Thursday, 7 August 2008

'The Mighty Boosh' and Neon Neon dance-off in London

'The Mighty Boosh''s Bob Fossil � aka player Rich Fulcher � had a dance-off with Neon Neon's Har Mar Superstar at the end of an instore gig the band were playing at the Rough Trade East shop in London yesterday evening (July 24).

The surprise dance-off came after a half-hour correct the from the ring � featuring Super Furry Animals' Gruff Rhys, Boom Bip and Cate Le Bon, featuring songs from their album, 'Stainless Style' - a concept record album about the life of playboy engineer John DeLorean.

The band had hired a DeLorean car � made famous in the 'Back To The Future' films � which they parked outside the shop. See video footage of the car by clicking on the video recording below.

Before his dance-off Har Mar Superstar paid tribute to Gruff Rhys and Boom Bip, the creators of the Neon Neon concept, which has just now been nominative for the 2008 Nationwide Mercury Music Prize.

"My friends Brian and Gruff just got nominative for the Mercury trophy," he aforementioned during the set, leading an applause for the duo. "I'm Burial," replied Rhys, referring to the anonymous trip-hop artist, wHO has also been nominative for the award.

Later in the show Rhys dedicated a song to "Ziggy Stardust", after he spotty a lester Willis Young fan sporting a disguise of David Bowie's