Donny Tourette
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| Donny Tourette | |
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| Birth name | Patrick Brannan |
| Born | March 4, 1981(26) Liverpool, England |
| Genre(s) | Punk rock Rock |
| Instrument(s) | vocals |
| Label(s) | TVT Records |
| Associated acts | Towers of London The Tourettes |
| Website | TheTowersOfLondon.com |
Donny Tourette (born Patrick Brannan March 4, 1981[1]) is the lead singer of English punk rock band Towers of London which he founded together with his brother Dirk.[2]
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[edit] Celebrity Big Brother
Tourette was the eighth Celebrity Big Brother 2007 contestant to enter the UK Big Brother House on 3 January 2007. He made a dramatic entrance by swearing at the crowd and making rude gestures until he was ushered along the red carpet by security guards.[3] The host, Davina McCall, made allusions suggesting Tourette may have been drunk at the time, saying that he "smelled like a brewery".
On his first night in the house, Tourette jumped into the Jacuzzi fully clothed. Later on, Jo O'Meara of S Club 7 pop fame, grabbed the double bed in the bedrooms, but soon realised that she would be bunking in with Donny, she stated "I'm not sharing with Donny. I'd rather sleep on the floor. I can't sleep with a guy like that".[4] Leo Sayer offered to swap with O'Meara, but after a while entered the diary room, saying "Donny's all right, but seeing him sprawled stark naked is not appealing". In the end Tourette had the bed to himself.
The house was later divided into "servant" and "master" quarters with Donny as part of the servant section. Tourette decided he would rather escape than serve Jade Goody and family. He scaled the garden wall to freedom after less than 48 hours in the house,[5] saying "I'm not waiting hand on foot, on some fucking moron and her family" as he climbed over.
After Tourette left the house and Goody was brought in, the viewing figures for Celebrity Big Brother dropped dramatically from 7.1 million viewers to just 2.8 million.[6]
[edit] Never Mind the Buzzcocks
On February 7, 2007, Tourette appeared as a contestant on pop quiz game show Never Mind the Buzzcocks (Series 20, Episode 2). During the show, footage of the Towers of London documentary was shown, specifically a scene in which Tourette aggressively berates his management and claims "I can fucking dick on the Sex Pistols! The Sex Pistols don't have shit on me!". After which he calmly sits down and crosses his legs, as noted by fellow panellist Philip Olivier.
[edit] References
- ^ "NME: TOWERS COURT DECISION", NME.com. Retrieved on 2007-01-06.
- ^ "The Towers Of London @ The Oxford Zodiac", BBC, 2005-02-17. Retrieved on 2007-01-06.
- ^ "Celebrity Big Brother: Latest news from the CBB house", The Sun Online. Retrieved on 2007-01-06.
- ^ "Leo saves Jo from Donny's clutches", AOL Entertainment. Retrieved on 2007-01-06.
- ^ "Donny is Gonny", Channel 4, 2007-01-06. Retrieved on 2007-01-06.
- ^ "BIG BROTHER FANS FEELING JADE-ED" Contactmusic.com, 2007-01-09. Retrieved on 2007-03-16.
