Fatboy Slim once took violin lessons with Prime Minister Keir Starmer

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Fatboy Slim has recalled how he once took violin lessons with the Prime Minister.The DJ and producer – real name Norman Cook – also spoke about how he went to the same school as Keir Starmer for five years in a new interview with The Guardian.He said: “I can’t actually remember the violin lessons.

But I was in the same class at school as Keir for five years, so I remember him well.“He must have been better at the violin than me, because I did it for about one term.

My parents could take no more noise, so I would say Keir was better.”He continued: “It is quite weird when one day you see someone on the telly and go, ‘Oh look, it is Keir Starmer from 4B.’ I think he’s one up on me by becoming prime minister.”Cook also said he still has his number in his phone and “they still talk”.His latest comments echo similar remarks he made during a Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?!

interview with NME in 2022.At the time he also said: “Bizarrely, we had another classmate who always claimed they were going to be Prime Minister of England and we believed him because they were the biggest swot in the class.