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Paolo Nutini: 'I'm still involved in my father's chip shop business'

'Iron Sky' singer Paolo Nutini has revealed that despite being a successful musician he still likes to keep an eye on his dad's business, which is a fish and chip shop, when he's home. 

Speaking to Britain's Daily Mail newspaper, the crooner admitted that he still keeps one foot in the family business because it's something he has been brought up around and loves it:

"Some people say I'm lucky to have escaped the life that my dad had, working in a fish and chip shop, but I don't see it like that. If I'd followed in his footsteps, I'd be running my own business. It wouldn't have been like going down a mine!"

Nutini explained that he's trying to encourage his father to change the shop's interior decor because it looks a little dated: "I'm still involved in the shop. The decor hasn't changed since the Fifties, but I'm trying to move things forward without losing the charm. I can't go in and start cooking fish suppers or deep-frying Mars Bars, but the shop is something I'm very proud of."

Over the weekend, Nutini's new album 'Caustic Love' shot straight in at No.1 and also secured the title of being the fastest-selling album of 2014 so far. 

Watch one of his new Abbey Road sessions here: