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Former Carter USM frontman Jim Bob has been reminiscing about the classic pop moment when his bandmate Les ‘Fruitbat’ Carter rugby tackled Philip Schofield to the ground at the 1991 Smash Hits Poll Winners’ Party.For those of you out there who don’t think about this moment several times every single year (I guess there are probably some of you, somewhere), here’s a little reminder.The tackle came after the duo had their performance at the pop mag’s annual awards bash – of their then current single ‘After The Watershed (Early Learning The Hard Way)’ – cut short.

Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine member Jim Bob has announced that he will be recreating their set from Glastonbury 1992 on YouTube.The announcement was made last week by the band’s frontman, who reflected on the headline slot in celebration of its 31st anniversary.In the Facebook update, he reflected on the chaotic nature of the infamous gig — which saw their set cut short, controversy from bandmate Les ‘Fruitbat’ Carter, and a subsequent ban from the festival — and explained how he is constantly expected to discuss the event each summer.“Every year I do at least one short interview about how that all went. I talk about the foam balls and how we were going to drop them from helicopters but instead used cannons and how we ran out of time and didn’t play an encore,” he began.

Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine‘s Jim Bob has recalled the infamous 1991 incident where his bandmate Fruitbat rugby-tackled TV presenter Phillip Schofield during an awards show.Jim Bob was speaking to NME for Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! as he looked back on memorable moments from across the band’s career.Whensked in the quiz which Carter USM song Schofield’s fellow This Morning presenter Holly Willoughby filmed herself singing along to on her Snapchat in 2018 (‘The Impossible DREAM’), Jim Bob said that an interaction his manager had with Schofield prompted Willoughby to record the video.“My manager was at a television awards dinner with Phillip Schofield, who said: ‘Give Carter my love’,” he said.