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Foxes has broken the world record for the most live concerts performed in 12 hours in different cities.
The 26-year-old singer - whose real name is Louisa Rose Allen - has made her way into the Guinness World Records book for the string of shows, which she undertook to raise money for cancer charity Trekstock.
The series of seven gigs kicked off at the University of Southampton Students' Union, before she headed to, Brighton, Guildford, Reading, Oxford, High Wycombe and London, travelling between venues in the new Citroën C1, which she claims has encouraged her to pass her driving test.
After breaking the record, she said: "It's been amazing to see this challenge through to the finishing line. It's been a long day, but I'm so excited to be able to say that I'm now a Guinness World Records title holder. I'd like to say a huge thanks to Citroën and my team for making this become a reality. After taking the New C1 from 'C1ty to C1ty', I'm more determined than ever to pass my driving test and get out on the open road."
She also tweeted: "ONLY WENT AND DID IT!!!!!!#C1tytoC1ty one of those wtf moments. Guinness World record done (sic)."
In order to make it into the record books, the 'C1ty to C1ty' shows had to be located a minimum of 50km apart, with each performance lasting at leas 15 minutes.
During her sets, the Grammy Award winner sang fan favourites including 'Youth', 'Glorious' and 'Let Go For Tonight', and was supported by a different up-and-coming act at each venue.

Muse will headline Lollapalooza Berlin.
The British alternative rockers - fronted by Matt Bellamy - are the final band to have been added to this year's festival, which takes place from 12 - 15 September.
The 'Supermassive Black Hole' hitmakers have played the festival - which takes place at what used to be, Tempelhof, Airport - several times before and will return to play a set, including songs from their latest LP 'Drones'.
The collection is the band's first since 2012's 'The 2nd Law', and he recently revealed he believes it's their best album so far, admitting, "That's not something I've been able to say for a while."
Their performance is noted as the only chance for German fans to see the Grammy Award winning band this year.
The premium European music event, completes its line-up with the final additions of former Jane's Addiction frontman, Perry Farrell, who will DJ at the festival, and house music gods The 2 Bears.
Hot Chip and Joywave - who recently supported Brandon Flowers - were also included in the final line-up.
Previously announced headliners, include The Libertines and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis alongside the likes of Chvrches, Bastille, Fatboy Slim and Stereophonics.

Noel Gallagher believes One Direction only have "five years left".
The 47-year-old star has confessed he can't understand why Zayn Malik chose to quit the band to live a "normal life" when he thinks he'd have been able to do that soon enough anyway.
He said: "I can't understand why he would do it - because they've only got, at most, five years left."
Noel added he thinks Zayn should have stuck it out with his bandmates - Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson - if only to line his pockets for a few more years.
Speaking to James Corden on 'The Late, Late Show', the former Oasis rocker added: "He should just stand at the back, smoke weed, get laid, just pick the cheque up and go home. But he should get himself a good accountant."
The 'Wonderwall' hitmaker's comments come after he said Zayn was "strange" for quitting the band and predicted he won't be the "normal" guy he wants to be in a few years' time.
He said previously: "It's a strange thing for that lad to have done at that age. The greatest quote was - I laughed out loud when I read it, 'I just want to be a normal 22-year-old'. Pfft. Who wants to be a normal 22-year-old?! Hang on a minute. You can be f**king anything that moves and getting paid half a million dollars a week, you f**king idiot. You want to be a normal 22-year-old? Have you met any normal 22-year-olds? They're s**t for brains. What are you talking about, you idiot? God. All those young Japanese girls s***ing me c**k. So shallow and meaningless. I'll say this to you, Zayn, You might have wanted to be a normal 22 year old, but you won't want to be a normal 25 year old!"
Noel's younger brother and former Oasis bandmate Liam Gallagher later jumped to the defence of Zayn and his former bandmates.
He wrote on Twitter: "Hey NG leave those 1d kids alone LG x ... Just coz you have a SAXAPHONE on your new record and you think your all Pink Floyd LG x ... Everybody knows your just another Pr**k in the wall LG x (sic)."

