Eurovision hopeful John Lydon brands competition “disgusting”
completemusicupdate.comdown to the final six being considered to represent Ireland at this year’s Contest in May, with the final decision set to be announced next month.Speaking to RTE’s Radio 1 about Eurovision, Lydon said: “It’s absolutely awful, the songs.
The whole thing of it is disgusting to me. I’m a songwriter, I perform live, and these shows just come across as so dreadfully phoney to me.
But look, we’re giving it a chance to break out of that mould”.How big of him. He added that representing Ireland in the big Contest would be a “fantastic opportunity” for him, although he’s not yet entirely sure what playing at the grand final would entail.
Asked what his performance would involve, he said: “I’ve no idea. Apparently, I have to do karaoke over a backing track”.Now I’m imagining doing karaoke with John Lydon.
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