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Extra.ie
08-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Extra.ie
Awkward: Viral song that left Monica out of sync with friend Rachel
Singer-songwriter JC Stewart has revealed how an online interaction with one Friends star led to an 'awkward' real-world encounter with another leading cast member of the iconic show. The Northern Irish artist, whose songs have clocked up 350 million streams on Spotify before he even releases his first album later this month, went viral during the pandemic thanks to Jennifer Aniston, who played Rachel in the show. The actress reposted Stewart's lockdown-themed parody of the Friends theme song, I'll Be There for You – made, he said, while 'being an idiot' at home and posted on the emerging TikTok. Stewart told 'I went to bed and woke up the next day, and I've never had anything like it on my phone. I had calls from Good Morning America, The Today Show and I ended up chatting to all these people.' @iamjcstewart Just leaving these here…#fyp #friends #cover #jcstewart #isolationgames #onmyown #comedy #parody ♬ original sound – JC Stewart The acknowledgment from Aniston never went further, but the singer later ended up in the company of her Friends co-star, Courteney Cox. Ms Cox is in a relationship with Johnny McDaid of Snow Patrol, the Northern Irish band who were early patrons of Stewart's career and whom he still calls friends. But he admits Ms Cox had 'no idea what I was talking about' when he brought up Ms Aniston's enjoyment of his viral video. The acknowledgment from Aniston never went further, but the singer later ended up in the company of her Friends co-star, Courteney Cox. Pic: Shutterstocl 'It was awkward,' he laughed. Stewart, from Magherafelt, Co. Derry, said it was 'interesting seeing what that massive viral moment could look like' after Ms Aniston shared the clip, but added that it 'probably didn't change my life, long term'. He said: 'I'm like, 'You guys know I write real music, right?' I think we gained like 50,000 followers instantly, and I think we lost 45,000 of them when they all realised I wasn't a Friends account.' Yet the 28-year-old former MTV Push Artist of the Month has a hugely impressive online following, despite a relatively low profile here. A good portion of his audience is in Europe, where he plays some of his biggest gigs, including a recent thousand-seater in Amsterdam. His track I Need You To Hate Me (72.5 million Spotify plays) took off on the continent and topped the charts in Czechia – again during the pandemic. 'I remember doing all these interviews and people were like, 'You're number one in the Czech Republic this week',' he recalled. 'I was like, 'Oh sick, but I'm in Magherafelt. My Dad said I have to mow the lawn.' 'I think with the timing of it, it was hard to feel it. But I'm unbelievably grateful for it. It's pretty crazy,' he said. The piano and guitar player admits he doesn't really know why his music seems to 'resonate a lot better in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Poland and Finland', but said it is 'just a lot easier for me to go play there'. 'They just seem to get what I'm doing a bit more,' he said. View this post on Instagram A post shared by JC STEWART (@jcstewart) He describes his anthemic style as 'that singer-songwriter, storytelling, doleful kind of thing that leans into pop music', with Foy Vance and Tom Odell named as influences (and also people he has gone on to work with). 'I just try and feel that punchin-the-chest moment. That's my favourite thing about music. If I can get that into a song and I can feel it, then I'm happy with it usually,' he said. He has also co-written with 'great guy' Niall Horan – albeit over a 'very patchy' Zoom call – and with Lewis Capaldi on the track Hollywood. 'I wrote that song at midnight in Ealing in West London one time with Lewis and these guys [Philip] Plested and Kane [Parfitt],' he remembered. 'It was just a bit of fun, but it turned into something bigger.' Stewart can expect to win a few more Irish devotees this month with the release of his first album, Space Hurts, followed by huge concerts in Dublin and Cork, where he will support Duran Duran and Chic. He called the line-up – playing at Malahide Castle in Dublin and Virgin Media Park in Cork – 'random enough', but said he is 'obsessed with both' acts. And it won't be his first encounter with either. He first met Nile Rodgers of Chic while doing work experience at a London recording studio aged 17. 'I've kept loosely in contact with them,' he said. 'I haven't seen them in a few years, so it'll be nice to now go and play a show with him 11 years later.' He initially claimed he is 'absolutely not' planning to join the legendary disco/funk outfit onstage but later said: 'We'll see.' 'I think that would be an embarrassment to me and everybody who knows me. I'd probably start dancing or something,' he joked. Stewart has already supported Duran Duran in Greece. 'Somebody dropped out of a show. I was on holiday in Crete and got a call like, 'Could you be in Athens in two days?' 'And I just had to scramble the band, fly them over from Belfast, and I think we played to, like, 15,000 people in Athens. It was about 40 degrees, and I honestly nearly died, but it was good fun.'
