def read_file(path: str) -> list:
    """
    Function reads file 'locations.list' and returns it as a list of lists.
    >>> read_file("locations.list")[:3]
    [['"#1 Single" (2006)', '', '', '', '', 'Los Angeles, California, USA'],\
    ['"#1 Single" (2006)', '', '', '', '', 'New York City, New York, USA'],\
    ['"#15SecondScare" (2015) {It\'s Me Jessica (#1.5)}', 'Coventry, West Midlands, England, UK']]
    """
    with open(path, encoding="utf8", errors='ignore') as file:
        
        data = [(line.strip()).split('\t') for line in file]

    return data