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Fatboy Slim robbed at gunpoint
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| DiMethGuy |
"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 |
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| J:\Digital |
Why the didn't they pull the trigger!!!
:haha: :haha: kidding...
Thats some pretty ed up tho... |
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| swisstoni_uk |
LOL bloody hell Fatboy!, he doesnt really need to be travelling to Italy for obscure gigs :haha:
unless they offered him ££££££s :( |
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| CynepMeH |
| 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! :stongue: |
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| Radders2003 |
That could have happened to anyone, not just a dj..
J:\Digital, your evil :rolleyes: |
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| J:\Digital |
| quote: | Originally posted by Radders2003
That could have happened to anyone, not just a dj..
J:\Digital, your evil :rolleyes: |
:disbelief :disbelief i was kidding. I do enjoy his Beach Boutique DVDs.. he's just not a great DJ.. |
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| N-Tys |
| bad luck there, thats what you get for take a dodgy gig ;) |
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| Mebot |
| wow! don't mess with the Mafia.... |
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| flavdave |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mebot
wow! don't mess with the Mafia.... |
You learned that the hard way.
Good thing Mr. Cook is ok. |
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| Mebot |
| Crap! I left my wallet in El Segundo :( |
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| Dmatrox |
| quote: | Originally posted by J:\Digital
:disbelief :disbelief i was kidding. I do enjoy his Beach Boutique DVDs.. he's just not a great DJ.. |
who cares whether hes good or not in your opinion, no one deserves what happened to him.
lesson is, dont go to italy to dj. |
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| J:\Digital |
| obviously no one see's the sarcasm in my first post... :rolleyes: |
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