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The Wombats have recalled the time they were chased by gangsters in Rio de Janeiro while out on tour.The Liverpool band, who released their sixth album ‘Oh! The Ocean’ last week, spoke about the incident during a recent interview with NME.“We got in trouble with some gang [in Rio De Janeiro] and they chased us back to the hotel,” explained frontman Matthew Murphy.“It was a wild night and I guess someone said something to the wrong person whilst intoxicated, and the next thing we knew we were in a van being chased – not chased, but two Range Rovers followed us back to the hotel.”He added: “Our tour manager got me off and then had to deal with it. But apparently it was pretty freaky.”The group also looked back on the run-in during a new interview with the Daily Star‘s ‘Wired’ column.“We got chased in Rio by a gang.

The Wombats have performed a cover of Kate Bush‘s ‘Running Up That Hill’ – watch it below.The cover, which aired this morning (June 24), was performed at the studios of triple j for the Australian broadcaster’s ‘Like A Version’ segment. It marked their fourth time on the segment, with the trio first appearing on it in 2011 to cover Jessie J‘s ‘Price Tag’.

The new, splashy Broadway musical about Michael Jackson is going to moonwalk across America next year. "MJ," packed with dozens of songs by the King of Pop and others, plans to hit 17 major cities over two years starting in 2023.

Watch it first on NME below