Simply Red frontman Mick Hucknall marked the band’s 40th anniversary tour by telling an excited fan to “shut it” before shouting how the singer was “sick of hearing it”
Simply Red frontman Mick Hucknall demanded one of his fans “shut it” after he shouted out at a gig. The singer became irate when an overexcited fan was deemed to be making too much noise at the concert, which took place at the OVO Arena Wembley on Saturday.
While the reveller was getting involved in the show, which is part of Simply Red’s 40th anniversary tour, Hucknall took exception to the audience member.
Singling him out in front of the 12,500 capacity venue, he launched into a furious rant, pointing his finger towards the man and shouting at him. The 65-year-old shouted “shut it” at the fan, before making his way across the stage to add: “Put a sock in it! I’m sick of hearing it.”
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He apologised to the rest of crowd, telling them: “I’m sorry about that but you know, I can’t concentrate – he’s yelling so loud. You’ve come to hear me sing, not him, with the greatest respect.”
Unfortunately for Mick’s fan, the man knows how to hold a grudge, as Steve Coogan can attest to. The crooner cut his former pal off and hasn’t spoken to him for 20 years after the comic made a friendship-ending dig in a film.
The Alan Partridge creator spoke about how Mick never spoke to him again after he jibed that his music was “rubbish” in a comment on 24 Hour Party People. The 2002 comedy loosely recalled the story of Factory Records, with Coogan playing 90s music mogul and ITV news host Tony Wilson.
In one scene, he portrays God, appearing in a white toga, with flowing white beard and hair. He is seen giving advice to Factory Records supremo Tony Wilson – also played by Coogan. The comic’s God character tells Wilson: “It’s a pity you didn’t sign The Smiths.
“But you were right about Mick Hucknall, his music’s rubbish… and he’s a ginger.” Coogan, 60, the creator of iconic North Norfolk Digital radio host Alan Partridge, said the once close mates never spoke again.
Coogan revealed in a 2023 interview: “Mick Hucknall stopped speaking to me after the joke about God calling his music rubbish.” Before the fallout Hucknall, whose hits include If You Don’t Know Me By Now, had a cameo in Coogan comedy The Tony Ferrino Phenomenon.
The 1997 show followed a cheesy Portuguese singer – it even saw the pals sing a duet together of Tom Jones hit Help Yourself. Tragically, Hucknall and Coogan’s friendship never recovered.
In an interview earlier this year, Mick reflected on his potential to take things “way too personally”. He told Classic Pop: “Probably that was a deep-seated insecurity at being abandoned by my mother. If something like that happens to you you’re probably not going to be filled with eternal self-confidence and might see everything as being kind of like a battle.”
He added: “I think people have an image of me as being very arrogant but it’s not always been the case. It might surprise people to know that I can be quite shy.”
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