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Deacon Blue’s Ricky Ross chats to Ryan ahead of their debut tour of South Africa

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Deacon Blue are headed to South Africa for the first time ever. On the 22nd of February you can catch them live at Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens. Ricky Ross is thrilled to embark on the band’s debut tour of South Africa and shared his excitement on the Ryan O’Connor Breakfast Show this morning.

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Phil de Lange
Phil de Lange
Phil de Lange is the producer of the Ryan O'Connor Breakfast show and has been with Smile 90.4FM since it's inception in 2013. Through his work on the breakfast show he has won two national radio awards. He has been in broadcasting for 15 years and has honed his talent at 6 different radio stations. Outside of radio he is also a podcast producer and award winning stand-up comedian.

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