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Crosby, Stills and Nash have split up.
Singer Graham Nash has confirmed the folk rock supergroup, will not be releasing anymore music or performing live together ever again after almost 50 years together, as the result of a bitter feud with his bandmate David Crosby.
He told Billboard magazine "There will never be another Crosby, Stills & Nash record or show. Right now, I don't want anything to do with Crosby at all. It's just that simple... I was letting Crosby be who he is. I let people play their hand in front of me, and I let him do it and then I make a decision."
The former Hollies frontman said David "ripped the heart" out of the 'Helplessly Hoping' hitmakers - which also included Stephen Stills and occasionally Neil Young - and said he's "done" with the band..
He said: "F**k you. David has ripped the heart out of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young . How can I not be sad?
Look at the music we probably lost. How can I not be sad about that?
The truth is, after being totally immersed in me and David and Stephen and Neil's music, I'm done. I've had 10 years of it. Leave me the f**k alone. I need to concentrate on me now."
The 74-year-old musician - who first met David in 1968 - says they are no longer friends after he sent him a number of "nasty" emails and admitted they haven't been on the best of terms for two years now.
Explaining their explosive breakdown, he added to Dutch magazine Lust For Life: "I don't like David Crosby right now. He's been awful for me the last two years, just f**king awful I've been there and saved his f***ing ass for 45 years, and he treated me like s**t. You can't do that to me. You can do it for a day or so, until I think you're going to come around. When it goes on longer, and I keep getting nasty emails from him, I'm done."

Calvin Harris is to headline Wireless Festival this year.
The 'Summer' hitmaker will close the first night of the three-day annual music event, which is held at Finsbury Park, London over the weekend of July 8 to July 10.
The music extravaganza, which made its debut in 2005, will also see Chase and Status headline the second night of the festival.
Of their slot, the electronic duo - comprised of Saul Milton and Will Kennard - said: "We have an epic show lined up for Wireless 2016, which we've been planning in secret for the last couple of months.
"It's an honour to be performing in our hometown alongside some of the most exciting names in music and we're looking forward to dropping one of our best sets yet."
R&B rapper J. Cole is also to perform on the Saturday and Norwegian 'Firestone' DJ Kygo and Boy Better Know will draw a close to weekend of live music on Sunday July 10.
Other acts to join the Grammy-award-winning Scottish DJ are Jeremih, Jess Glynne, The 1975, Miguel, Krept and Konan, Future, Disciples, Maverick Sabre as well as platinum-selling artist Craig David who will bring his TS5 show to the set on the second day.
More artist are yet to be announced for the music festival.
Tickets will be on sale on Friday (11.03.16) at 9am.

Crosby, Stills and Nash have split up.
Singer Graham Nash has confirmed the folk rock supergroup, will not be releasing anymore music or performing live together ever again after almost 50 years together, as the result of a bitter feud with his bandmate David Crosby.
He told Billboard magazine "There will never be another Crosby, Stills & Nash record or show. Right now, I don't want anything to do with Crosby at all. It's just that simple... I was letting Crosby be who he is. I let people play their hand in front of me, and I let him do it and then I make a decision."
The former Hollies frontman said David "ripped the heart" out of the 'Helplessly Hoping' hitmakers - which also included Stephen Stills and occasionally Neil Young - and said he's "done" with the band..
He said: "F**k you. David has ripped the heart out of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young . How can I not be sad?
Look at the music we probably lost. How can I not be sad about that?
The truth is, after being totally immersed in me and David and Stephen and Neil's music, I'm done. I've had 10 years of it. Leave me the f**k alone. I need to concentrate on me now."
The 74-year-old musician - who first met David in 1968 - says they are no longer friends after he sent him a number of "nasty" emails and admitted they haven't been on the best of terms for two years now.
Explaining their explosive breakdown, he added to Dutch magazine Lust For Life: "I don't like David Crosby right now. He's been awful for me the last two years, just f**king awful I've been there and saved his f***ing ass for 45 years, and he treated me like s**t. You can't do that to me. You can do it for a day or so, until I think you're going to come around. When it goes on longer, and I keep getting nasty emails from him, I'm done."

Bruno Mars' third album has been delayed.
The 'Uptown Funk' hitmaker had intended to release a new LP this month, but put off the release to focus on his appearance at Coldplay's Super Bowl halftime show last month, but fans can still expect to hear new music this year.
The 30-year-old singer's father, Pete Hernandez, told Press Reader: "It was due in March, but by doing the Super Bowl, it threw him back several months.
"Bruno has seven great new songs - I've heard 'em - but the album should now be released in September or October, to qualify for next year's Grammy Awards."
The announcement comes after sound engineer Charles Moniz teased that the Hawaiian star is in the process of creating a new musical movement.
He said: "I think it's going to be the next movement of Bruno. That's the thing: When the vibe's right and everyone's having fun, that's when the best music comes out."
Bruno's new record will be his first studio release since 2012's 'Unorthodox Jukebox' LP, which won Best Pop Vocal Album at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards in 2014.

