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00:00Hello, Chris. Can we go back in the middle of the pack, it's alright.
00:03Luke, whatever you want.
00:05TFI to survive, take it away.
00:10My name is Chris Evans, original presenter of TFI Friday.
00:18So Chris, how would you describe this TFI?
00:22Like the old one, only 1% of the budget.
00:30Am I getting paid for this?
00:34It's a bit cheap, isn't it?
00:38Am I, what, that one?
00:41TFI to survive, take that.
00:45So, yeah, I'm Kedge and I'm the exec producer of TFI Unplugged.
00:49So Evan says it's like the original, except 1% of the budget.
00:531%? No, no, it's much less than that.
00:56Don't tell him.
00:57Take, take, take, boom.
01:00My name's Owen and I've just started working on TFI Unplugged.
01:06What do you do, Owen?
01:13I mostly get blamed for things.
01:15That seems a bit harsh.
01:17I love it.
01:21Do they feed you lot?
01:23No.
01:24I thought not.
01:25No, we've never been fed.
01:26Total t-ing, ain't he?
01:27Yeah.
01:31Yeah!
01:33Well, cool.
01:48Yeah!
01:53Yeah!
02:03Hey, happy Friday, friends. Thanks for tuning in.
02:06This is actually episode nine of TFI Unplugged.
02:10And because it's episode nine, that means we can do this.
02:15Previously on TFI Unplugged.
02:23She went, what are you talking about? I look like Jedward.
02:27How much time did you do TFI?
02:29Loads. It was like, it was our second half.
02:32I'd rather top and go down than England win the World Cup.
02:35It doesn't make for good TV.
02:37You can have that. Thank you very much.
02:39Actually, only homeless people turned up.
02:47All right, so that's all you've missed, but you can catch up on the first eight episodes of TFI Unplugged
02:51on YouTube.
02:53I know.
02:54Coming up tonight, we've got Sam Ryder on the show.
02:57Jack Sabaretti singing live.
03:00And India's biggest star, Shreya Gashal, on the show.
03:05But first of all, I've got a letter here about letters, actually.
03:09Hey, Chris, what is the current state of the It's Your Letters top five?
03:12Well, it's funny you should ask, because at number five in the all-time top five for It's Your Letters,
03:17it is, with It's Your Letters, Tony Bennett.
03:21Letters, It's Your Letters.
03:24Letters, It's Your Letters.
03:27At number four with It's Your Letters, it's Robbie Williams.
03:32It's your letters.
03:35It's your letters.
03:43At number three with It's Your Letters, it's the Bee Gees.
03:48It's Your Letters.
03:53It's Your Letters.
03:59It's your letters.
04:12It's your letters.
04:17It's your letters.
04:26How about that?
04:28And at number one with It's Your Letters, the founding father of It's Your Letters, it's Ree.
04:35It's your letters.
04:39It's your letters.
04:41It's your letters.
04:42It's your letters.
04:44It's your letters.
04:45It's your letters.
04:47Best audience ever.
04:50But the thing is, it's 2026, so we actually need an It's Your Whatapps, please, Mr Jack Savaretti, if you
04:56don't mind.
05:01It's your Whatapps, it's your Whatapps.
05:05It's your Whatapps, it's your Whatapps, it's your Whatapps.
05:10OK, now, is this better or worse?
05:16Once again, Mr Jack Savaretti.
05:22It's your Whatapps, it's your Whatapps, it's your Whatapps, it's your Whatapps.
05:32And he has more.
05:34Once again, is this better or worse?
05:36Jack Savaretti.
05:41It's your Whatapps, it's your Whatapps.
05:45It's your Whatapps, it's your Whatapps, it's your Whatapps.
05:51How good is Jack Savaretti?
05:55Jack has a number one album today in the UK.
06:00So all we need now, by the way, is a Whatapp, and I just happen to have one here for
06:04a made-up name.
06:05Kelly from Kentucky.
06:06That'll do.
06:06OK.
06:07Kelly Kentucky says, she doesn't say, but we say.
06:09What's happened to Will since TFI last time?
06:16And is it true he hasn't aged today?
06:18Well, let's find out.
06:19Please welcome back, Will!
06:24Will!
06:26Will!
06:26Will!
06:29Oh, Will is back!
06:31Come in, James!
06:33Come and enjoy a bit of Will, everybody!
06:37Will!
06:39Will!
06:40Will!
06:42Will!
06:42Will!
06:42Will!
06:43Do not do that!
06:45All right, we've been here before, haven't we, Will?
06:46I mean, we've been here anyway.
06:48Yeah, yeah.
06:4896, 97, 98, 99.
06:50Yeah.
06:50But also, they're saying TFI is back, you know, first time since the 90s.
06:54But we've done it before.
06:56Yep, 2015.
06:572015.
06:58Was it 10 we did?
06:59We did a special.
07:01Right.
07:01Which was quite a special.
07:02It was very special.
07:03It was a very special show.
07:05And then we did 10 more.
07:06All right, so we did 11.
07:07So we did 11.
07:08All right, so we brought it back, because Channel 4 said, why don't you do like a 20th anniversary show?
07:12They said 20th anniversary.
07:14We went, great, that's brilliant.
07:16I sat down and went, oh, it's 19 actually.
07:20Yeah.
07:20And they said, it doesn't matter, just call it the 20th.
07:21Yeah, yeah.
07:22So we did it.
07:23Which is a very TFI thing to do.
07:24Yeah, it did really well, didn't it?