Iggy Azalea cancelled her 'Great Escape tour because of a "creative change of heart".
The 24-year-old rapper axed the string of shows over the weekend, having previously postponed the tour, and has revealed a number of factors contributed to the decision including the fact she wants to get started on something "totally anew".
She said: "I've had a different creative change of heart. I want to start totally anew, and if I stayed on my tour, that would mean I wouldn't even be able to start working on that until after Christmas."
The 'Fancy' hitmaker - who released her debut record 'The New Classic' last year - explained her hectic schedule was another reason behind the choice, insisting she is in desperate need of a break having had very little free time for the past two years.
She continued: "On top of that, mentally, to be honest with you, I just feel I deserve a break. I've been going non-stop for the past two years, nearly every single day. I'm not in a bad place. I think sometimes when you say you need a mental break, people are like, 'A mental break? Be sure you don't have a breakdown because you're sad.' No, not necessarily. It's very emotionally draining to be on all the time and going all the time, planning all the time. It's a lot, and it's tough. I need a break from everything to just enjoy what I worked so hard for, and I don't really feel like I've had a chance to do that."
Eventually, Iggy said she made the difficult decision because there were "so many things" stopping her from doing it, including the fact she struggled to find any opening acts to support her on the tour.
She told Seventeen magazine: "It just seemed like it was so many things pointing me in the direction of not doing [the tour], that I finally thought, when enough things come your way, you can't ignore the signs. It's not easy to decide that the best thing to do is cancel a tour, but that's the best thing for me. I don't want to disappoint fans. I feel really bad. It was a tough decision to make, but it was the best thing."

Lionel Richie decided to "make love to every girl in the world" when he started out in music.
The 'Hello' singer began touring with funk-soul group the Commodores as a youngster, and revealed they all attempted to bed as many women as possible as they travelled around the world.
He said: "When the touring [with the Commodores] started we knew we were gonna do a hundred shows in as many cities, maybe more, in a year. So we decided: we're gonna make love to every girl in the world. That was our mission statement."
The singer, now 65, insisted he kept score of the thousands of women he slept with during the period, which would sometimes be three each day, but revealed it occasionally got too much for him because he still needed the stamina to perform.
He explained: "We all kept score, yeah. We were college guys, so we liked stats. And when you start out, it's madness: there's one in the morning, one in the afternoon, one in the evening. It's great. You're killing it. But all of a sudden you get to the fifth show and you're, like: Everybody get out of my room! You can't do it. I don't care whether you're 19 and sexually possessed - you can't do that and put on high-heeled boots and run across the stage every night."
However, Lionel - who divorced his second wife Diane Alexander in 2004 - said the pressure of performing and seducing women eventually turned him onto drugs.
He continued: "That's why drugs became so inviting: because you get a hit of this, and it gives you the stamina. But how long does it last? And then you're in rehab, and what kind of b******t is that? Or you're falling down on stage and passing out halfway through the show."
And although he enjoyed a promiscuous time in his younger years, he insisted this soon ended when he got scared about fathering children with women he didn't know.
He told GQ magazine: "It wasn't the sex and it wasn't the drugs. It was... babies. Holy s**t! The first time you get that phone call when someone says... hey, guess what? That's called fear, shock and awe. That's when I realised the gun was loaded, you know what I'm saying?"

Burt Bacharach will perform at Glastonbury Festival.
The full schedule of acts set to perform at the annual festival in south west England, running from 24 to 28 June, has been released, with the 87-year-old singing sensation revealing he will take to the stage on Saturday afternoon between British stars George Ezra and Paloma Faith.
The iconic singer/songwriter - who penned hits such as 'Always Something There To Remind Me' and 'Walk On By' - was previously scheduled to perform at the event in 2000 alongside Travis and David Bowie, but was replaced by David Gray after he was forced to pull out at the last minute.
As well as the star, 'Boom Bang a Bang' hitmaker Lulu will perform on the Avalon Stage on Friday evening, while the timings for acts on the Pyramid Stage have also been revealed for the festival, which has partnered up with EE to benefit from the largest festival phone charging service.
Motörhead and Florence + the Machine will take to the stage directly before the Foo Fighters on Friday night, while 'Happy' singer Pharrell Williams will warm up the crowds ready for Kanye West's controversial headline Saturday slot.
As previously announced, Paul Weller will perform before The Who's closing set on Sunday night, with Patti Smith, Lionel Richie and Alt-J also taking to the stage throughout the afternoon.
The full line-up for Glastonbury 2015 - which has partnered with EE for a third year - is available here: http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/line-up/line-up-2015/

