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27
Apr
Rockstar interrupts world tour to pull pints in Harrogate
Harrogate was graced with a visit from rock royalty yesterday, when Yungblud was spotted pulling pints in a local bar.
The Grammy Award-winning singer, whose music has been streamed more than seven billion times, came to the town to lend a hand to his sister, who owns Johnny’s Bar and Parlour on Montpellier Parade.
Yungblud pulled pints for half the afternoon.
Two lucky fans who got to meet him were Carla Rushworth-Clarke and her 14-year-old daughter Kaycie-Jade.
Carla had pieced together some cryptic clues from the Johnny’s Facebook page and turned up at the Crown roundabout establishment on the off-chance. After an hour’s wait, they were rewarded with a face-to-face meeting with their idol.
Carla said:
I’ve been a fan since he first started in 2017, and he’s also Kaycie’s biggest inspiration.
He was everything you’d hope for and more. He was so accommodating, and took the time to meet everybody. He had all the time in the world for people.
Kaycie was very emotional, so he gave her a cuddle and said ‘It’s OK to cry – I'm real!’
Left: Kaycie-Jade Rushworth-Clarke, and right: her mum Carla, with Yungblud's girlfriend Jesse Jo Stark.
Yungblud – also known as Dominic Harrison of Doncaster – then pulled pints of Guinness for about 90 minutes, and stayed all afternoon, having dinner with his girlfriend, Jesse Jo Stark, and chatting with customers and fans.
Carla said:
Kaycie said ‘You’re the best mum ever, but I don’t know how I’m going to concentrate at school tomorrow!’
It was such a magical afternoon. They say never meet your idols, but I say meet them!
He chatted to fans and signed autographs.
Anyone hoping to do just that and bump into Yungblud in Harrogate, as Carla and Kaycie-Jade did, may have to wait a while. He's now headed off across the Atlantic for the 26-date American leg of his Yungblud: Idols world tour, which started in Ireland this month, and is not due back in Europe until the end of June, when he will play Bludfest in Czechia.
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