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Burning question: The KLF

Andrew Smith, The Observer, 13 February 2000

Why did Bill Drummond set fire to £1 million? Why did he want to chop off his own hand on stage? And why did the chart-topping KLF disband? As the controversial pop-star-turned-artist hits middle age, are we any closer to knowing the answers?

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