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Festive Treat For Embrace Fans
14 December 2000 | 0:00:00 GMT/UTC

Embrace will be offering a free download from their official web site (www.embrace.co.uk). The download will be of an exclusive live version of 3 Is A Magic Number, the band were joined on stage by Bob Dorough who did the original version of the song in the seventies. The track will be available to download on Christmas Day and will be deleted from the site on Boxing Day.

Danny McNamara said that one of the highlights of 2000 was "doing 3 Is A Magic Number with Bob Dorough at Brixton - that really made my year."

Embrace are currently working on their third album scheduled for release sometime next year.

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