Jamie Roberts is set to have a pretty busy Lions tour as it is, but the Manic Street Preachers have invited him to play guitar on stage with them in Australia if he can find the time.
The Manics will be on tour Down Under at the same time as the Lions this summer; in fact they organised concert dates in Melbourne and Sydney to coincide with the Lions’ encounters with the Wallabies in those cities.
If Roberts fancies it, he has been invited to play rhythm guitar on stage with his compatriots and it’s not as if he’d be as clueless as Ted and Dougal in the Eurosong contest if he was on stage either; Roberts can play the guitar and has had plenty of practise with one given to him by Manics’ lead singer James Dean Bradfield when he was recovering from knee surgery lately.
“I have had a chat with James Dean Bradfield about that and he suggested I get up on stage to play a bit of rhythm guitar,” Roberts told Press Association Sport.
“He would have to let me know which song so I can get a bit of practice in! That would be pretty cool.
“This Is My Truth, Tell Me Yours was one of the albums I grew up with and one of those albums I know the word to every song.
“Their song ‘Australia’ sticks in the memory for me. It is a wonderful song and I am sure they will finish the gigs with it!
“James is a wonderful bloke, a true Welshman, a big Cardiff Blues fan and it is great to see them playing gigs in Australia alongside the Lions.”
The Manics concerts actually fall on the night before the Lions test matches against Australia in Melbourne and Sydney so it will be tricky for Roberts to fit them into his schedule, but if he can tolerate them, then the Wallabies will be next. *JOE has gone to get his coat*
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