07:25And then they said, why don't you do some more?
07:26So we did some more.
07:27Yeah.
07:27So that was fun.
07:28Yeah, yeah.
07:28And then you went nuts.
07:29Then I went nuts.
07:30Not for the first time.
07:32Not for the first time.
07:35So when we were doing it back in the day, you were exec producer, and we did loads and loads
07:41of shows.
07:42And then I didn't do the last six.
07:43You didn't do the last six.
07:44Who did do the last six?
07:46Presented by the likes of a couple of Spice Girls.
07:49Elton did the last one.
07:50Elton John.
07:50Elton John did the last TFI Friday.
07:52He put it to rest.
07:52Yeah.
07:53Well, it didn't go well for him, so he had to go back to singing.
07:56It was his top gear.
07:58Yeah.
07:58Yeah, yeah.
07:59At least that's how I'm going to frame it.
08:02So, yeah.
08:03And then it went away.
08:04Okay.
08:04And then what did you do?
08:05I produced this wonderful novel here.
08:10Yes.
08:10Novella here.
08:11Okay.
08:12Called How To A Pub Genius.
08:13Thank you very much for your admiration.
08:16Available in any good eBay's discount bin now for 50p.
08:18The thing is, because Pub Genius was the slot we did on the show, people loved it.
08:22Yeah, yeah.
08:22And to the extent that you brought out this book, Will McDonald Pub Genius did really well.
08:26You took it on tour.
08:26You had a whole live show.
08:27You had dancing girls, everything.
08:29Sure.
08:29Pyrotechnics going on.
08:30Yeah, yeah, yeah.
08:31I knew about that.
08:32It's funny.
08:32I mean, you call it a book.
08:34My other half calls it a pamphlet, because the ink comes off on your fingers.
08:36Yeah.
08:37And what does your other half do for a living?
08:40She works in opera.
08:41Yeah.
08:41She's a little pamphlet Pub Genius.
08:46No, but I knew about that.
08:48So what's the confession?
08:49The confession is, you probably don't know this, brought out a second volume.
08:54You did not.
08:56I didn't know that.
08:57This now sounds like a plug for a book that came out 25 years ago.
09:02Will McDonald's here to talk about his new book.
09:04Seeing as you have two of these books out now, I think it's time for an updated reimagination
09:09of Will McDonald Pub Genius.
09:13CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
09:15I'm going to drink the beer in that glass, out of that sherry glass.
09:21Sherry, ask your dad.
09:22Anyone who knows what a sherry glass is.
09:25Out of there without touching it with my hands.
09:26Right, at this point we'll go...
09:28No way!
09:29No, can't be done.
09:30No way!
09:31Can't be done!
09:33Impossible!
09:34Impossible!
09:35Impossible!
09:36Impossible!
09:36The man's a fraud!
09:38Never going to have it!
09:39Never going to have it!
09:40Never going to have it!
09:41Never going to have it!
09:42I believe it!
09:42Watch the microphone!
09:44LAUGHTER
09:45That's the strangest heckle ever!
09:46Be careful with the microphone!
09:49What about my nice jumper?
09:51Erm, can be done.
09:52Drum roll please.
09:53Drum roll.
10:19No way!
10:20No way!
10:37Well, Pop Genius, Volume 3 coming soon!
10:42Let's hear from Will everyone!
10:44He remains the UK's official Pop Genius!
10:48Our next guest has the voice of an angel, the hair of a god, and the brightest smile in showbiz.
10:53He is a mentor in the new series, Your Song, which continues on Sundays on Channel 4.
10:58So let's make our whole day a lot brighter with Sam Ryder!
11:13CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
11:14Oh my God!
11:18Sam, Sam, Sam!
11:19Mate, I'm buzzing for this!
11:21We're buzzing on Channel 4!
11:22This is so good!
11:22Both of us on Channel 4!
11:23How are ya?
11:24I'm great! How's your new show?
11:25I was, like, getting goosebumps hearing your intro to show again.
11:29Yeah!
11:29Like that.
11:29I was just like, this is where you live.
11:31Well this is here, we're back!
11:32You're back!
11:32And you, you have your own thing going on with playing with me!
11:34Tell us all about it, Sam Ryder!
11:36It's Berserk!
11:37It's, so we go up and down the country, we bring a stage with us, this amazing crew
11:42that work tirelessly building this thing and setting it up and organising people just
11:46to get on that stage, who've probably never sung in public before by the way, with a live
11:50band and the band are absolutely cooking!
11:53They're so good!
11:54And these guys just come, they share a story, could be something seismic that's happened
12:00in their life, the deepest, like, depths of their soul that they're sharing with total
12:05strangers that are just out shopping, walking down the high street, and they'll sing a song
12:09that's attributed to that feeling and that story, and the connection that you see being
12:14made, honestly Chris, it is just beautiful man!
12:18It's so, so lovely!
12:19And you're perfect for this, because you, you know, you wear your heart on your sleeve
12:23and some, don't you?
12:23Well, I try my best to, like, I think it's a nice way to live, because you get to meet
12:28people where they're at, and you find out more about them, like any interaction with
12:33a stranger, if you're emotionally open and your heart is open, I feel it's more valuable,
12:38like you learn something.
12:38So is it an anti-talent show?
12:40How would you describe it?
