Добавить новость
ru24.net
TheSun.co.uk
Июнь
2024

Inside shamed ex-Kasabian star Tom Meighan’s fall from grace as he moans ‘pals abandoned me’ ahead of band’s Glasto gig

0

KASABIAN are set to steal the show at Glastonbury this weekend after we revealed they will perform as the secret act.

But as Serge Pizzorno and the group prepare to be mobbed by thousands of fans on Saturday, a different fate awaits shamed ex-bandmate Tom Meighan.

Getty - Contributor
Kasabian frontman Tom Meighan was kicked out of the band in 2020 after assaulting his partner[/caption]
PA:Press Association
Ian Matthews, Sergio Pizzorno, Tom Meighan and Chris Edwards at the 2010 Brit Awards[/caption]
BPM
Tom drunkenly attacked future-wife Vikki Ager during lockdown[/caption]

Six years ago, the former frontman, 43, was sacked by the band after attacking his then-fiancee, Vikki Ager, in a drunken row during lockdown

Chilling CCTV footage revealed the singer struck his partner, had his hands around her throat and dragged her into the garden by her ankles. 

Meighan, who initially denied domestic assault in a police interview, was described as having “smelt heavily of intoxicants” and was acting “aggressively” and “uncooperative”.

In court, he was ordered to undertake five days in rehabilitation, carry out 200 hours of community service and received an 18-month community order. 

Kasabian – who The Sun revealed will return to play this year’s Glastonbury Festival after 10 years away – said they were “completely heartbroken” but couldn’t stand by what he had done. 

In a statement after the conviction, they wrote: “As soon as we found out about the charges made against Tom, we as a band made the decision that we could no longer work with him.

“Ultimately, as much as Tom hurt us all, we’re not the victims in all of this. Domestic violence is something that can never be excused.”

Meighan returned to performing after his conviction, but has lived in the shadows of his former success, explaining he lost his home, job and friends.

While he has continued to tour the festival circuit, the stages are smaller and he has faced regular boycotts from furious performers who refuse to share them with him.

In a recent bitter interview, he lashed out at the “hundreds of friends” who “disappeared out of my life”. It followed a series of swipes at his former bandmates, who he alleges were desperate to force him out even prior to his shock trial.

Battle with booze

Shortly after the court case, Meighan publicly apologised, insisting it was “a wake-up call” for “who I was and what I was becoming”.

He said he had “struggled for many years with alcohol addiction” and said he was “spiralling out of control” before the attack.

However, some were appalled by his initial denial of the incident.

Police were alerted to the assault at the couple’s Leicestershire home when a child, who was described as “panicked and afraid”, called 999.

PA
The singer outside Leicestershire Magistrates’ Court in 2020[/caption]
Getty
Meighan and Vikki married one year from being convicted of domestic assault[/caption]

Vikki was heard yelling “get off me, get off me” as she tried to fight Meighan off during the attack and was said to be “visibly upset” by officers.

The mum, who did not support the prosecution, was left with bruises to her head, knees, elbow and ankle as well as “a reddening around her neck”.

Meighan and Vikki went on to marry the following year – they had been engaged since 2017. 

Ahead of the nuptials, she told Cornwall Live: “He apologies daily. He really does. A lot of people have arguments and ours got taken to an extreme level.” 

Swipes at Serge

In 2021, Meighan released the song Would You Mind?, which he said was written “when I felt I had nowhere or nobody to turn to”.

Lyrics for the track included: “Would you mind? If I lean on you for a little while. Would you mind? If I ask you one last favour cause (sic) we’ve always been like brothers.”

By 2022, the singer’s tune changed as he hit out at his former band members, accusing them of trying to silence him and eject him from the band years prior to his conviction. 

On the YouTube series James Hargreaves Guitar, Meighan said: “I felt like I was being watched. Serge (Sergio Pizzorno) was edging and edging to be the frontman for a long time. 

I rightly lost everything: my home, my job, and people around me. I was sacked and shunned

“I was basically put in a cage and let out and then put back in again. Very, very egotistic leader. It is what it is.”

He argued that “they should change the name at least” and claimed they “tried to gag me”. Kasabian did not reply to his claims.