Jason Derulo will go on tour in the UK next year.
The 'Wiggle' hitmaker has announced seven show dates across the British Isles which will kick off in Cardiff on January 24.
Concerts will also be taking place in Glasgow, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Brighton and Manchester before finishing up at London's O2 Arena on February 5.
The 25-year-old singer recently bagged his fourth UK number one with his hit 'Want to Want Me' - from his new studio album 'Everything Is 4' - and admitted it was a "tremendous pleasure" to have landed the top spot once again.
He said: "I just want to say thank you to all the fans for giving me this tremendous pleasure.
"It never ever gets old. Honestly, it feels just as good every time, if not better.
"I worked really hard on this album for about eight months, so to begin like this with a bang is a real blessing."
Tickets for Jason's UK gigs will go on general sale from June 5.

The full tour dates are as follows:

January 24 - Cardiff Arena
January 29 - Glasgow Hydro
January 30 - Birmingham Genting Arena
February 1 - Bournemouth Intl Centre
February 2 - Brighton Centre
February 4 - Manchester Arena
February 5 - London O2 Arena

Olivia Somerlyn is eager to collaborate with Nick Jonas again.
The pop star wrote 'Parachute' - which topped the Billboard Dance Club chart on release - with the hunk, and revealed she is keen to write another song with him, but is waiting for their schedules to "align" so they can meet up again.
She told BANG Showbiz: "I've talked to Nick about working together and we definitely want to. It was so quick and he of course is so busy now because he is doing so well. It's hard for our schedules to align but hopefully we will together again soon."
The 20-year-old musician - who has toured with the likes of Meghan Trainor, Jessie J and Jonas Brothers - admitted she loved working with the 'Jealous' hitmaker because she found it interesting seeing how he created the track.
She said: "He is so talented, it's really cool to see his process and how he goes about writing and producing, because he also produced the song."
And she continued to say she particularly relished the song writing opportunity because she was such a big fan of the Jonas Brothers - Nick's former band with brothers Joe and Kevin - when she was younger.
She added: "He is so great. I've always been a really big fan of the Jonas Brothers and especially Nick and his song writing ability when he was writing for the band and for himself. He is so talented. Even when I was a fan before I had met them, I'd always wanted to write a song with him that was one of my dreams."

Conor Maynard wants to collaborate with John Mayer.
The 22-year-old star - who shot to fame with his UK top five single 'Can't Say No' - has worked with a number of artists including Ne-Yo but insists Mayer is at the top of his list of people he'd like to make music with.
He exclusively told BANG Showbiz: "If I got to do a track with John Mayer, that would be my favourite person to work with. I think he's someone that people wouldn't expect."
The 'Turn Around' singer is proud of the names he's had feature on his tracks so far though.
Speaking about his new album, he shared: "I've been able to work with some amazing people on there. I've got Labyrinth on the new single 'Royalty'. Craig David did some stuff with me."
The star had been a long time fan of both stars but was intimidated when first meeting Craig.
He explained: "When I first met him I thought, 'Is he going to sing or beat me up?' His body is crazy, which is mad because he parties really hard as well."
However, Conor is now keeping his future collaborations under wraps although he's rumoured to have worked with Timbaland and Travie McCoy on songs for his new album.
The 'Vegas Girl' singer added: "There are no kind of set in stone collaborations. My first album was a lot but with this I kind of want to step back from that and make it more about myself."
Conor Maynard will be playing at Thorpe Park's Island Beats on 21 August. Island Beats runs from 11 July - 29 August and for more information and to book tickets go to www.thorpepark.com