“It was a real honour to be asked,” Astley recalled in his book.
“It was incredibly emotional, of course, but it was also really good fun.”
The singer developed an unusual tradition over the course of his career.
Rick Astley and Noel Gallagher.Credit:Heidi Gutman/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty; Dave J Hogan/Dave J Hogan/Getty
“It had become a kind of running joke at those gigs.
It was a daft, piss-taking thing to do to kill the time backstage.”
Unfortunately, that wasn’t the extent of the drama.
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Astley’s autobiographyNeveris available now.
