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Mike Skinner Made Homeless?

added 14 August 2008 at 12.14

Mike Skinner's been getting messages of support from worried fans after blogging about getting kicked out of his house. "Yesterday, I had my house repossessed," he wrote on his MySpace page yesterday (August 13). "At approximately 8.30am about seven men broke down my door and told me I hadn't kept up the repayments and therefore they would be taking all my belongings. They told me I had five minutes to get my things and leave. The house was now the property of the bank.

"I ended up on the street with my girlfriend and child. My whole life was forcefully shunted into the back of a van. Everything is just borrowed, I guess."

There were instant reactions from fans on the site: "I am sorry to hear such a dreadful thing has happend to you," said one poster. "I think you are brilliant and I wish you, your girlfriend and child, the best and hopefully lady luck will smile on you soon versus these bloody banks." "Get that fucking acountant fucking dealt [sic] with RIGHT NOW Michael!" said another, "Your Manager has some explaining to do son!"

But don't fret - it's in fact the plot of the promo video for his new track 'Everything Is Borrowed', which is the title track of The Streets' fourth album. The truth behind the eviction rumours was reinforced by a nice message from the guy who played the locksmith in the video. He thanked Skinner for a good day out and for posing for photos. Fiction can be stranger than truth, it seems.

Tagged as The Streets, Albums, Releases

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