New York Post
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Richie Sambora fractures hand, forced to undergo surgery: ‘So much pain'
Lay your fractured hand on me. Former Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora didn't let a little thing like an injury stop the show from going on at the Kentucky Derby this weekend. Indeed, the 65-year-old musician rocked on through the serious injury — incurred while he was playing touch football in his native New Jersey — at the Unbridled Eve Gala on Friday. Advertisement 4 Richie Sambora performed at the Unbridled Eve Kentucky Derby Gala despite 'over the top' pain from a fractured hand. Getty Images for Churchill Downs 'He caught a ball and some guy gave him a touch right into a curb. He was completely swollen, and fractured his hand in two places,' a source told People magazine. 'He'll undergo surgery next week.' Despite 'over the top' pain, the former Bon Jovi guitarist performed four of the band's classics, all of which he co-wrote: 'Livin' on a Prayer,' 'It's My Life,' 'I'll Be There for You' and 'Wanted Dead or Alive.' Advertisement 'He killed it. Richie just rocked the house. The fans were going nuts,' the source said. '[But] he was in so much pain. When he told the doctor he was going to the Derby, the doctor said, 'You're out of your mind.' But he said, 'See ya! I'm going.' That's the kind of guy Richie is. He's a man of his word.' Sambora has been attending the Kentucky Derby for 11 years — and each year, he's given back for charity, raising more than $700,000. This year, he auctioned off a custom-designed guitar and lessons at the gala, which raised $35,000. 4 Richie Sambora performed the Bob Jovi classics 'Livin' on a Prayer,' 'It's My Life,' 'I'll Be There for You' and 'Wanted Dead or Alive' at the Unbridled Eve Kentucky Derby Gala. Getty Images for Unbridled Eve Proceeds went to numerous charities selected by the Unbridled Charitable Foundation, including Blessings in a Backpack, which mobilizes communities, individuals and resources to provide food on the weekends for elementary school kids who might otherwise go hungry. Advertisement 'I had a great gig at Unbridled and this is my 11th Derby,' he said in an interview with FanDuel. 'This is an amazing thing.' Sambora has been living in the New Jersey basement of his 89-year-old mother Joan's house, taking care of her amid health struggles. 4 Richie Sambora performed at the Unbridled Eve Kentucky Derby Gala despite a fractured hand. Getty Images for Unbridled Eve 4 Richie Sambora performed with Kings of Chaos at February's Rock for Responders benefit in San Pedro, California. Getty Images Advertisement Sambora revealed last year that he'd come back to Bon Jovi after the group's namesake frontman, Jon Bon Jovi, got his voice back after recovering from vocal surgery. But Bon Jovi himself told Entertainment Weekly that there was no decision made regarding Sambora's return. 'You never say never,' the rocker said. 'I mean, he quit the band 11-plus years ago, and he's had to deal with a lot of things in his life. But there's no animosity.' 'I've made four albums since his departure,' the 63-year-old singer added. 'The band goes on, you know? We'll see when we get to that point of touring.'
