Matt Drum is taking part in Blue Lights Got Talent

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00:00I've worked in the NHS for just over 10 years now, like a healthcare support worker, doing

00:10clinics with doctors and nurses and stuff like that. My mum's a nurse, so I guess I

00:15was inspired by her. I think it's quite like an honour and a privilege to be able to help

00:21people and going home is like, there's nothing more rewarding than that. Like all of our

00:26patients have got metoid arthritis and different forms of arthritis. I just did the audition

00:32and then it all happened after my dad passed away just before COVID. His funeral was actually

00:39literally the day before lockdown and he was still quite young, he was just 60. So that

00:45inspired me to be like, right, you need to start getting vocal lessons. I've been a heavy

00:49metal singer for a long time, but the sort of style that I wanted to do would require

00:55sort of learning how to sing properly. So I'm going to be doing it in memory of him.

01:01So I thought it'd be quite fitting to do a Judas Priest song, because it sort of marks

01:06me being able to actually sing. And then it's also symbolic of what gave me the strength

01:11to work during COVID and stuff like that. He passed away in intensive care because of

01:17pancreatitis. So I discovered a charity called Guts UK. And they're one, I think one of the

01:23only charities that fund research into pancreatitis. I remember being in intensive care with him.

01:30He was always proud, like the sort of music I used to do wasn't his cup of tea. He'd still

01:37make the effort to come to my shows and support me. He'll probably be pretty nervous on the

01:41night, but I'm sure all the contestants will be.