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And Finally
Lily Allen knocked out by bare-knuckle boxing
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 30 April 2009
Lily Allen has revealed that a gig she was due to play in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg in 2007 was cancelled at the last minute because the then president Vladimir Putin was watching a bare-knuckle boxing match nearby.
Lily said: “I went to Saint Petersburg to play a gig a couple of years ago and it got cancelled because a few hundred metres up the river Putin was watching a bare-knuckle fist fight. Last minute, he decided to go and watch a bare-knuckle fist fight and therefore my concert got cancelled because of security issues. So whatever, Putin – I’m not into you”.
