Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner reveals which Sheffield Wednesday legend petrified him and cheers him up
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The 36-year-old, who grew up in High Green, is a lifelong Sheffield Wednesday supporter.
And amid the band’s eagerly-anticipated return to live performances in the coming months – they played their first gig in three years in Istanbul earlier this month – Turner has understandably been the toast of international media outlets.
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Hide AdSpeaking to French outlet L’Equipe, he fell into a conversation not of musical influences or the desire to push artistic boundaries, but football.
“You have to make a choice between the two clubs,” he said on the Steel City rivalry.
And there was one player in particular he idolised – an idol he shares with more than a few Wednesdayites and who will have been of particular interest to a French audience given his stint at Marseille – Chris Waddle.
“When I was a kid, I had a shirt with his number on it," Turned said. “I loved the ease with which he made differences with the ball. Even today, when I’m feeling a bit sad, I sometimes watch videos of his best moves to cheer me up…
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Hide Ad“And then he was in the audience and came to see us in the dressing room. Facing him, I was as if petrified as I listened to him telling stories of his time at Wednesday. I didn’t know what to say to him…”
Arctic Monkeys make their return to UK shores at Reading & Leeds Festival later this month.