Placebo, Goldfrapp, The Rakes, Richard Ashcroft and Dirty Pretty Things are also confirmed for this year with more artists due to be announced.

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The Bomber Command Memorial Appeal secured funding from public donations and private donors John Caudwell, Lord Ashcroft and Richard Desmond.

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Among the letters' signatories were former Attorneys General Edwin Meese, Richard Thornburgh, William Barr and John Ashcroft, former National Security Advisor William P.

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