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Mariah Carey may have been the biggest selling female music star of the 90’s with a string of top-selling singles and legions of fans -  but drinkers in a Southampton boozer have had enough of one of her admirers.

Roy Danns

Regulars at The Gordon Arms in Southampton decided enough is enough after one customer, Geoff, selected Mariah Carey songs on the pub's jukebox, time after time.

Landlord Roy Danns pulled the plug on most of Mariah's tracks on the jukebox after All I want for Christmas in particular was played - sometimes up to 20 times a day.

Roy insists he gave the dedicated fan a fair warning about playing so many Mariah tunes before he took the drastic step of removing most of her songs from the jukebox list.  Geoff has shyed away from the publicity ... and has had to look for another pub.

Roy explained:  "This has been happening over quite a number of years, 20 times a day, three or four times in a row.  It was more than I and most of the regulars could take.  I'm very relieved - the jukebox is a lot softer on the ears than it was."

Pub regulars couldn't take much more!

His stance has been backed by regulars and staff. 

Barmaid Keeley Wilson said: "It got quite boring to be honest - the same old Mariah Carey songs.  I quite like All I Want for Christmas, but by January it's like 'please ssshhhh'!"

Dan insists that Geoff is not barred and after a cooling off period will be welcome back in the pub - as long as he's not accompanied by the sound of Mariah's greatest hits again.