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Fri 11 Nov 2006Nile StyleScrupulous honesty has always been a hallmark of The Blue Nile, so with one of the trio missing from the forthcoming Dublin show, Paul Buchanan and Robert Bell are dropping the name. They'll be playing a few favourites, though, Buchanan tells Brian Boyd.YOU wouldn't think Tom Jones, Mel C from The Spice Girls, Issac Hayes and Rod Stewart would have that much in common, but all are huge fans and have recorded cover versions of Blue Nile songs. The Glaswegian band have an almost mythical place in the music world - they're viewed as near recluses and they are characterised by a work rate that would hardly be considered as Stakhanovite. To put this in perspective, the band have released four albums since 1984. The gap between the third one, Peace At Last in 1996 and the current one, 2004's High, is longer than the entire recording career of The Beatles.