12:41I would say, I've never thought of it that way, but it's interesting because there's no
12:44carrot man, there's no like, sort of, you know, you win a record deal at the end,
12:48or we'll put your single out, like, at the end, it's nothing like that, because these
12:52people, they're not professional singers, they're likely hadn't ever stood on a stage
12:58with a live band, like an actual drummer playing before or something like that, and they're
13:02singing a song that's totally just theirs, the words mean something different to them
13:07than they do to, like, anyone else in the world.
13:10All right.
13:10All the way to best songs.
13:11Here's the thing though, if somebody comes on and smashes it, what are you going to do?
13:14You're not going to ignore them, are you?
13:15Well no, you don't ignore them, but you, like, you have an event at the end of it, at
13:19the Hackney Empire.
13:21Yeah.
13:22And then all the singers, every single person's invited, everyone comes down and absolutely
13:26rinses the free bar, but a couple of the people from each round, like, we have them perform
13:33on the night.
13:34So that is the prize, there's no record deal, there's no like, old tropes.
13:38It's made by the Bake Off people.
13:40Yeah, so it's got heart.
13:42Yeah, well also the point is, I know that a lot of people who've won the Bake Off have
13:45gone on to do amazing things.
13:46Most of them have, in fact.
13:48That is hot, by the way.
13:49Sorry about that.
13:51I tried to style that out.
13:52It's not only our shows that are smoking, so is the tea things have changed at Channel
13:564, they bought a kettle.
13:59It's unbelievable.
14:00Not only you, but Paloma Faith as well, and Alison Hammond as well.
14:02Yeah, man, they're fantastic.
14:04I mean, they're mad as a box of frogs, like both, but they're so good to be around.
14:08Individually, they're bonkers.
14:09Yeah, no, but together, all of us.
14:11Do you know what I mean?
14:11Sprinkle a bit of a rider on top.
14:13Yeah, yeah, mate.
14:13Who knows what might happen.
14:14All of our laughs also are so cackly, it's unreal.
14:18So I'm like, ha ha ha!
14:19And like, Paloma as well, and Alison, so the three of us laughing together, it's like
14:22the Witches of Eastwick, around the cauldron.
14:24Alison Hammond's laugh is second only to her smell.
14:29She's the greatest smelling person in the show.
14:31Oh mate, she's great.
14:32Unbelievable.
14:33And so, do you get together, do you perform at any point?
14:37You and Paloma?
14:38Every now and then we'll jump up, like there's a little, they call it a golden hour.
14:42So anyone passing by that sort of wants to get involved can just jump up and sing.
14:47And it's so lovely, man, because you'll just see someone passing by with literally holding
14:52a bag of shopping and be like, I'll have a go.
14:54I love it.
14:55Everyone's getting involved.
14:56I love it.
14:57It's such a simple concept, isn't it?
14:59Yeah.
14:59This?
15:00It's like, it's music to your ears and it's the wind beneath your wings.
15:03Yeah, mate.
15:03Absolutely.
15:04And I just want to sing wind beneath my wings now.
15:07Well, I always told you're on vocal.
15:09Yeah, I know mate, can you hear my voice?
15:11Can you hear my guitar?
15:14Are you working on anything new at the moment, Sam?
15:16Always.
15:17But no mate, honestly, you don't want to hear it.
15:20It is bad.
15:21So, seeing as we're now back on chart four.
15:23That's all the pair of us.
15:28Last orders at the bar, not just someone I drink at the moment.
15:31How long do you know how to drink for?
15:33Over two years.
15:35You?
15:36Nearly three.
15:37Mate, come on.
15:38Which is ironic, because the last time we did have a drink was together in a sauna.
15:41Yeah.
15:42Absolutely never.
15:43Yeah.
15:44Yeah.
15:46Highly unrecommended.
15:47That's like the worst possible thing you can do in a sauna.
15:49You were hydrated in a sauna with a bottle of tequila.
15:51Yeah, it was.
15:52It was good tequila.
15:53And that's probably what it did for both of us, wasn't it?
15:55Yeah.
15:55It was.
15:55That was our bottom.
15:56Yeah, that was absolutely the Lancaster, all the engines out.
16:01Just bang.
16:01It really was, wasn't it?
16:02Sam, great to see you, man.
16:03Mate, this has been so fun.
16:04Alright, this has been Sam Ryder, everyone!
16:09Alright, we'll be back after the break with more TFI Unplugged!
16:19Thank you so much for watching.
16:20And ...
16:21Oh, yeah, how you wasted
16:25Oh, yeah, how you wasted
16:37Stupid girl
16:38You stupid girl
16:43Oh, yeah, how you wasted
16:48I can't believe you fake it
16:54Wow, that was the brilliant Garbage and Stupid Girl.
16:59How good is that?
17:00All right, still to come on TFI Unplugged,
17:02India's biggest star, Shrega Scholl's going to be here.
17:06She's going to be performing an amazing cover of Coldplay's Fiction.
17:09Plus, we reveal the winner of Syrupity Jolly Juggler 2026.
17:14I know, I know.
17:16The finalists are amazing.
17:17Will it be Olympic gold medallist Matt Weston?
17:25Not bad.
17:26Or will it be Patrick McDreamy, Dr McDreamy Dempsey, with this?
17:35Very good.
17:37Or will it be Rockin' Ross Noble juggling and eating?
17:46Exciting stuff.
17:48And remember, Syrupity Juggling fans, your vote counts.
17:52Most importantly, you can only think your votes in.
17:54Remember that, OK?
17:55Yeah, no, we don't accept any actual real votes.
18:00Sorry.
18:01Who watches this rubbish?
