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This 'advice' from James Blunt's agony aunt column is solid gold

The singer has been giving advice to poor punters for the past month. Here’s how he finished up his residency.

Nov 13th 2014, 10:26 AM 7,560 Views 1 Comment

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SINGER JAMES BLUNT is nearly more well-known now for his dry wit and self-deprecating humour than he is for his music.

For the past month, James’ no-nonsense manner has found a home in his agony aunt column for the Metro, called To Be Blunt (duh). His residency came to a close today, and he finished up on just the right note:

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“An ageing one-hit wonder, desperately trying to keep himself relevant by dishing out crap advice to simpletons.” And this is why we love you, James.

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This 'advice' from James Blunt's agony aunt column is solid gold

The singer has been giving advice to poor punters for the past month. Here’s how he finished up his residency.

James Blunt discussed his infamous attitude to Twitter trolls on the Late Late>