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Måneskin, The Offspring and more announced for Paris festival Rock en Seine
The first wave of names have been announced for next year’s Rock en Seine, with Måneskin, The Offspring and The Hives all playing the Paris fest.
Metal-loving comedian Bill Bailey knows that the UK have "not being doing well lately" in Eurovision, and he's here to "inject a bit of fun" next year…
The UK did well in Eurovision the other week, didn’t we? What’s worse – nil points, or a really humiliating three? At least our lad James Newman ended up with a funny story to tell about his flawless loss, and he looked like he was having a good time while Italian rock outfit Måneskin strutted to victory.
Anyway, clearly we need a different strategy. And of course, the man eccentric enough to actually look like a contender to break our duck is Bill Bailey. Having brought metal to Strictly Come Dancing by doing a turn to Metallica’s Enter Sandman and subsequently winning the whole thing, he’s got form when it comes to getting gold in TV talent shows.
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Talking at yesterday’s BAFTAs, the owner of Britain’s Finest Skullet said, “Do you know what? I was writing [a Eurovision song] today. This very day. Because I just thought, ‘Why not?’ Come on, we’ve not been doing well lately.
“It couldn’t have gone worse,” he continued of this year’s performance. “We need to inject a bit of fun, I think.”
Just watch him on Strictly. Our only hope? Yes.