18:03All right, now it's time for something very special on TFI Unplugged.
18:07Every single week, we're going to bring some TFI gold.
18:10And where better to start than with...
18:12David Bowie.
18:13CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
18:35I think if you put Clive on his back, he'd be taller than me.
18:41Sorry?
18:41If you put Clive on his back, he'd be taller than me.
18:43All right, now listen, you've got these high heel things.
18:45Very high heel shoes.
18:47But they don't...
18:48Oh, OK, it counts.
18:49Well, look, there you go.
18:50I'll give you...
18:51I should...
18:51Measure out 5 foot 10 and a half.
18:54I can't do 5 foot 10 and a half.
18:55Yes.
18:56Are you 5 foot 10 and a half?
18:57Yes.
18:57You're not 5 foot 10 and a half.
18:59I'm 5 foot 10 and a half.
19:00OK, all right, hang on a minute.
19:01Let's see.
19:02What are you?
19:03Six foot 10.
19:04There you go.
19:04There you go.
19:06That's pretty accurate.
19:07David.
19:07I'm still big.
19:08Bowie?
19:09I'm...
19:11B...
19:11O...
19:12Go on.
19:13Carry on.
19:14W-I-E-K.
19:15OK, officially, David Bowie is taller than Ben Elves.
19:23Oh, yeah.
19:26So, David.
19:27I had a hell of a time getting here.
19:28I know.
19:29Go on.
19:29I know you want to talk about this.
19:30Go on.
19:30Let me tell...
19:31No, you don't know.
19:32I tried to cross Hammondsmith Bridge,
19:34and I didn't know that the rich people have got it all blocked up.
19:37Right.
19:38So, I got fined, dragged into court, all that,
19:41all in the last half hour.
19:43No way.
19:43Yes, it's absolutely true.
19:44And I've had gastroenteritis.
19:47Oh.
19:48All in the last half hour.
19:50Hey, Colin, you tell the gastroenteritis is still doing the rounds?
19:53Do you know how I got that?
19:54Go on.
19:54I was in Indonesia.
19:55I was lost in the jungle.
19:57This is absolutely true.
20:00What?
20:00I believe you, Colin.
20:01And an old man with one leg and a donkey found me
20:04and took me to a glade
20:07and pointed to a temple
20:09and a palace.
20:10And I said,
20:11I'm not Muslim.
20:13Wife is.
20:13I'm not.
20:14So, we're going to the palace.
20:16You're going to let me go on with this, aren't you?
20:17I'm dead right, mate.
20:18You started it.
20:19We got to the palace
20:20and it's the son of,
20:22I think he was a gun runner
20:24and he had guys in turrets
20:25all around the palace with guns
20:26to keep the poor people out.
20:28He was so pleased to see me
20:30that he put a sheet up in the garden
20:32at the bottom of the garden.
20:34Pour in with rain.
20:35Yeah.
20:36Servants holding a sheet up
20:37at the far end of the garden
20:38had a projector on the porch
20:40where we were
20:40and we sat and watched Sahara
20:43with Brooke Shields.
20:46Then,
20:49then he threw a party
20:50and he had seven daughters
20:52and seven sons.
20:55Yeah.
20:56I always laugh when I say that.
20:58And the seven daughters,
21:00they entertained me royally
21:02with dance and,
21:03no,
21:04flute playing.
21:06Flute playing and dance
21:07and he fed me things like monkey breast
21:10and parrot beak,
21:12I think it was.
21:13It was the course that night
21:15and the next day,
21:17I redecorated the bathroom.
21:19But he sent his daughter over to me.
21:22His favourite daughter,
21:23he sent to me.
21:25If you know what I mean.
21:26Yes.
21:27To you.
21:28And I couldn't make it
21:28to the front door.
21:30Go away.
21:31You're beautiful,
21:32but go away.
21:33This was many years ago.
21:34That has nothing,
21:36this has absolutely
21:38nothing to do
21:39with the fact
21:40that I got gastroenteritis
21:41the other day.
21:41That was just,
21:42it just reminded me though
21:43that I've had it twice.
21:45I've had it twice.
21:52We're going to talk about the chair.
21:54Okay.
21:55Shall we talk about the chair?
21:56No, you talk about whatever you want.
21:57This is the second worst chair I've sat on today.
22:00Show them,
22:00show them the chair.
22:01Look at this chair.
22:02That chair.
22:03The first one
22:04is owned by Richard Branson
22:06on Virgin Airlines.
22:07And he has,
22:08no,
22:09they're fabulous.
22:09Virgin Airlines are great,
22:11except this one.
22:12It's the 747-200 series.
22:15And he bought it from Cathay,
22:16I think,
22:16Cathay Pacific.
22:18And they've left the old chairs
22:19on,
22:20the Chinese chairs,
22:21but they've just put
22:21virgin material on it.
22:23And you can't,
22:24you know,
22:24it won't go anywhere.
22:26It's all,
22:26and so I slept like that.
22:29I've only just,
22:30I've been up for 29 hours.
22:32We can tell,
22:32can't we?
22:35This is me straight,
22:36buddy.
22:37You're lucky
22:38you didn't know me
22:3925 years ago.
22:42How are you doing?
22:43I'm great,
22:44I see,
22:44great.
22:45You used to stay up
22:46for seven to eight days
22:46at a time.
22:47I did indeed,
22:48yes.
22:48Now what's that like?
22:49I had a lot of friends.
22:51And you've got to
22:52give friends time.
22:54Was that the drugs then?
