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General Category => New Model Army => Topic started by: andydrbeard on November 17, 2015, 02:00:52 PM

Title: Eggheads, 16/11
Post by: andydrbeard on November 17, 2015, 02:00:52 PM
Nice reference to NMA on Eggheads, BBC2 last night. Tremendous Knowledge Dave was asked a question along the lines of "what was the name of the force set up by the Parliamentarians in the English Civil War?" TKD answered "The New Model Army" and then said "where the band got their name from"and mentioned Vengeance. Jeremy Vine asked if NMA were any good to which TKD answered "very". Top fella, I then went back to sleep......
Title: Re: Eggheads, 16/11
Post by: Master Ray on November 17, 2015, 07:53:23 PM

Good catch, mate!
Title: Re: Eggheads, 16/11
Post by: Anna Woman von NRW on November 18, 2015, 11:32:28 AM
 ;D
Title: Re: Eggheads, 16/11
Post by: Master Ray on November 18, 2015, 08:16:08 PM

So, is that now three 'celebrities' (to a greater or lesser extent) that are NMA fans?

I seem to recall (from my rapidly failing memory) that Hollywood megastar Russell Crowe and some bloke who used to be on Coronation Street have been spotted at NMA gigs in recent years..?  Any update on that?

 :(
Title: Re: Eggheads, 16/11
Post by: Rusco on November 18, 2015, 08:28:36 PM
Russell Crowe, really?  :o
Title: Re: Eggheads, 16/11
Post by: Master Ray on November 18, 2015, 09:19:08 PM
Quote from: Rusco on November 18, 2015, 08:28:36 PM
Russell Crowe, really?  :o

Was a few years ago and I can't remember the details, but I'm sure that happened... c'mon, fellow NMA-ers, anyone else remember that thing?  Or is my addled old brain now completely mis-firing..?
Title: Re: Eggheads, 16/11
Post by: Rusco on November 19, 2015, 03:57:44 AM
Just found this regarding him:

http://www.ukhippy.com/stuff/showthread.php/41447-Famous-fans
Title: Re: Eggheads, 16/11
Post by: Pol on November 19, 2015, 05:10:34 AM
People keep mistaken me for Bruce Willis lol
Title: Re: Eggheads, 16/11
Post by: BlackCountryMaggiD on November 19, 2015, 08:51:36 AM
Stuart Pearce is a fan and was certainly at a gig in Manchester when he was at City.

Campino also a massive fan who gets to gigs in Germany he not busy with other things.
Title: Re: Eggheads, 16/11
Post by: Shush on November 19, 2015, 01:43:15 PM
Stuart Pierce was also at the Sex Pistols gig 1996.

Sam Worthington also an NMA fan -- http://www.wonderwall.com/movies/eye-candy-for-april-14-7543.gallery?photoId=27492
Title: Re: Eggheads, 16/11
Post by: Master Ray on November 19, 2015, 07:38:42 PM
Blimey, NMA have friends in high places!

I believe the Coronation Street fella was Sean Wilson who used to be Gails husband in the show many years ago...

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/former-coronation-street-star-sean-3848609

Title: Re: Eggheads, 16/11
Post by: Guillaume on January 11, 2023, 09:49:12 PM
Quote from: Master Ray on November 18, 2015, 09:19:08 PM
Quote from: Rusco on November 18, 2015, 08:28:36 PM
Russell Crowe, really?  :o

Was a few years ago and I can't remember the details, but I'm sure that happened... c'mon, fellow NMA-ers, anyone else remember that thing?  Or is my addled old brain now completely mis-firing..?

"On a lighter note, I witnessed a mind-blower on Tue., Sept. 29, when superstar actor Russell Crowe strode into the 31st Street Pub, for a show featuring U.K. anthemic post-punk legends New Model Army. In town to shoot The Next Three Days, Crowe and his four-person entourage watched the show; he later retreated to the back, ordered a vodka cranberry and purchased six 31st Street Pub work shirts.

The utter surrealism of the evening was complete when Crowe glanced up at the bar's TV and happened to catch the tail end of the South Park episode in which he was parodied. Needless to say, he left in short order."

https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/the-local-scene-honors-recently-passed-hip-hop-turntablist-dj-roc-raidaandnbsp/Content?oid=1342642
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