Meighan claimed Serge “ended me” because “it did his head in” that he wasn’t the lead singer, adding: “He’s a very ‘me, me’ person and he wanted to be the frontman and now he’s got it.”

Later, in an interview with the Guardian, Serge insisted he didn’t want to be Kasabian’s lead singer but felt “it would be difficult” to convey the meanings behind their songs by hiring a newcomer.

Instagram
Tom released lyrics to his single ‘Would you mind?’ in 2021, which was about his struggles[/caption]
Getty
Later the singer would complain celebrity pals ditched him and only Noel Gallagher ‘stuck his neck out’ for him[/caption]
Serge Pizzorno took over as the lead singer as Kasabian
Getty

He claimed the band had “dealt with a lot” over the years from Meighan and had “been through some tough moments”.

Describing the sacking, Sergio added: “It felt like leaving home and coming back and seeing it burnt down, walking round the ashes, seeing old pictures and artefacts and picking things up and sifting through the destruction. It was an intense time.”

Bassist Chris Edwards added: “I think part of Tom wanted to go solo but he didn’t have the heart to tell us.” 

‘Lost everything’

Meighan released his first single as a free download and in 2022 put out a second titled Shout It Out.

The latter was accompanied by an unusual photoshoot at his home. 

In the photos, he was seen cuddling cats with Vikki and kissing her, filling a kettle and receiving a massage from his wife, who’s a reflexologist.

It appeared to be part of an attempt to rebrand himself as a changed man – having undergone therapy and rehab and stopped drinking alcohol.

I had hundreds of friends in the music industry and they knew that was hugely out of character for me, but they disappeared out of my life

Tom Meighan

It followed on from a previously published first-person piece for Medium, in which he wrote: “I rightly lost everything: my home, my job, and people around me. I was sacked and shunned.”

In 2023, Meighan released his debut solo album The Reckoning, which peaked at No 17 in the UK album charts.

Despite his conviction, the singer has since played gigs around the country and headlined small festivals since 2022.

Getty
Meighan and wife Vikki were seen cuddling cats in a bizarre photoshoot[/caption]
Getty
He was also seen receiving a massage from Vikki and pouring water into a kettle[/caption]

Earlier this year, Meighan moaned about being shunned by music industry pals and the struggles he had relaunching his career.

He told Sunday World in April: “I had hundreds of friends in the music industry and they knew that was hugely out of character for me, but they disappeared out of my life.”

Tom said there was one exception – Noel Gallagher, who he says “stuck his neck out” and described him as “a f***in’ great mate of mine”.

The former Oasis star booked him as the support act for his tour. Tom added: “He didn’t have to do that, but he did, he didn’t give a f***.”

Festival boycotts

While Noel has backed the singer, other musicians have objected to him being booked, including when he headlined at Sheffield’s Be Reyt Festival last year.

At least seven acts pulled out of the show including Rianne Downey, who wrote online: “I do not and will not stand by or sympathise with the headliner and his previous actions.” 

How you can get help

Women's Aid has this advice for victims and their families:

  • Always keep your phone nearby.
  • Get in touch with charities for help, including the Women’s Aid live chat helpline and services such as SupportLine.
  • If you are in danger, call 999.
  • Familiarise yourself with the Silent Solution, reporting abuse without speaking down the phone, instead dialing “55”.
  • Always keep some money on you, including change for a pay phone or bus fare.
  • If you suspect your partner is about to attack you, try to go to a lower-risk area of the house – for example, where there is a way out and access to a telephone.
  • Avoid the kitchen and garage, where there are likely to be knives or other weapons. Avoid rooms where you might become trapped, such as the bathroom, or where you might be shut into a cupboard or other small space.

If you are a ­victim of domestic abuse, SupportLine is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 6pm to 8pm on 01708 765200. The charity’s email support ­service is open weekdays and weekends during the crisis – messageinfo@supportline.org.uk.

Women’s Aid provides a live chat service – available weekdays from 8am-6pm and weekends 10am-6pm.

You can also call the freephone 24-hour ­National Domestic Abuse Helpline on 0808 2000 247.

Online fans branded the decision to book Tom “tone deaf” and a petition was launched urging partygoers to boycott the festival entirely. 

Be Reyt organisers said “people deserve a second chance”, adding: “We do not accept that Tom should be cast out from the music community after working hard to better himself.” 

