Eminem hit back in top 40 as Nigel Farage adopts it as election anthem
Eminem's 'Without Me' has made a reapparance in the UK's top 40 more than 20 years after it was first released - after Nigel Farage made it his election theme tune.
The Reform UK leader has adopted the 2002 hit as his anthem as he embarks on an eighth attempt to be elected an MP and enter the House of Commons.
Mr Farage entered a conference room at the Imperial Hotel in Blackpool tonight to 'Without Me', which features the lyrics 'Guess who's back, back again?'.
A 600-strong audience stood and applauded as the Reform leader sang along during his latest campaign rally.
Mr Farage greeted his supporters by saying 'Guess who's back' and appealed for them to stream the rap hit.
But he got the song title wrong and also suggested he didn't know who Eminem is, as he referred to the American rapper - born Marshall Bruce Mathers III - as 'they'.
Eminem's 'Without Me' has made a reapparance in the UK's top 40 more than 20 years after it was first released - after Nigel Farage made it his election theme tune
The Reform UK leader entered a conference room at the Imperial Hotel in Blackpool tonight to 'Without Me', which features the lyrics 'Guess who's back, back again?'
Mr Farage greeted his supporters at the campaign rally by saying 'Guess who's back' and appealed for them to stream the rap hit
Eminem, born Marshall Bruce Mathers III, is pictured performing 'Without Me' at the MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles in 2002
Mr Farage said: 'Please, please stream on Spotify, Without You (sic) from Eminem and give them some support.
'Because, though I'm normally an original thinker, we did nick it and they deserve a bit of support, so please do that.'
Pyrotechnics, which were seen on stage when rehearsals took place earlier in the day, failed to go off when Mr Farage arrived this evening.
He urged the audience to be part of a 'much-needed revolt against the failed political establishment'.
He said: 'We are unashamedly patriotic, we tell it how it is, we believe we can bring radical change, better change to our country over the course of the next few years.'
Eminem's song was played for a second time as Mr Farage clapped along and waved to the crowd at the end of his speech.
'Without Me' reached number one in the UK charts when it was first released in summer 2002.
It then reappeared at number 38 earlier this month, as Mr Farage began to use it during the general election campaign, and has since risen to number 37.
Earlier in the day, Mr Farage took part in some clay pigeon shooting after meeting supporters at outdoor activity centre Catton Hall in Frodsham, Cheshire
The Reform UK leader then watched part of England's football game against Denmark at Euro 2024 in the Armfield Club
Mr Farage had earlier spent the afternoon in Blackpool, where he unveiled a poster declaring the number of migrants crossing the Channel was a 'national security emergency'.
He then watched part of England's football game against Denmark at Euro 2024 in the Armfield Club.
His arrival in the seaside resort was pre-empted by political campaign group Led By Donkeys, who posted a video of beach artwork in front of the Blackpool Tower featuring Mr Farage's face and the words: 'Friend of Putin. Enemy of the NHS.'
Earlier in the day, the politician took part in some clay pigeon shooting after meeting supporters at outdoor activity centre Catton Hall in Frodsham, Cheshire.
He hit four of the clay pigeon targets before being asked to pose for photos.
He refused to point a gun at photographers, saying: 'Never point a gun, even in jest.'
Filming a TikTok while holding the shotgun open over his arm, he said: 'Shooting, provided it's safe, under supervision, if you haven't done it go shoot some clays. Fun.'
He arrived at the location in a helicopter which landed in a nearby field.
Speaking to Reform supporters in Cheshire, the party leader said 'something remarkable' was happening with younger voters.
He said: 'We are not doing well with millennials. The 25 to 35s we're not doing well with, but Generation Z, Gen Z, the 15 to 25s, something remarkable, I mean truly remarkable, is happening.
'Our support in that age bracket is rapidly, and I mean rapidly, going up.
'The following I've built up on TikTok, Instagram, those sort of accounts is amazing.'
He was greeted with cheers and whooping from the crowd of supporters when he said he had been voted the sexiest party leader by a website called illicitencounters.com.
He also said football supporters at the Euro 2024 tournament in Germany had been 'wearing Farage masks'.
He added: 'There's an awakening in a younger generation who've had enough of being dictated to, had enough of being lectured to and they're seeing through the BS they're getting in schools and universities.'
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