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Fatboy Slim robbed at gunpoint
"Dance supremo Fatboy Slim was robbed at gunpoint by a vicious Mafia gangster during a recent DJ gig in Naples, Italy. Fatboy was rehearsing for a nightclub performance in the Campania city, unaware it had been organised by members of the local Camorra.
Cook explains, "It was a s**tty gig in Naples and no one knew who we were. We'd sold seven tickets. "We said to the promoter, who was a member of the Mafia, 'You know what? Shall we just cancel the gig - it's not really working is it?' "They said, 'Fine, you cancel the gig, but your equipment's staying here,' and then they put a gun to my head. They were taking all our stuff, but I wasn't arguing. Once you've had a gun to your head, everything else seems really trivial."
His Italian trip wasn't the only time Cook came into contact with a pistol - he was confronted by a gunman during a working holiday in Barbados with English TV presenter Jayne Middlemiss. Cook laments, "All of a sudden two blokes came in shooting and I was s**tting my pants. The two of us were under the table thinking, 'So what do you give them? I've only got a packet of fags (cigarettes).' "Luckily my manager has a Rolex. They couldn't believe it - they were like, 'F**king hell, it's a real one.' They were really made up. And that was scary."
Source: http://au.launch.yahoo.com/041202/10/2bqv.html
Why the fuck didn't they pull the trigger!!!
kidding...
Thats some pretty fucked up shit tho...
LOL bloody hell Fatboy!, he doesnt really need to be travelling to Italy for obscure gigs
unless they offered him ������s 
Sucks for Fatboy... I guess the lesson is: Being a DJ is not all fun and glamour, sometimes, you're on a business end of a gun. To FBS: "you've come a long way baby"... to get robbed! 
That could have happened to anyone, not just a dj..
J:\Digital, your evil 
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| Originally posted by Radders2003 That could have happened to anyone, not just a dj.. J:\Digital, your evil |
i was kidding. I do enjoy his Beach Boutique DVDs.. he's just not a great DJ..
bad luck there, thats what you get for take a dodgy gig 
wow! don't mess with the Mafia....
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| Originally posted by Mebot wow! don't mess with the Mafia.... |
Crap! I left my wallet in El Segundo
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| Originally posted by J:\Digital i was kidding. I do enjoy his Beach Boutique DVDs.. he's just not a great DJ.. |
obviously no one see's the sarcasm in my first post...
someone with photoshop skills is needed to make a picture to go w/ the story...
alas i have no skills....
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| Originally posted by DiMethGuy alas i have no skills.... |
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| Originally posted by DiMethGuy someone with photoshop skills is needed to make a picture to go w/ the story... alas i have no skills.... |
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| Originally posted by DiMethGuy someone with photoshop skills is needed to make a picture to go w/ the story... alas i have no skills.... |
Well... thats a kick in the balls!
that sucks. it sucks being robbed.
and yes .. don't mess with the mafia. if you think ghetto gangs are bad, the mafia is worse than that. 
wow first Lawler gets it now FBS who is next?
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| Originally posted by stren wow first Lawler gets it now FBS who is next? |
Major suckage.
That sounds way too fucked up. Threatning a DJ and stealing his shit, that is way too screwed. 
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| Originally posted by Outsider what happened to Lawler? |
Wow this is better than Sopranos! Well nope it isn't
I have met a lot of DJs and this stuff happens to them quite a lot. They are just like every one else.
Sad to hear about FatBoy Slim. I saw his gig in NYC three weeks ago. It was great.
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