22:57What,
22:57that attracted the friends,
22:58you mean?
22:59The reason I had friends?
23:01Probably,
23:01yeah,
23:02I imagine.
23:02They all disappeared
23:03when I stopped doing drugs,
23:04so I think you're probably
23:05right on the money there.
23:06So,
23:07did you find that
23:08you wrote better songs
23:09or worse songs
23:10when you did the old,
23:11you know?
23:11Well,
23:12as I wrote things like
23:13Lowe,
23:14Heroes,
23:15Lodger,
23:15Scary Monsters,
23:16all straight.
23:17By the way,
23:17by the way,
23:20without drugs.
23:23Pretty much without drugs.
23:26I don't think,
23:27I think it's just an attitude,
23:29you know,
23:29whether you're enjoying it
23:31and,
23:31you know.
23:31But you don't have a drink
23:32now either,
23:32do you?
23:32I don't drink
23:33and I don't drug,
23:34no.
23:34But you do,
23:35you smoke facts
23:35and you drink coffee.
23:36Oh, God,
23:37yeah,
23:37I'm dying for a cigarette.
23:39Well,
23:39you can't have one
23:40on the telly.
23:41We're not allowed to.
23:41In the old days,
23:42you could,
23:42but you can't anymore.
23:43Seriously,
23:43you can't.
23:43You can have one in drama,
23:44but this ain't a drama.
23:45Mind you,
23:45you're turning it into one.
23:46It's very good sense.
23:47I start to tell
23:48that a drama or a thing.
23:49If you were,
23:50if the harm
23:51that cigarettes did
23:53could be seen
23:54on the outside
23:54of your body.
23:55It could be bottled
23:55and sold.
23:56It is,
23:56I suppose.
23:57You could provide
23:57half the mercenaries
23:58in America
23:59with a new weapon,
24:00couldn't you?
24:00But if it was,
24:01if it was visible on...
24:02Forget anthrax,
24:03buddy,
24:03nicotine in the bottle.
24:04They did a program
24:06on American television
24:06the other night.
24:08I cannot believe it.
24:09As though we haven't
24:09got enough problems.
24:11Dateline did this thing.
24:12Let's recreate
24:13what would happen
24:14if terrorists
24:14threw anthrax down
24:15on the American subway.
24:18And they spent
24:19all this money
24:20showing us
24:21how 500,000 people
24:23would be dead
24:23in one day
24:24in New York
24:25how bodies
24:26would be piled up
24:27because all the
24:27grave diggers
24:28would have buggered
24:29off to Queens
24:30or wherever they
24:30come from.
24:32Brooklyn?
24:33I don't know.
24:33Where do grave diggers
24:34come from?
24:34I don't know.
24:36See, the questions
24:37this kind of debate
24:38rises.
24:39And it went on
24:40for about an hour
24:41and I was so depressed
24:43at the end of it
24:43realizing that I
24:45really mustn't
24:46stay in cities
24:47where even the
24:48tiniest possibility
24:49of anthrax
24:50being loosed upon
24:51me and my family
24:53but then I forgot
24:54all about it
24:55in a half an hour
24:55because friends
24:56came on.
24:58And that's the
24:59world we live in?
24:59That's the world
25:00we live in.
25:00It is.
25:01Sure enough.
25:01Who are the best
25:02kisses?
25:02Stop smiling.
25:03Your camera's shaking.
25:05Who are the best
25:06kisses, men or women?
25:08Why, ask me.
25:13Do they kiss differently?
25:17You know, there are a lot
25:19of doctors who can
25:20actually help you
25:21with this.
25:25David, actual baby.
25:26That seemed to work,
25:27didn't it?
25:27So let's do it again.
25:28Here's the cure,
25:29back after the break.
25:32I don't care if
25:34Monday's blue
25:35Tuesday's great
25:37and Wednesday too
25:39Thursday, I don't care
25:41about you
25:42It's Friday
25:43I'm
26:11Oh yeah!
26:12Yeah!
26:14I know. The actual cure. That was the cure with Friday, I'm in Love.
26:20OK, our next guest, it's Jack Savaretti!
26:28Number one, baby!
26:32Number one!
26:33I'm glad. I'm glad.
26:34How does it feel to be number one?
26:38What a way!
26:39I feel like I'm slightly too old for this.
26:41No way!
26:42But it's all thanks to you.
26:44It's not all thanks to me.
26:46You wrote the darn songs and you've been in it forever.
26:48Yeah, forever. It feels like forever.
26:50We will always be there.
26:51The brand new album from Jack Savaretti is currently number one in the new year.
26:57Yeah, absolutely smashing the opposition.
27:00OK, so Cruel World, Holly Humberston.
27:04Amazing record.
27:05Yeah, nice one, Holly.
27:07So close, but no cigar.
27:09They're at number two.
27:10Ella Langley, Dandelion.
27:12They're all amazing.
27:13They're all amazing.
27:14And then there's this newbie, Olivia Dean.
27:16Olivia Dean.
27:17Yeah.
27:17I told you that when they put a picture of me and her on socials on the official chart.
27:22And my daughter thought it was like me pranking her.
27:23Yeah.
27:24She didn't believe that I was actually...
27:25Well, first of all, you thought it was somebody pranking you.
27:26I thought I was being pranked.
27:28I wasn't going to say that.
27:30I thought I was being pranked.
27:32Yeah, and Ray is at number five as well.
27:34I'm such a fan of all of these artists.
27:36But once again, let me say Jack Severetti at number one, my friend.
