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The Guardian - UK
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Open thread: what's your most prized piece of music merchandise?

Crazy pop merchandise: pixies cycling jersey
Crazy pop merchandise … a Pixies cycling jersey

What is your most prized piece of merchandise? Your most treasured T-shirt? Most mollycoddled mug? Most sacred Spice Girls armpit sanitiser?

Miley Cyrus is on a mission to shower her fans with what she has called "junk" on her forthcoming Bangerz tour, inspiring a new generation of fans to become hoarders of, presumably, thong leotards, Beat Pills and foam fingers. "I want to give [my fans] real things they can collect," the singer said in a recent interview. "I'm a little bit of a hoarder. I hope my fans become hoarders also [so] I'm giving a lot of junk away [at the shows] ... I'll have things falling out of the sky that most people would sell at the merch table."

Considering that we live in a world filled with JLS johnnies, Keane baking aprons and Cliff Richard bingo dabbers, we're keen to find out what might be lurking under your bed, shoved in your loft or sat proudly on your shelf. We asked Twitter to kick things off, here's what some had to say:

@JimbobSomeroo

I've got all of the Spice Girls signatures on a mock advert for Emma's mums karate school framed on my wall.

@Dani_Canto 12m

Aidan Moffat's bottle opener. It sings 'The Little Beer Song' every time you open a bottle #ace

@Kvalshaug 12m

A downscale model of Hank Williams' car, signed by Charles Carr, the driver who wheeled Hank's last ride.

Have you got anything to add? Please let us know your favourite piece of collectable band-related merch in the comments below.

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