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Reid was born in
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and has multiple drink-driving-related convictions related to incidents in 2017 and 2024, prompting him to seek help. In 2024, he pleaded guilty to refusing to give a blood sample after allegedly failing to stop for police, who caught him driving over the speed limit on
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Reid's musical career has led to five number one albums on the NZ Music Charts, as well as eight music awards with The
Feelers, including winning Songwriter of the Year in the 1999
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635:Burns, Adam (12 August 2024).
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373:"Back to the Beginning" (2018)
367:"Time Is Another Lover" (2016)
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376:"Planet Nowhere" (2019)
361:"Deeper Journey" (2016)
358:"From Your Side" (2016)
323:The Feelers discography
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