From rock to rock-bottom: 5 times pop and politics collided 鈥� from Kanye West in the West Wing to Noel Gallagher at No. 10
22 October 2018
Performing in front of a crowd. Belting it out to the back row. Selling your vision.
At first glance, life in pop and life in politics might seem pretty close. So why is it when stars and politicians mix, the results often have us looking away?
Bobby Gillespie
The legendary Primal Scream frontman appeared on This Week to talk with Andrew Neil and Michael Portillo about how the United Kingdom is going backwards, politically.
Little did he know he would be faced with a nightmarish vision of .
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A picture paints a thousand words ...unfortunately!
Kanye West
Kanye West spent time in the oval office meeting president Donald Trump. At the end a 10-minute expletive-filled monologue, the president responded with “That was quite something,” to which West replied, “It was from the soul. I just channelled it.”
As well as donning a ‘Make America Great Again’ cap – which West described as making him feel like ‘Superman’ – he had also met with the president at Trump Tower not long after Trump’s election win.
Taylor Swift
Speaking of President Trump, Taylor Swift coming out in favour of the Democrats didn’t sit too well with him. He likes Ms Swift’s music “25% less” as a result.
Taylor Swift breaking her silence went down better with other people, though. Film director Michael Moore was “impressed” by the pop star’s decision to endorse a political party.
Brian Eno
When not changing the face of music production or , Brian Eno is also a keen supporter of the Liberal Democrats.
He soundtracked a 2010 party political broadcast and was even .
Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher famously went to Number 10 in 1997 as part of a ‘Cool Britannia’ drinks party.
He has since had some rather scathing words for both Labour leaders past and present and politicians in general.
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