27:40I didn't prepare a speech, right?
27:42No, really.
27:45But when were you told?
27:47When did the Whispers start getting loud enough for you to hear that this might be something
27:50special?
27:51It was online.
27:52I mean, I asked everybody before the campaign even started.
27:55I was like, look, I don't want to know anything.
27:57Because it's not something I set out to do.
28:00It's not something that's in my sort of my reason for going for it.
28:03But the minute you know you really want it, the minute they give you that thing of like,
28:08look, we might be up in for a chance of a number one album.
28:10You suddenly start to think it's just such a nice way to thank everybody that's helped
28:14you make the record.
28:15Of course it is.
28:15You can make it mean nothing.
28:16It can mean absolutely nothing to you.
28:18Or you can make it mean everything to the people that are involved with this.
28:20Yeah, and that's so important, isn't it?
28:22We've had loads of messages because people knew you were coming on.
28:25You've got loads of fans, loads of people looking forward to the Royal Albert Hall next
28:28week.
28:29Yeah, that's another thing keeping me up at night.
28:30We're playing the Royal Albert Hall, which is good.
28:32But you've done this before?
28:33Not for my own, not on my own back.
28:35I've opened up for people.
28:36No, you've done gigs before.
28:37Oh, I've done gigs.
28:39It's just a different room.
28:41It's a different room.
28:42You know when the decorators come in and you have to move the sofa out from the living
28:45room to the kitchen?
28:46It's the same thing.
28:48I'm telling myself, I keep telling the band that, like I'm preaching exactly what you're
28:51saying.
28:51I'm like a football manager.
28:52I'm like, we stick to our game plan.
28:53But you don't believe it.
28:54But I'm dying inside.
28:56The band, they go, Jack, we're fine with this.
28:58Yeah, well, no, look, it is like a football player playing Wembley.
29:01Everybody wants to bring their A game.
29:02And it does make a difference.
29:04There's something about that room when you walk into it.
29:06It's not the size of it.
29:07It's the regalness of it, the majesty.
29:10Yeah, yeah, yeah.
29:10And it's intimate.
29:11And that's kind of really wonderful, but disconcerting how intimate it is.
29:15It's like a velvet cushion, isn't it?
29:18There's lots of velvet around.
29:20There's lots of crushed red velvet around.
29:21It's lush.
29:22The acoustics are fantastic, aren't they?
29:23The acoustics are fantastic.
29:25They're really good for voice and if you keep it quite intimate.
29:27If you go too big, it can sort of bounce all over the place.
29:30All right.
29:31So if you've got a ticket for next week, he's not going big.
29:33You might as well stay home.
29:35Oh, no, we're going to go big, but on a different level.
29:38So will it change?
29:40Will the rhythm of the show change because of where it is?
29:43No, that's another thing.
29:44We're really trying to stick to our guns.
29:46And the band playing with me is my band for pretty much 15 to 20 years.
29:50Some guys have been with me for ages.
29:51And they're the guys playing on the record.
29:53So this is kind of like the first time we're playing the record from top to bottom.
29:57And we're doing something really grown up.
29:59I stole this idea from Arcade Fire.
30:01We're going to do the new album top to bottom, then have an interval.
30:05Oh, right.
30:08Exactly.
30:08Is that because you...
30:09Because we're so grown up now.
30:11We need a break.
30:11We're so old.
30:12We need a wee.
30:14That's the thing.
30:15The first time this ever happened to me, right, I went to...
30:18I think it was the Eagles.
30:20I think it was the Eagles.
30:22Amazing.
30:22One of my dream shows.
30:24Yeah, one of the dream shows.
30:25And there was an interval.
30:26And I was like, an interval?
30:27This is interesting.
30:28And I'm thinking, okay, it's beer time.
30:30But of course, you then go from the stadium, from your seat, and you go down to where the beers
30:35are.
30:36You think, it's going to be a big queue.
30:37I better get there as quick as I can.
30:38No, the queue for the lose was so much longer than the queue for the beers because of the demographic
30:44of the audience.
30:45Yeah, I mean, I kind of put myself in that, like, it'll be nice to have a little half an
30:50hour rest.
30:50Yeah, and I think the band needed a comfort break as much as the audience.
30:55We did a show, like a warm-up show in Liverpool about a month ago, just to sort of see
30:59if we could actually play this stuff live.
31:01And we had an interval.
31:02And we were all like, why have we never done this before?
31:04Yeah, yeah, yeah.
31:04It was so nice.
31:06It's like a halftime in a football game.
31:07You get to recap.
31:08I love what you did on that thing.
31:09Let's do that in a second.
31:09Smelling salts.
31:10Bit of a rub down.
31:12Two beers.
31:13Yeah, why not?
31:13Two shots.
31:14Especially if it's going really well.
31:15That's the problem.
31:17You've got to not celebrate, though.
31:18It's only halftime.
31:19We learned that on our warm-up sort of run.
31:22You can't really win it in the second half, but you can lose it in the second half.
31:26Absolutely.
31:26Oh, my gosh.
31:27I don't want to sew that suit.
31:28Don't blame this on me.
31:30No, no, no.
31:30We won't.
31:31We'll keep it together.
31:32But it's really cool.
31:32And then the second half of the show, we're going to do our sort of old friends, our almost hits.
31:37It's going to be like an hour.
31:38You're almost hits.
31:39You should have an almost greatest hits album.
31:41An almost greatest hits.
31:42But you don't need to.
