>>There was a review of his latest album on BBC Radio 4 here - all to do with his support for Obama?
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>>They kept coming back to a line from one of the songs, summat like:
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>>"Have you ever seen a one-armed man punching at thin air?"
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>Hardly all to do with, but he did support Obama. He made some campaign appearances for him and played at a concert the day before the inaugural along with a number of other musicians. The new album is noticeably sunnier than its two predecessors.

While on tour here in the Thatcher era he made a large donation to a fund supporting striking miners wives and children.