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James Blunt, renowned as one of the funniest musicians on Twitter, has revealed he was asked to stop tweeting by his record label.
Speaking to this week's Heat magazine, Blunt explained: "My record label set up the account and asked me to answer people, so I did. Then they phoned me up and asked me to stop." He certainly seems to have a particularly well formed take on the nonsense of social media and expressing his thoughts to his 895,000 followers.
"Twitter is just people's opinions, and opinions are like arseholes – everyone has one."
Blunt also advocated responsible tweeting. "If I think the person I'm replying to might be harassed as a result, I DM them to say it's all in good humour, and if any of my followers give them hassle, they can let me know. I don't want it to be part of that hate-filled cycle that seems to purvey though the internet."
It echoes Blunt's thoughts from a recent Huffington Post interview regarding the criticism musicians receive online. “Anyone in the public eye, we always focus on the negativity around them, but the fact is I’m singing to 10,000 people every night. Instead, we will focus on the five guys in their bedrooms with their trousers around their ankles. The shame is they don’t bother to pull their trousers up, get on a train and come to a gig so they can shout at me direct.”
Blunt's latest album, Moon Landing, was released in 2013, and will be re-released in November under the name Moon Landing: Apollo Edition. He recently apologised for his breakthrough hit 'You're Beautiful' saying that it was forced down peoples throats.
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