Slightly long and off-topic I know, but I'm sure we'll all be concerned to hear about Buster Bloodvessel's plight, as reported on PA this afternoon. All those who saw his recent gigs (including the McMadmeet in Glasgow), will be keeping their fingers crossed: POP STAR BUSTER COLLAPSES ON STAGE Buster Bloodvessel, the roly-poly frontman of eighties band Bad Manners, is seriously ill in hospital after collapsing on stage during a gig in Italy, it emerged today. The 30-stone singer, real name Douglas Trendle, was performing his trademark energetic routine during a leg of his European tour last night when he was taken ill. He was taken to hospital in the northern Italian city of Perugia, where doctors diagnosed a strangulated hernia. While the 40-year-old is in urgent need of an operation, doctors are worried that because of his size he might not survive surgery. A spokesman for the singer said: "He is very worried and wants to come home but the doctors have said they must operate. Unfortunately he is so big that any operation could be extremely dangerous." Bloodvessel, whose band has had hits with Lip Up Fatty, Special Brew and Can Can, is married with two children, Charleigh, nine, and Trudi, six. Bad Manners were formed in 1979 and notched up a string of hits during the 1980s. Bloodvessel, who once owned a hotel in Margate, Kent, called Fatty Towers recently appeared in a TV commercial mocking his poor financial state. >>And now the Madness link: In Look-In, c 1983, in an interview with Buster he claimed that Chrissy Boy had challenegd him to a hamburger eating contest. Anyone else remember this? Know the outcome? - ______________________________________________________________ Visit the Total Madness Mailing List website for: latest news, madmeet info, list charter, games, and more ... http://members.xoom.com/totalmadmail/ Contact the TMML Moderators at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and in the message body put: unsubscribe total-madness
