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TIL that Tom Meighan, the original lead singer of rock band Kasabian, was fired from the band the day before he was to plead guilty to charges of assaulting his fiance, Vikki Ager. One year after pleading guilty to her assault and getting kicked out of the band, Meighan and Ager married.

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