Yahoo
05-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
David Schwimmer Revealed His True Feelings About The "Friends" Theme Song, And They're Pretty Surprising
Listen: All I have to do is say the words "Friends theme song" and it's stuck in your head. That's how ubiquitous it is. The Rembrandts' 1995 single "I'll Be There for You" was written specifically for the iconic TV sitcom, and as a result it might be the very first thing people think of when they think of Friends. At least, that's how it goes on my end. However, not everybody has a great relationship with "I'll Be There for You" — just ask Friends star David Schwimmer. The man who played Ross Gellar himself recently sounded off about his true feelings regarding the theme song during an appearance on the Making a Scene podcast, and as it turns out he wasn't too fond of it in general. 'I'll be really honest, there was a time for quite a while that just hearing the theme song would really…' David said before sighing deeply. 'I just had that reaction, I just had heard it so many times.' 'Anytime you would go on a show, a talk show, or an interview, that would be your intro song. I just didn't have the greatest response to it." Fair enough! Of course, time heals all wounds — and David revealed that when his daughter Cleo started watching Friends for herself, he ended up changing his relationship with the song (and show) at large. 'At about age nine, my kid discovered it and started watching it,' he explained. 'I'd be making breakfast or whatever, and I'd hear my kid's laughter. My whole relationship to that song and that show changed again.' Beautiful stuff. We'll always be there for you, David. In the meantime, you can watch the entire interview right here.
Buzz Feed
05-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
David Schwimmer Revealed His True Feelings About The "Friends" Theme Song, And They're Pretty Surprising
Listen: All I have to do is say the words " Friends theme song" and it's stuck in your head. That's how ubiquitous it is. The Rembrandts' 1995 single "I'll Be There for You" was written specifically for the iconic TV sitcom, and as a result it might be the very first thing people think of when they think of Friends. At least, that's how it goes on my end. However, not everybody has a great relationship with "I'll Be There for You" — just ask Friends star David Schwimmer. The man who played Ross Gellar himself recently sounded off about his true feelings regarding the theme song during an appearance on the Making a Scene podcast, and as it turns out he wasn't too fond of it in general. 'I'll be really honest, there was a time for quite a while that just hearing the theme song would really…' David said before sighing deeply. 'I just had that reaction, I just had heard it so many times.' 'Anytime you would go on a show, a talk show, or an interview, that would be your intro song. I just didn't have the greatest response to it." Fair enough! Of course, time heals all wounds — and David revealed that when his daughter Cleo started watching Friends for herself, he ended up changing his relationship with the song (and show) at large. 'At about age nine, my kid discovered it and started watching it,' he explained. 'I'd be making breakfast or whatever, and I'd hear my kid's laughter. My whole relationship to that song and that show changed again.'
Daily Tribune
04-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Tribune
David Schwimmer went through a phase of not being able to bear hearing the ‘Friends' theme tune
Bang Showbiz | Los Angeles David Schwimmer went through a phase of hating the 'Friends' theme tune. The actor, 58, played bumbling Ross Geller on the sitcom, and despite its opening track being loved by fans he has now revealed how he once couldn't stand it. He said during a recent appearance on the 'Making a Scene' podcast with Matt Lucas and David Walliams: 'I'll be really honest – there was a time for quite a while that just hearing the theme song would really uggh.' He added his aversion to the tune was hearing it on repeat, with David hearing The Rembrandts' ''I'll Be There for You' so many times it left him feeling miserable. The actor also explained that his distaste for the song developed during a period w h e n h e was grappling with the overwhelming fame that followed 'Friends' massive success. David, who appeared in all 10 seasons of the show, said he could pinpoint the moment his anonymity slipped away. He said: 'Jim Burroughs (the 'Friends' director) took the cast to Vegas… this was before we were on the air. ' We were walking through the casino at one point, and he said, 'Remember this moment, it's the last time you're going to be able to walk through a casino like this.'' For David, that moment of clarity came just a few months later when the fame hit him full force. He said: 'The moment that I realised Jim Burroughs was right, I was at LAX… so I'm going through… I hear a blood-curdling scream. 'I was genuinely frightened. I thought someone was being stabbed or something. And a group of girls come and like – like literally just scream and grab me. And they won't let me go.' Despite his initial discomfort with his fame and the constant reminders of the show, David's feelings toward Friends have softened in recent years – thanks, in part, to his daughter. He added: 'I never watched the show after we finished it. 'Then my kid discovered it around age nine or something, and started watching it. And I'd be making breakfast or whatever, and I'd hear my kid's laughter. My whole relationship to that song and to the show changed again.'
