
Last updated: Wednesday, January 24, 2007
MIKE SKINNER refuses to go on a fairground ride ever again after nearly falling to his death from a pirate ship attraction in Australia.
Mike Skinner of The Streets pefrorming at Webster Hall. New York City, USA - 27.06.06
THE STREETS frontman is Down Under performing at the touring Big Day Out festival, and decided to get some thrills on the daredevil ride - but he didn't take enough care with the safety bar.
He says, "I swear I almost died. We were on a pirate ship-style thing and as the bar came down into my lap, I stopped it going too far to avoid it hurting.
"When we swung upside down, I started slipping out of my seat. I was hundreds of feet up in the air, like in an action film.
"I'm never going on a fair ride again."
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Source: WENN
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