vivacious a leader as ever, exploring every inch of the enormous stage.

Promoting the ode to vintage hard rock that is 2021 album Van Weezer , Rivers Cuomo and company are unrecognisable. The frontman’s traded his geek chic for a Metallica T-shirt and dad-rock locks – appropriate given the drastically upped oomph Weezer are bringing this evening. A cover of Enter Sandman epitomises this newfound power, although the live environs also make classics like Say It Ain’t So and Beverly Hills hit harder and heavier than they ever have on record.

Fall Out Boy need to decide what their brand is. The Chicagoans have peddled gleefully tongue-in-cheek pop-punk (with increasing emphasis on the “pop” as their career’s progressed) since 2003. Yet, they seize their stage in front of an all-black backdrop, and the emergence of a haunted house drum riser for Dance, Dance implies an affinity for horror. Thnks fr th Mmrs, This Ain’t a Scene and My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark all reliably set the stadium aflutter, even if the numbers played in between can’t lift themselves above pop-punk archetypes.

American Idiot, Holiday, Know Your Enemy, Boulevard of Broken Dreams: Green Day commence with a tetralogy of their biggest hits, and an onslaught of pyrotechnics and crowd repartee only accentuates the excitement. As much as it’s a euphoric opening salvo, it also means that the Californians peak early. Their remaining 90 minutes are all diminishing returns and repeated tricks.

When Billie Joe Armstrong hauls a fan onstage to play guitar, barely an hour after doing the same for another to let them sing, there’s an inescapable sense of Groundhog Day tedium. It takes nothing less than Wake Me Up When September Ends, Jesus of Suburbia and Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) in sequence – the latter two endowed with enough fireworks to overstimulate a pyromaniac – to recapture the high of when this set first started. Nonetheless, Billie informs his rabid crowd: ​​“It took us 1,000 days to get here, but we made it!” and the roars in return telegraph that many found this worth the wait.

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Green Day, Fall Out Boy and Weezer packed Petco Park’s East Village stadium, and the three rock acts doted on their loyal followings

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“Do the kids still like rock music?” Fall Out Boy’s bassist Pete Wentz asked the Petco Park crowd, halfway through its set at the Hella Mega Tour. Judging from the screams that echoed throughout downtown San Diego, it’s safe to say the kids — and the genre — are alright.

Hordes of fans swarmed East Village on Sunday night to see three big names: Green Day, Fall Out Boy and Weezer (The Interrupters, a ska-punk band from Los Angeles, opened the event). Though the stacked lineup straddles the pop-punk genre, the rock ‘n’ roll vibe permeated the stadium. And ticketholders dressed the part, clad in a standard uniform of ripped jeans and band tees.

Though elder millennials and young Gen Xers dominated the crowd, the all-ages show didn’t discriminate. Nearly every generation was represented in the stands, from young kids out late on a school night to Boomers with “Cool Mom” tank tops. Though similarly dressed, the fanbase spanned all walks of life — filled with self-identified outsiders and misfits who leaned on the music of all three bands to get through hard times.

Mere hours before the show, a light sprinkle threatened to re- re- schedule Hella Mega Tour’s San Diego date, originally slated for July 24. Luckily, the weather pulled through to deliver clear skies and dry chairs by the 5:30 p.m. start time. But that famous San Diego climate came at a price, with a bright ball of sunlight blinding the crowd — and possibly questioning their outfit choices — as the sea of Vans, Converse and Dr. Martens-wearers searched for their seats.

Perhaps the daytime element served as the biggest disadvantage for Weezer, who took to the stage a full hour before the sun set. To the rock band’s credit, the seats were far more packed than a typical “opener” would draw. (Admittedly, the triple Grammy-award winning band would likely scoff at being referred to as anyone’s opening act.)

Be it the daytime backdrop or a concerted effort to save energy, the audience reacted casually to Weezer’s performance; aside from those donning “Weezer” t-shirts, listeners mostly stayed seated, approvingly nodding or swaying in their seats. Hits like “Buddy Holly” and “Pork and Beans” picked up steam, and try-hardfront man Rivers Cuomo’s audience pandering — such as changing a lyric in “Beverly Hills” to “livin’ in San Diego” — were received well.

Weezer’s ego may have taken a bit of a blow when the audience participation soared to a song that wasn’t even its own, but its radio-friendly cover of “Africa” by Toto. The crowd also went wild to a single line in “El Scorcho.”After Cuomo belted the lyrics, “I asked you to go to the Green Day concert,” the band took a dramatic pause, followed by the Jumbotron zooming in on a fan’s Green Day shirt before panning to the rest of the now-standing crowd.

The sun finally dipped under the stands just as Weezer wrapped the last song of its one-hour set. A half hour later, Fall Out Boy was greeted by the excitement of nightfall paired with flames blasting from the stage. Dressed casually — aside from the shirtless, tattoo-clad drummer Andy Hurley, the band donned black t-shirts and hoodies — the four-piece proved looks can be deceiving, delivering a solid performance that was far from sloppy.

As expected, fangirls swooned for Wentz, who received more name chants and crowd asides than lead singer Patrick Stump. But if the other band members took offense, they didn’t let it show. The crowd returned the energy Fall Out Boy delivered; dedicated fans stayed standing throughout the set, while those sitting sang along to the set list that spanned more than a decade, rarely missing a beat.

Post Fall Out Boy, the surprisingly-patient audience was rewarded with a two-song crowd energizer. Speakers started blaring Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody,” and the Jumbotron plastered faces of screaming, singing and smiling faces. Then came the most bizarre appearance of the night — an unknown person dressed in a bunny costume, who chugged a beer before leading the crowd in “Blitzkrieg Bop” by the Ramones.

Any speculation about which act the sold-out crowd was there to see washed away once Green Day stepped onto the stage. In unison, the entire audience rose to its feet and stayed standing for the nearly two-hour set.

Yet it didn’t seem like the crowd’s energy was enough for 49-year-old frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, who performed like he was still in his 20s. Acting almost as a cult leader, he made constant demands on the crowd, which obeyed without question. Per his orders, the crowd agreed to “go crazy,” from jumping to “Know Your Enemy” to putting their “f—ing hands up in the air” during “American Idiot.” Armstrong even convinced everyone to shine their phone lights during “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” — illuminating Petco Park enough to turn off all the stadium lights.

Despite his demands, Armstrong’s orders carried no animosity. The band’s intense feelings of appreciation permeated the performance, giving the audience star treatment and delivering 110 percent for every song in the iron-clad set. From the sweat dripping off the band members’ hands during “Wake Me Up When September Ends” to Armstrong shining a physical spotlight on the crowd during “Holiday,” it was clear that for Green Day, the fans come first. (One fan was even invited on stage to perform a guitar solo for “Knowledge,” a song by Operation Ivy, and was then allowed to keep the guitar.)

“It’s been a long year but we’re still alive,” Armstrong told the audience, his voice bleeding with sincerity, before easing into the band’s 2016 hit “Still Breathing.”

A large burst of confetti, fireworks display and a fittingly titled encore, “Time Of Your Life” closed the six-hour evening. After the COVID-19 shutdown starved these rock fans of live music for over a year, Green Day, Weezer and Fall Out Boy delivered on their promise for a Hella Mega, time of their lives.

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