James Blunt’s heartwarming tribute to Keith Flint was also a brutal takedown of Noel Gallagher, Damon Albarn and Paul Weller
People love James Blunt on Twitter because he is just so good at the perfectly-formed comeback.
But this time he went viral for rather different reasons, after he posted this heartwarming tribute to Keith Flint, who died on Monday aged 49.
But Blunt being Blunt, he combined some very nice words about the Prodigy singer while also managing a rather brutal takedown of Noel Gallagher, Damon Albarn and Paul Weller.
At the Q Awards years ago, when @NoelGallagher was saying he was leaving Ibiza because I’d moved there, and @DamonAlbarn refused to be in the same picture as me, and @PaulWellerHQ was saying he’d rather eat his own shit than work with me, Keith Flint came over, gave me a hug, and
— James Blunt (@JamesBlunt) March 4, 2019
said how thrilled he was for my success.
Keith, I only met you once, but I shed a tear at the news of your death. In our business, there are no prizes for being kind, but if there was, that Grammy would be yours.
— James Blunt (@JamesBlunt) March 4, 2019
And that really is beautiful.
‘At the Q Awards years ago, when Noel Gallagher was saying he was leaving Ibiza because I’d moved there, and Damon Albarn refused to be in the same picture as me, and Paul Weller was saying he’d rather eat his own shit than work with me, Keith Flint came over, gave me a hug, and said how thrilled he was for my success.
‘Keith, I only met you once, but I shed a tear at the news of your death. In our business, there are no prizes for being kind, but if there was, that Grammy would be yours.’
Here are just a few of the things people were saying about it.
1.
Oh. Ohhhhhh. Now I'm crying on a bus. James Blunt you terrible man.
— IrrEwacable Damage (@EwaSR) March 4, 2019
2.
Aha, took a second to catch on that you've actually tagged the three of them! First class passive aggression
— Gerard Conroy (@gerard4156) March 4, 2019
3.
Keith Flint was the perfect example of never judging a book by its cover, he looked like a complete nutter but I don’t think you’ll find anyone that’ll say a bad word against him, the music industry and motorbike racing world won’t be the same without him. 🙏🏻
— Matt (@MattWellock) March 4, 2019
4.
Goes to show you can have all the success in the world just as Keith did but at the end of the day being remembered as a kind human being is an even greater legacy
— will (@This_Is_Will_) March 4, 2019
5.
Also fucking LOVE that you tagged them in
— IrrEwacable Damage (@EwaSR) March 4, 2019
6.
Best tribute I've read. In a world full of Noel's, be a Keith ❤️
— jo (@jomurphs79) March 4, 2019
7.
Mr Blunt wins Twitter again….
— InSarriWeTrust (@mellyman10) March 4, 2019
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