Basement Jaxx recall time they rugby tackled Prince Harry dressed in a gorilla outfit

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Basement Jaxx have spoken about the time that bandmember Felix Buxton rugby tackled Prince Harry while he was dressed in a gorilla outfit onstage.Buxton recalled the incident in a new interview, sharing that the royal said the experience of being anonymous on stage like that was “one of the best moments of his life”.In the ’00s Basement Jaxx – completed by Simon Ratcliffe – would have guests wear head-to-toe monkey outfits to wear onstage when they performed their 2001 hit single ‘Where’s Your Head At?’ The song’s music video shows primates playing the track in a lab experiment that spirals out of control.Buxton told ABC radio show The J Files that Prince Harry was invited to guest as a dancing gorilla during their 2009 Wireless Festival set in London.“I think he was more interested in Dizzee Rascal [who was going to come perform [‘Lucky Star’] on our third album [‘Kish Kash’],” Buxton said of the prince.“Anyway, [I] met Harry before the show and said, ‘If you want to be a gorilla on stage, help yourself’.” Prince Harry agreed – and Buxton soon forgot that he’d even offered.Buxton added that a requirement of being a dancing gorilla was to not overdo it: “Often we say, can you try and get into the part of being a gorilla?

Don’t try act like you’re on a stag do.”But Buxton claimed that the royal got a bit too excited. “[One gorilla] was doing this kind of silly disco dancing,” Buxton recalled. “Often we say, can you try and get into the part of being a gorilla?

Don’t try act like you’re on a stag do.“He said that was one of the best moments of his life. He might look back now and think, ‘Oh god yeah, I was so free’,” Buxton said. “I forgot about it completely and then we’re on the stage.