Ringo Starr has paid tribute to the late Beatles producer George Martin, who has died at the age of 90.
The producer gave the band their big break and was often referred to as "the fifth Beatle" and Ringo took to his Twitter page to share his sadness at the death of his friend and colleague.
He wrote: "God bless George Martin peace and love to Judy and his family love Ringo and Barbara George will be missed xxx."
After signing The Beatles in 1962, George went on to produce and arrange the majority of their music and over his career he had 23 number-one hits in the US and 30 number-one singles in the UK.
John Lennon's son Sean also took to social media to praise the legendary producer.
He wrote on Facebook: "R.I.P. George Martin. I'm so gutted I don't have many words. Thinking of Judy and Giles and family. Love Always, Sean."
Speaking previously about George, Sir Paul McCartney has said: "He's a very good producer. He's one of the best in the world."
George is survived by his second wife Judy Lockhart-Smith and his four children.

Bjork's best melodies come to her after she has been on a mountain walk.
The 50-year-old singer likes to go to her private cabin in her home country Iceland and take in the natural beauty of the nation's lava fields, mountains and glaciers.
When she's on her long treks she finds her creative juices start flowing and songs just pop into her head.
Asked if her music ideas come to her unconsciously, she said: "Just without being conscious of it I'd make up melodies, and it still works for me. I go to my cabin, go for a walk in the mountains, and after 20 minutes you just start humming and then the melodies kind of pop out, you know? I was just listening to my dictaphone from the plane, and it is helpful to record ideas, but actually the best melodies are the ones you remember - they come back to you. You just wake up in the morning and they're there, going in circles."
Bjork has started work on her next album - the follow-up to last year's 'Vulnicura' - and has written three tracks already, although she doesn't know when the new LP will come out.
Asked if she has a deadline for her forthcoming release, she told AnOther magazine: "I have a really good team. The guy from my record company is my manager - my friend from back in the punk days, we met when I was 16. He was the bass player for Flux of Pink Indians on the Crass label, and I was in a band (Kukl) on Crass and it was very anarchic - this philosophy that it is ready when it is ready. It should be from the artist's point of view, not the business one. So I am very blessed that way. A lot of my mates have the same job as me, and they definitely have not had that."

Bob Dylan's 37th studio album 'Fallen Angels' will be released on May 20.
The 74-year-old singer revealed that fans will be able to get their hands on the LP when they buy tickets to his forthcoming North American summer tour, which he also announced will have Mavis Staples as the main support.
A statement posted on his Facebook page reads: "Bob Dylan and his Band are touring the U.S. in June and July with Mavis Staples. There will be pre-sale ticket offers for many dates on this tour for American Express cardholders, with no password needed. For every pair of tickets purchased, you will receive a redemption code to receive a Compact Disk of Bob Dylan's forthcoming album 'Fallen Angels'. Not available for Indianapolis and Boston (sic)"
'Fallen Angels' is the follow-up to his Frank Sinatra covers album 'Shadows in the Night', which he released in 2015.
Producer Al Schmitt - who also worked on 'Shadows in the Night' - previously revealed the pair had created a "fabulous" working atmosphere in the studio while making the new music.
He said: "It's going along great. He sounds great. His mood in the studio is fabulous. We're having a good time. We're like two old shoes together now, we're so comfortable with one another now."
Dylan's 27-date tour will kick off in June.

Gregory Porter will release his new album 'Take Me To The Alley' on May 6.
The Grammy award-winning jazz star returns this summer with the follow-up to his platinum-selling 2013 LP 'Liquid Spirit'.
'Take Me To The Alley' will include a stripped back recording of 'Holding On', the track he released with Disclosure in 2015.
Speaking about the new arrangement, he said: "It's a way of saying that a song is a song is a song. The lyrics and the intention of the song come through no matter what kind of bells and whistle are going on."
'Don't Lose Your Steam' is the first single from the album, and the blues-tinged track is inspired by Porter's three-year-old son Demyan.
He said: "With this record I continue to condense life experience into melody and most of all put love in the air. Very excited to share the music with my fans or anyone within the sound of my heart."
Now he's finished his new album, Porter has turned his attention to more collaborations and is keen to work with Sam Smith.
He told BANG Showbiz: "Me and Sam have had brief conversations a couple of times and he's spoken very kindly of me, speaking about my music, and I very much appreciate that. He's a great artist and has a great personal touch with his music. If he comes knocking wanting to do a record I'll be like, I'm right here man, let's do it."

Kanye West will no longer release music on CD.
The 38-year-old rapper is finished with compact discs and says the artwork for his latest album 'The Life of Pablo' is intended to be an "open casket" for the format.
From now on, Kanye will only be streaming his new songs.
He posted on Twitter: "Uuuuum ... hi everybody! ... I was thinking about not making CDs ever again ... Only streaming ... the Yeezus album packaging was an open casket to CDs r.i.p ... uuuuuuum, so there it is ... No more CDs from me (sic)"
The 'All Day' rapper's latest musings have brought into question as to whether 'The Life of Pablo' will ever get a physical release.
The 18-track LP is currently only officially available through Jay Z's streaming service Tidal, and Kanye has stated that the album will never be available via Apple Music.
After his no more CDs vow, the 'Ultralight Beam' rapper went on to promote "positives vibes" and bemoaned the fact that so many people want to hate him.
In a series of tweets, he wrote: "Question... Why do people not want me to be me? ... I want people to be the best version of themselves and I will be the best version of me ... Growing and learning but not being told to stop ...not being stunted ... please avoid trying to talk me out of being me in the future ... ###hashtag all positive vibes (sic)"