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Fatboy Slim to play surprise gig at Banksy's Dismaland | Fatboy Slim to play surprise gig at Banksy's Dismaland |
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DJ Fatboy Slim is to play at Banksy's seaside Dismaland exhibition later, organisers have announced. | DJ Fatboy Slim is to play at Banksy's seaside Dismaland exhibition later, organisers have announced. |
Tickets for the event, at the derelict Tropicana in Weston-super-Mare, have sold out for the slot originally due to be filled by DJ Dapper Dan. | Tickets for the event, at the derelict Tropicana in Weston-super-Mare, have sold out for the slot originally due to be filled by DJ Dapper Dan. |
But the anonymous artist's website said a "supply DJ from Brighton" would now play in his place. | But the anonymous artist's website said a "supply DJ from Brighton" would now play in his place. |
Fatboy Slim - alter ego of Norman Cook - is best known for 1990s hits like The Rockerfeller Skank and Praise You. | Fatboy Slim - alter ego of Norman Cook - is best known for 1990s hits like The Rockerfeller Skank and Praise You. |
The Dismaland exhibition is a dark take on theme parks with a nod to Disneyland, featuring work by more than 50 artists including Bristolian Banksy. | The Dismaland exhibition is a dark take on theme parks with a nod to Disneyland, featuring work by more than 50 artists including Bristolian Banksy. |
"I've been trawling through the Disney back catalogue, working out ways I can subvert it in the same manner that Dismaland tries to subvert it - but in a reverential way," Norman Cook told BBC 6 Music. | |
"There will be a sort of twisted tribute to Disney in some form or another." | |
The father-of-two added: "I'm very au fait with the Frozen soundtrack and it might feature in my set." | |
Others featuring in Dismaland are Damien Hirst, Jenny Holzer, Jimmy Cauty, who says he chose the venue himself after walking past the old lido - which closed in 2000 - six months ago. | |
Among the exhibits are a distorted mermaid, a dilapidated fairy castle and a boat pond where all the boats are filled with models of migrants, along with a beach ball hovering above upturned knives. | Among the exhibits are a distorted mermaid, a dilapidated fairy castle and a boat pond where all the boats are filled with models of migrants, along with a beach ball hovering above upturned knives. |
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