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Dizzee Rascal Confident He Will Win Mercury Prize

by Kelly

Rapper Dizzee Rascal has so much confidence that he will win the Mercury Prize again for his latest album, that he has even joked to the Daily Star that they should rename the award after him! “The Dizzee Award, that’s what they should call it, why not?” he stated. He first won the prize back in [...]

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Art Room Named After Teenager Who Died of Brain Haemorrhage

by Kelly

Headway is a charity rehabilitation centre in Sherwood, UK, for people with brain injuries, and they are renaming their newly revamped art facility after a 17 year old local boy who passed away suddenly in April of an unexpected brain hemorrhage. The new Blaine Thomas art room (outfitted on behalf of a donation from a local [...]

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The Music Has a Really Driving Rhythm…

by Kelly

The Disraeli Bridge in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada will undergoing a 200 million dollar rehabilitation in 2011 to make it wider and more pedestrian friendly. A group of Winnipeggers have set forth the suggestion that the makeover should include renaming the overpass after one of the cities most famous musical exports. /*

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Limerick Tunnel Named for Aviation and Industry Visionary

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Pat Breen, Fine Gael’s Deputy Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs and Teachta Dáila (Congressperson) of County Clare in Ireland, intends to rename the Limerick Tunnel after the late Brendan O’Regan, the Mid-West Region’s greatest visionary. The newly opened tunnel links the N18 at Cratloe with the Limerick South Ring Road. /*

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Dangerous Rialto, California Street Gets Name Change

by Kelly

Student leaders at high schools in the Rialto Unified School District have been charged with the task of renaming a crime-ridden street as part of a campaign to change its image. Jackson Street has been in decline since the 1980s, when property owners started moving away from the neighborhood, and the area is now a [...]

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Airline Forced to Change Name if Flights Continue to Be Late

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UK Budget airline EasyJet has been given a 90 day ultimatum: they must increase the number of flights that run on schedule or else they will have to rename themselves. The warning was issued by lawyers of the easyGroup empire who licences the brand to the airline, owned by Sir Stelios Haji-Ioanou. /*

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Pet Shop Boys Turn Down Rename Request

by Kelly

People For the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has written to the pop band Pet Shop Boys, requesting that they rename themselves the Rescue Shelter Boys. PETA has requested the name change because of the cruelty towards animals that it claims takes place in pet stores, and asks the band to change their name to [...]

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Ukrainian Village to Be Named After Michael Jackson

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Villagers in Oktyabrskoye, a small village in Ukraine, have approached regional deputy Oleg Kislitsyn with a proposal to rename the village “Jackson” after the late pop-star. Oktyabrskoye, located in the Zaporizhia region in the southeast of Ukraine, will also be home to a Michael Jackson museum. /*

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Band Changes Name After Drummer Dies Onstage

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Canadian dance-punk band ‘You Say Party! We Say Die!’ have chosen to rename themselves after their drummer, Devon Clifford, 30, died of a brain haemorrhage on stage in April. Clifford collapsed during a concert at the Rickshaw Theatre in Vancouver, British Columbia and was rushed to hospital. Medics attempted emergency surgery but failed to revive [...]

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Village People Disappointed by YMCA Name Change

by Kelly

The Young Men’s Christian Association is undergoing a rebranding overhaul to revamp its image, including renaming itself “The Y”. The 166-year-old US based nonprofit organization is also designing a fresh logo for their new image. The YMCA was the inspiration for the 1978 disco anthem “YMCA”, by The Village People with it’s famous dance moves [...]

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Radio Host Gets High Paying Name Change Proposal

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Terry Dorsey, a host on the Dallas, Texas country music station 96.3 KSCS was offered $100,000 to rename himself TexasMotorSpeedway.com for one year. The deal, which Texas Motor Speedway President Eddie Gossage proposed on a call-in show, also includes the condition that Terry get a permanent TMS tattoo. He was given 24 hours to decide [...]

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University of Texas Considers Taking Former Klan Member’s Name From Dorm Honour

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Simkins Hall was built in the 1950s and was the first air-conditioned dormitory at the University of Texas. However, the school is debating renaming it due to the racist past of William Simkins. He was a popular law school professor who taught at the school for 30 years, however he was also an early organizer [...]

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The Story of Cat Stevens aka Yusuf Islam

by Kelly

Surely you have heard of peaceful 1970s folk singer-songwriter Cat Stevens, but are you familiar with the reason he was inspired to rename himself Yusuf Islam? /*

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WWF vs WWE – The Ultimate Showdown!

by Kelly

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF), an environmental organization, sued the World Wrestling Federation (also WWF) in 2000, demanding that they rename themselves. The courts agreed that The World Wildlife Fund had the rights to the initials since 1994, and the wrestling company was forced to change it’s name to World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. or WWE. [...]

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Football Fanatic Names Himself After His Favorite Team

by Kelly

Even if you think you are a big football fan, you have nothing on this guy! John Anthony Westwood loves Portsmouth F.C. so much that in 1989 he made his loyalty official by renaming himself via deed poll to John Anthony Portsmouth Football Club Westwood. He has 60 Portsmouth tattoos, the club crest shaved onto his [...]

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