However, domestic abuse charity IDAS said booking him “risks sending a message to music lovers that abuse is ‘not that bad’, that it is somehow excusable”.

Last December, Spice Girl Mel B – who suffered domestic abuse – lashed out at the organisers of the 2024 Brit Awards after Tom appeared on a list of artists who could be nominated to receive a gong.

She told The Independent: “I am deeply disappointed that an organisation so highly respected within the music industry should make a choice like this.

Mel B spoke out after Tom Meighan was included on a list that could see him nominated for a 2024 Brit Award
Getty
Getty
The singer has performed at several smaller festivals[/caption]

“You have to think what kind of message are you sending out to people when crimes of violence against women can be committed and then that person could be rewarded as part of a massively high profile awards event. It’s shocking to me.”

This year, fury continued to mount since the singer has lined up gigs including at the Isle of Wight Festival and Askern Festival.

The latter, which is held in July in Doncaster, will see him perform on the main stage for a second year running, much to the frustration of some artists booked to play there.

Niamh, from Slash Fiction, told Now Then Magazine that she was “not surprised but disappointed” – especially considering there was “backlash” to his booking the year before.

She added: “The message you’re giving out is that his ability to earn money or make a career is more important than the message you are sending to victims of domestic abuse. I think it’s a cop out.”

Another musician, who used the pseudonym Keiron, felt it was “pretty shameful” that he was booked “just below top billing” for the festival in July. 

“It could have been anyone else. It could have been literally anyone other than him,” he added.

Keiron later said he shouldn’t be performing at festivals, arguing: “We can say actually, no, we’re going to book someone without these sort of convictions, who doesn’t send a message that we think this sort of thing is okay.”

Glastonbury 2024 line-up

Pyramid Stage

  • Dua Lipa
  • Coldplay
  • SZA
  • Shania Twain
  • LCD Soundsystem
  • Little Simz
  • Burna Boy
  • PJ Harvey
  • Cyndi Lauper
  • Michael Kiwanuka
  • Janelle Monáe
  • Seventeen
  • Paul Heaton
  • Keane
  • Paloma Faith
  • Olivia Dean
  • Ayra Starr

Other Stage

  • Idles
  • Disclosure
  • The National
  • D-Block Europe
  • The Streets
  • Two Door Cinema Club
  • Anne-Marie
  • Camila Cabello
  • Avril Lavigne
  • Bombay Bicycle Club
  • Bloc Party
  • The Last Dinner Party
  • Nothing But Thieves
  • Confidence Man
  • Headie One

West Holts

  • Jungle
  • Jessie Ware
  • Justice
  • Heilung
  • Masego
  • Nia Archives
  • Danny Brown
  • Black Pumas
  • Brittany Howard
  • Sugababes
  • Nitin Sawhney
  • Jordan Rakei
  • Asha Puthli
  • Noname
  • Corinne Bailey Rae
  • Steel Pulse
  • Squid
  • Sofia Kourtesis

Woodsies

  • Jamie xx
  • Gossip
  • James Blake
  • Sampha
  • Sleaford Mods
  • Romy
  • Declan McKenna
  • Yard Act
  • Arlo Parks
  • Alvvays
  • Fat White Family
  • Blondshell
  • Kenya Grace
  • Soccer Mommy
  • Remi Wolf
  • Mannequin Pussy
  • Newdad
  • High Vis
  • Kneecap

The Park

  • Fontaines DC
  • Peggy Gou
  • London Grammar
  • King Krule
  • Orbital
  • Ghetts
  • Aurora
  • The Breeders
  • Mount Kimbie
  • Dexys
  • Lankum
  • Baxter Dury
  • This Is the Kit
  • Arooj Aftab
  • Mdou Moctar
  • The Mary Wallopers
  • Otoboke Beaver
  • Barry Can’t Swim
  • Bar Italia



Moscow.media
Частные объявления сегодня





Rss.plus



С начала 2024 года более 2,5 тысячи многодетных мам в Московском регионе досрочно вышли на пенсию

