Littl'ans are an

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band, who have had marginal success. The Littl'ans consist of Andrew Aveling on vocals/guitar, Alex Mahood on lead guitar, Ryan Blagrove on bass and Ben Clarke on drums/vocals. They supported

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on their autumn 2005 tour, alongside playing other dates with them in 2006, and embarked on their own Club NME tour nationwide in the late months of 2005. They released a single with

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titled "Their Way" on 17 October 2005. Written by Aveling, Doherty liked the song so much he asked to sing on it. Many wrongly have reported Doherty wrote and performed this song as an apology for "stealing"

band members

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and

Adam Ficek Adam Steven Ficek (born 8 March 1974) is an English musician and psychotherapist who performs under the Roses Kings Castles name. He is a songwriter and member of Babyshambles. Ficek joined Babyshambles in 2005 with former The White Sport '' ...

from Aveling's old band,

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. This is false, as The White Sport had broken up before Walden had joined Babyshambles, Ficek did not join until later in Babyshambles career. The song reached number 22 in the

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and number 2 in the

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. Littl'ans have also been linked with Hedi Slimane, head designer for

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. Littl'ans wrote the

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to the Dior Homme Spring/Summer 2007 catwalk show. The song was called "We Look Good Together". Littl'ans recorded their debut

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and it was released in July 2008 on Revtone (USA), Vital (UK) and Vinyl Junkie (Japan). On 21 March 2009, the band performed at the 2009

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festival in

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