Shoreham Badly Drawn Boy gig scrapped

BADLY Drawn Boy has pulled out of his Shoreham gig.

The singer, aka Damon Gough, was due to play at the Ropetackle Centre tomorrow (Saturday, August 17), but cancelled following a

complaints he swore on stage at Northampton Music Festival at the start of the month.

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He said: “Both personal and work pressures have come to a head in the last month or so and sometimes I find it very difficult to control my emotions whilst on stage.

“So in light of this, I have decided to take a complete break from everything for the next three months, something I’ve not had for fourteen years. “I’m really sorry if I offended anybody on in Northampton.”

Ben Parker said the arts centre, in Little High Street, was “very disappointed” with the news, as organisers were expecting a sell out show.