Meat Loaf live in concert at the Heineken Music Hall. Amsterdam, Holland- 23.03.04

The singer, real name MICHAEL LEE ADAY, regularly mops his sweaty brow, drags his body around the stage and has a pained expression while he performs.

He explains, "Singing, it's not natural to me, it's like golf.

"I have to get up and spend hours psyching myself on the days I am singing because when I go to do it, it hurts, it's painful.

"They say the better the singer is, the easier they make it look. But I went backwards on that and decided to make it look like it was really, f**king hard!"