31:43Because I don't know if you know, but Jack's number one is currently number one in the UK.
31:50Oh, Jack, Jack, Jack.
31:51Where was this new album?
31:53Where was it?
31:54How was it born?
31:55Where did it come from?
31:56It was born out of...
31:57It's actually one of the first albums I've done in a long time without any preconceived concept, which sounds a
32:02bit clumsy.
32:03But in the past, I've sometimes protected the substance of what I'm saying in songs with style.
32:08It's a bit like if you feel like you're having imposter syndrome or you kind of don't feel like you
32:12maybe be up to scratch with what you're supposed to be doing, you dress it up a bit.
32:16And I've done that in the past.
32:17I've always...
32:17Also to protect the substance.
32:19With this one, I was like, no style.
32:21We're going full substance.
32:22This is jeans and t-shirt album.
32:23It'll do what it does.
32:24And you no longer need to fear Olivia Dean because you're number one!
32:29Can we hear it for the current number one selling artist in the UK album chart?
32:34It's Jack Severetti!
32:38Now, I've had a lot to be a blessing.
32:39Is Will McDonald still here?
32:41Will!
32:42Will!
32:44Will!
32:45Will!
32:47It's Will!
32:49He loves that.
32:50He doesn't hate it.
32:51All right, coming up now, Jack Severetti.
32:53Please welcome Jack Severetti with the Ocean Color Scenes, The Day We Call It A Trail!
33:00Never saw it as the star
33:03It's more a change of heart
33:08Wrapping on the windows, whisking down the chimney pots
33:13Blowing off the dust in the room where I forgot
33:16I laid my plans inside and dry
33:21Stepping through the door like a troubadour
33:23While they're just an hour away
33:27Looking at the trees on the roadside
33:29Feeling it's a holiday
33:32You and I should ride the coast
33:35And wind up in our favorite coast
33:37Just bounce away
33:41Roll another
33:43Write another song like Jimmy heard the day he caught the trail
33:49Whoa-oh-oh-la-la
33:52Whoa-oh-oh-la-la
33:55Whoa-oh-oh-la-la
33:57Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh
34:01He sipped another rum and coke
34:06Told a dirty joke
34:09Walking like a groucho, sucking on a number two
34:15Holding on the floor with the cigarette burns walked in
34:19I miss the crush and I'm home again
34:23Hey!
34:24Stepping through the door with the night in store
34:26While I'm just an hour away
34:29Stepping to the sky in the star bright feeling
34:32It's a brighter day
34:34Well, you and I should ride the coast
34:37And wind up in our favorite coast
34:40Just miles away
34:43Roll a number
34:46Write another song like Jimmy heard the day he caught the trail
34:52Whoa-oh-la-la
34:54Whoa-oh-oh-la-la
34:57Whoa-oh-oh-la-la
35:00Whoa-oh-oh-oh
35:04You and I should ride the tracks and find ourselves just wading through to my roads
35:12And you and I, we're not coming down, we're only getting back
35:15And you know I feel that sorrow
35:18We've got the whole wide world, yes
35:22When you find the things are getting wild
35:25Don't you want days like these?
35:28When you find the things are getting wild
35:30Don't you want days like these?
35:33When you find the things are getting wild
35:36Don't you want days like these?
35:38Like these?
35:40Whoa-oh-oh-la-la
35:42Whoa, whoa, whoa
35:46Thank you so much
35:48Alright, coming up next, India's biggest star
35:51Shreya Gishal's gonna be here
35:52Performing Coldplay's picture
35:55It's going to be amazing
35:56But before that, first more TFI
36:01We'll step in one to a
36:04This keeps moving on to us
36:08West and rubber river bands
36:11I hope we fall in
36:14This time maybe
36:18Let's take a boat together
36:21We'll burn all the negatives
36:24I hope we fall in
36:30We'll step in one to a
36:33This keeps moving on to us
36:37West and rubber river bands
37:09I hope we fall in
37:26Shreya Gishal
37:27So welcome, you're so welcome
37:28Thank you
37:29Shreya Gishal, you are gracing us with your presence
37:31Your band are here
37:32Tell us about your latest tour to the UK
37:34What's been going on?
37:35Yeah, so we were here for the Unstoppable tour
37:39And we just finished our London Auto Arena
37:43Which was our first for me as well
37:45Like the Auto Arena
37:46And it was a wonderful tour
37:48It started from Manchester, Birmingham and then London
37:52Okay, was this like a taster tour?
37:54Are you going to come back and do more dates?
37:56You've got to
37:57Yes
37:57The response we're getting just from you
37:59From when we said you were going to be on the show
38:01Oh my gosh
38:02And you've recorded over three and a half thousand songs
38:05Yes
38:06I mean that's incredible isn't it?
38:07It's like
38:08It's something sort of
38:09You know
38:10Our sort of world of rock and roll
38:12You know
38:12If the Beatles recorded 400 or 500
38:15You're three and a half thousand
38:16Oh no
38:17You're three thousand ahead of the Beatles
38:19How does that feel?
38:20Oh God, no
38:21Nothing like that
38:21But I think it's just the amount of work that happens back in India
38:25Because it's not just Hindi
38:27Which is the main language spoken
38:29There are so many different regional languages as well
38:33You've enjoyed over 12 billion downloads and streams
38:36And you have like tens of millions of followers on all the social medias
38:4034.1 million followers on Instagram
38:42What does that feel like?
