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Hucknall upstages Campbell in Gospel tour17 Mar 2004 by Matt Knight
The worst double-act since Cannon and Ball hit the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester last night as Alastair Campbell – giving the latest of his talks – teamed up with the smug song murderer Mick Hucknall to deliver a night of unexpected back and thigh slapping hilarity.
In a change from previous shows Campbell dispensed with his usual walk-on music – "Ego Tripping At The Gates Of Hell" by The Flaming Lips – and instead strode on stage to the dismal Hucknall tune "Something Got Me Started", at which point two members of the audience got up and left. As they were leaving one was overheard whispering to the other that Hucknall's voice sounded like a squirrel gargling. The almost packed auditorium then heard Campbell deliver the "Gospel according to Al" as some critics have described it, while Hucknall sat next to him stroking his hair playfully and staring at a young woman in the second row. After Hucknall had exchanged telephone numbers with the woman in the second row in the interval, the second half was marked by a series of embarrassing questions put to both Campbell and Hucknall. Following Campbell's attack on the Daily Mail in the first half, an audience member asked Hucknall if he had a problem with the fact that most people who bought his music were Daily Mail readers. Another woman thanked Campbell for reinvigorating her sex life with his "fictional" tale of "The Riviera Gigolo" in Forum Magazine, and asked if he would sign the copy she had brought along. As a red-faced Campbell politely declined the request, the audience was distracted by the sight and sound of Hucknall vigorously necking the woman from the second row at the edge of the stage. The show was then hastily concluded. Alastair Campbell was unavailable for comment last night. Hucknall just said: "Fantastic! I really enjoyed myself." Campbell can expect further disruption to his tour as it is rumoured that some BBC staff are planning to spoil the forthcoming Birmingham performance by asking questions related to the pop career of UB40, and in particular the existential angst behind the lyrics to such songs as "Rat in Mi Kitchen" and "Cherry Oh Baby". When Campbell informs them that he is not the lead singer of the Brummie reggae outfit they plan to storm out of the auditorium noisily demanding a refund. It is not yet clear who will be resigning over the planned outburst.
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