Singer Dermot Kennedy has opened up about the moment he met Roy Keane at one of his gigs in Manchester.
The ‘Giants’ hitmaker was left starstruck when he met the former Manchester United midfielder backstage at one of his gigs in Manchester last year.
Opening up about the moment he met Keane, Dermot told Ryan Tubridy on the Late Late Show: “So yeah, he was there, and he was sitting beside my mam and dad. And him [Roy Keane] and his family came along, and it was this sort of thing where we had heard he was coming and then about 10 minutes before that, I was like, I don't get nervous, but I was.
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“I was very nervous about this… I don’t know, it carries so much more than any musician I have ever met…
“I think it's like it's an attitude, right? And you can carry it into anything you do. I think it'd be so foolish if I were to sort of see what he had as a player and be like ‘ah well I can’t apply that to music because it is different’. You know, it’s the same. You know, you are trying to do something to a certain standard. You are trying to have certain principles within the way you do things and I just thought he was top class. And I don't exist anymore in football, or at least not to the same extent.”
The 29-year-old at the time posted a photo and himself and Keane on social media along with the caption: "Can't explain what it means. Will not even attempt to explain. @officialkeane16 came to my gig last night. Very very grateful indeed for a surreal moment."
Dermot told how his parents were huge fans of Keane.
“Yeah, that's oh, my mom like, Oh, my God.
“And that's why I liked him as a player growing up, because I remember watching matches with my dad, and he was always just like... He was a such a fan of him. And so I was like, okay that's the type of player I like. And that's how he came backstage after the gig and stuff. And he didn't want to because he thought I was kind of doing my thing and I needed down time or whatever. But we sort of dragged him back,” he added.
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