Мытищинский отдел вневедомственной охраны

Социальный фонд оказывает помощь эвакуированным жителям Курской области

Социальный фонд оказывает помощь эвакуированным жителям Курской области


Праздник к нам приходит с OUTRIGGER Maldives Maafushivaru

Токсиколог Кутушов объяснил, что делать, если разбили ртутный градусник

Лауреаты Конкурса Чайковского из России и США впервые объединятся в Санкт-Петербурге

Магия зеркал


Protect and Enhance Your Vehicle with Paint Protection Film and Ceramic Coating from Tintex

Just hours left for thousands of hard-up households to get £100s worth of white goods or new boiler – how to claim now

Turkish Police arrest 14 Afghan refugees

Overview of Baltic Bearing Company-Riga (BBC-R)


Терминал «Деловых Линий» в Мытищах сменил адрес

С начала 2024 года более 2,5 тысячи многодетных мам в Московском регионе досрочно вышли на пенсию

ТСД SAOTRON RT41 GUN: практичный, производительный, надёжный

Два АПВГК в Дагестане с 3 октября заработают в штатном режиме


Destiny 2 is adding new maps and factions to the superb Onslaught mode next week, but Bungie confirms no new 'shiny' weapons

Мафия-НН: У него было несколько личностей, каждая из которых появлялась в зависимости от ситуации, и никто не знал, кем он будет через минуту.

Helldivers 2 players have been tasked with building the 'Democracy Space Station,' a 'gigastructure' of indeterminate firepower that will be aimed by literal democracy

Невероятный успех Star Wars Outlaws… если бы она была инди-игрой


Просувайте сайт на новий рівень за допомогою якісних крауд-посилань


Онлайн-выставка «Стихи остаются в строю: Советские поэты, павшие на Великой Отечественной войне»

Завод весового оборудования | Импортозамещение весового оборудования

В четверг Москву может накрыть пыль от песчаной бури с юга

История борьбы человечества с сердечно-сосудистыми заболеваниями




С начала 2024 года более 2,5 тысячи многодетных мам в Московском регионе досрочно вышли на пенсию

Наталья Сергунина: Фестиваль «Золотая осень» пройдет в Москве с 4 по 13 октября

Врач Бирюкова указала на первые симптомы тромбоза

Социальный фонд оказывает помощь эвакуированным жителям Курской области


Санкции в октябре-ноябре могут как укрепить рубль, так и ослабить его

Собянин подвел итоги летней спортивной программы в Москве

Согласование новых лестниц в нежилом здании и МКД

Аэропорт Чебоксар перейдет на осенне-зимнее расписание


Арина Соболенко вышла в четвертьфинал турнира WTA 1000 в Пекине

Рублёв признался, что мог завершить сезон после операции перед турниром ATP в Пекине

Мирра Андреева дебютирует в топ-20 рейтинга WTA

Рублев рассказал об операции перед турниром в Пекине


В Москве завершают работы возле причалов «Кутузовский» и «Сити-Багратион»

Врач иммунолог-аллерголог рассказал, доберется ли до России вирус Маргбург

МПК оспорила запрет маркировки "халяль" на энергетиках

Четверо привезенных в Москву фигурантов дела о "Крокусе" согласны сидеть в СИЗО


Музыкальные новости

Певец Валерий Леонтьев выступит на юбилее Игоря Крутого

В Калужской области завершился проект «Движение по вертикали. Памяти Станислава Говорухина»

Токсиколог Кутушов назвал дефицит магния причиной проблем с пищеварением

В Керченской картинной галерее исполнят шедевры Чайковского, Вивальди и Листа



Онлайн-выставка «Стихи остаются в строю: Советские поэты, павшие на Великой Отечественной войне»

Приготовивший кофе Путину и Собянину студент рассказал о своем волнении

История борьбы человечества с сердечно-сосудистыми заболеваниями

Завод весового оборудования | Импортозамещение весового оборудования


Кубок России. «Локомотив» — «Оренбург». Прямая трансляция: смотреть онлайн

Путин и Собянин попробовали эспрессо в парке «Руднево»

Приготовивший кофе Путину и Собянину студент рассказал о своем волнении

Александр Бастрыкин контролирует дело по загрязнению воздуха самарским заводом


Евгения Вершинина: 5 трендовых украшений из бабушкиной шкатулки

На мосту через реку Тосна в составе федеральной трассы М-10 перекроют одну полосу в направлении Санкт-Петербурга