38:44To have that sort of
38:45That quantity of A. Output
38:47B. Love
38:49You know
38:49Clearly people absolutely adore what you do
38:52Do you have to sort of
38:54Can you
38:55How does one deal with that?
38:57Or do you just
38:58Is it
38:59Do you just have to park it I suppose?
39:01I don't think so much about this
39:03I mean if you start thinking about
39:05How to manage listeners
39:09Algorithms
39:09Social media
39:10Then I think the music takes a back seat
39:12So I just focus on the music
39:14And everything follows
39:15Yeah
39:16That's easy
39:16But you have just said
39:18You have also said
39:19You know you look after your fans
39:20There's literally more and more coming on board all the time
39:24Yeah
39:24And so you have to sort of
39:27You are aware of it
39:27Of course you're aware of it
39:28Yeah
39:28And you do engage with your fans
39:30I do
39:30But you have four billion more listens
39:34Than there are people on the planet
39:36On the planet
39:38So where are they listening to me from?
39:40Mars
39:41Right you prepared something very special for us tonight
39:44Can you tell us the story behind it please?
39:47Oh
39:49So when Coldplay
39:51Performed in Wembley in 2017
39:54We were there
39:56I think
39:56Me and my husband
39:59We have the most fondest memory of being in that concert
40:04And we can't forget those memories
40:07And then when finally Coldplay came to Mumbai
40:10And they played
40:11I was there again
40:12And I think literally tears streaming down your face
40:17It was true
40:19And it's special
40:22I think that song has a lot of depth
40:24And a lot of meaning
40:24To not just me
40:25To many people
40:26It fixes their problems
40:28And their
40:30You know
40:31How to deal with loss
40:33Or how to deal with issues of life
40:35So fix you a special song
40:37And Coldplay
40:38They're just too amazing
40:40Alright now you've never met Chris Martin
40:41But you'd like to
40:42Yeah please make it happen
40:43Is this your
40:44Well you've got to make it
40:46Is this your love letter to Chris saying
40:47Please can we hook up?
40:49Yeah
40:49Alright
40:49So
40:50So
40:51No
40:52No
40:52No
40:53Just
40:53So
40:56We need to get you to be
40:57Best mates with Adele
40:58Yeah
40:59And collaborate with Chris Martin
41:01Yes
41:01Alright
41:02Okay
41:02Well let's see how this goes
41:03I'm sure it's going to be fine
41:05Alright you go and get yourself ready
41:06To perform
41:07Alright we've just about got time
41:09For this week's star of the week
41:11Please welcome
41:11Super Max
41:14Hi Maxie
41:16Alright tell everyone about yourself
41:18So my name is Max
41:19I have a lifelong condition
41:21Called osteogenesis imperfecta
41:23Otherwise known as brittle bone disease
41:25Meaning that my bones
41:26Are a lot more fragile
41:27Than other people's
41:28I get a lot of chronic pain
41:30And fatigue daily
41:31And it means I have to use
41:32Distraction techniques
41:33To kind of
41:34Try and put the pain
41:35Out of the picture
41:36So that I can
41:37Focus on everyday life
41:38Such as
41:39I use fidget toys
41:42I do things like
41:43Listening to audiobooks
41:44Playing a bit of Lego
41:45And coming on
41:47TV shows
41:47Coming on television
41:51Alright now you are supported
41:53By a charity
41:53And now you also support
41:54That charity
41:55Yep
41:55So the brittle bone society
41:57Is a charity that supported me
41:59Literally throughout my entire life
42:01From the moment I was diagnosed
42:03So they have helped with grants
42:05And funds
42:06And they've been there for me
42:07Whenever I needed them
42:08So I wanted to say
42:09A big thank you to them
42:11And I wanted to raise
42:12A bit of money for them
42:13So that they could
42:15Be able to
42:16Help even more people
42:17So I did
42:18A sponsored bike ride
42:19Which was the length
42:21Of 26.2 miles
42:22Equivalent to a marathon
42:24Wow
42:25Wow
42:25So I rode that
42:27Around my local area
42:29And after that
42:30I managed to raise
42:31142,000 pounds
42:33Wow
42:35She's just one of the
42:36Many reasons
42:37She's our first ever
42:38TFI Unplugged
42:39Star of the week
42:40And you know
42:40Your prices don't you
42:42The price for the star of the week
42:43And by the way
42:43Feel free to nominate
42:44Another star of the week
42:46For next week
42:46It is to tell us
42:47What's on next week's show
42:48So drop roll please
42:58On TFI
42:59Next week is
43:01We've got absolutely no idea
43:03Yay
43:05We're here straight or anyhow
43:08When you try your best
43:11But you don't succeed
43:15When you get what you want
43:18But not what you need
43:22When you feel so tired
43:25But you can't sleep
43:28Stuck in rivers
43:35And the tears
43:37And the tears come stream
43:38Down your face
43:42When you lose something
43:45You can't replace
43:49When you love someone
43:52But it goes to waste
43:54Could it be worse
44:02Could it be worse
44:05Lights will guide you home
44:11And ignite your bones
44:18And I will try
44:22To fix you
44:25To fix you
44:28And you can't
44:57Ah, ah, ah, it's not
45:09Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
45:21Tears stream down your face
45:27When you lose something you can't or end less
45:34Tears stream down your face tonight
45:49Tears stream down your face
45:54I promise you I will learn from the mistakes
46:03Tears stream down your face tonight
46:17Lights will come to home
46:23And it will come to home
46:30And I will try to fix you
46:37Yeah!
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