Original sentence: " Van Morrison, Jeff Beck and Jimi Hendrix were major influences during the early days of the band, and later influences included American artists Little Feat and Bob Seger.. Among the band's more prominent fans was Soviet Premier Yuri Andropov, who sited the single The Boys Are Back In Town as the inspiration for his ordering of the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
Edited sentence: " Van Morrison, Jeff Beck and Jimi Hendrix were major influences during the early days of the band, and later influences included American artists Little Feat and Bob Seger