МОСКОВСКИЕ РОСГВАРДЕЙЦЫ ОКАЗАЛИ ПОМОЩЬ 10-ЛЕТНЕМУ РЕБЕНКУ, НА КОТОРОГО НАЕХАЛ АВТОМОБИЛЬ

Источник 360.ru: в Москве женщина пыталась похитить ребенка, ее догнала полиция


Путин и Собянин выпили по стаканчику кофе в студенческой столовой

Путин пошутил, что взял кофе в парке «Руднево» в кредит

Приготовивший кофе Путину и Собянину студент рассказал о своем волнении

Путин и Собянин попробовали эспрессо в парке «Руднево»





Защитят организм в сезон простуд: пять продуктов, которые нужно есть осенью

История борьбы человечества с сердечно-сосудистыми заболеваниями

Бизнес-психолог Станислав Кондрашов: 10 книг, которые откроют вам удивительные тайны медицины

Российские медики изучили разработки «Швабе» для спасения новорожденных


Эксперт Туомас Малинен: «Мирный план» Киева спровоцирует эскалацию и ядерную войну с РФ

В Киеве раскрыли, что Зеленский не знает, на каких условиях идти на переговоры с РФ

Финский эксперт: Реализация Западом «мирного плана» Зеленского приведёт к


Собянин: За лето в Москве прошло около 15 тыс. спортивных мероприятий

2020 • Набор в ХК "Спартак-Спорттех" Москва 2020

6 октября в Международном центре самбо состоится Гран-При по боевому самбо, посвященное Дню Рождения Президента РФ

Саша Стоун принял участие в спортивном телепроекте «Игры без границ»


Александр Лукашенко утвердил соглашение с РФ о признании электронной подписи

Лукашенко: Минск и Баку не дружат против третьих стран

Али Асадов встретился в Минске с Александром Лукашенко



Собянин подвел итоги летней спортивной программы в Москве

Собянин: За лето в Москве прошло около 15 тыс. спортивных мероприятий

Путин и Собянин попробовали эспрессо в парке «Руднево»

Приготовивший кофе Путину и Собянину студент рассказал о своем волнении


Депутат Милонов призвал россиян не выбрасывать старые вещи

Фонд «Зеленая миссия» запустил акселератор для социальных предпринимателей и продолжает прием заявок на участие в конкурсе

Фермер Балаев заявил о необходимости развивать инфраструктуру в сельской местности

Закупки Газпрома. 3 октября 2024 г. Обработка и утилизация отходов и др. услуги


Полицейские задержали мужчину, который забрал у жителя Подмосковья 600 тысяч

Курьер, вывозившая деньги у Долиной, обжаловала продление ареста

Сборная России в ноябре проведёт два матча – назван соперник

Четверо привезенных в Москву фигурантов дела о "Крокусе" согласны сидеть в СИЗО


Детское радио звучит в Архангельске

Александр Цыбульский провел прием граждан по поручению Президента РФ

В 2024 году в Поморье на поддержку творческих союзов выделено 5 млн рублей

ТСД SAOTRON RT41 GUN: практичный, производительный, надёжный


В центре Симферополя строится вдохновляющий жилой комплекс

Поздравительный десант «Не считайте прожитые годы, их и так никто не отберет…», к Международному дню пожилых людей

Прогноз погоды в Крыму на 2 октября

Тематическая выставка «Одна страна. Одна семья. Одна Россия»


Тренер «Спартака»: «Мы можем играть со всеми!»

Ван И: Китай и Россия будут отстаивать справедливый и многополярный миропорядок

Четверо привезенных в Москву фигурантов дела о "Крокусе" согласны сидеть в СИЗО

Просветительский центр с питомцами открыли в парке в Одинцове












Спорт в России и мире

Новости спорта


Новости тенниса
WTA

Шнайдер проиграла Френх в третьем круге турнира WTA в Пекине, взяв сет под ноль






«Газпром» попал в топ-10 убыточных корпораций РФ по версии Forbes

Аэропорт Чебоксар перейдет на осенне-зимнее расписание

В Чебоксарах открыли новый туристический маршрут по следам чувашского фольклора

Санкции в октябре-ноябре могут как укрепить рубль, так и ослабить его