Of all the exciting things Vladimir Putin has to do, nothing compares with meeting Andrew Lloyd Webber, the maestro behind Phantom of the Opera and Britain’s next Eurovision Song Contest Entry.
British theatre magazine The Stage reports:
According to ALW’s own website: “The two men met at Prime Minister Putin’s dacha. They spoke for nearly an hour about a wide range of serious matters, including Russia’s relationship with Europe, its relationship with the UK, as well as the Eurovision Song Contest.”
[…]Elaine Bedell, BBC controller of entertainment commissioning said (we’re not making this up): “This was an historic meeting - Andrew Lloyd Webber meets Prime Minster Putin - to discuss the UK’s prospects in Eurovision.”
Apparently Putin - who shall henceforth be known in Russia as ‘Putin the Traitor’ and in England as ‘Putin the Beloved But Tone Deaf’ - has promised Lloyd Webber that he’ll personally pick up the phone and vote for Britain instead of Russia in this year’s song contest.
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zdzichu 11.25.08 at 2:05 pm
I loce russia. I spend there almost every summer. This is a very interesting site, thought I do not share all the opinions here, I will definitely come back here to check what’s new.
I am going to russai again in January to see some snow (it’s missing where i live). And here are some photos from Russia (last winter) if you are interested: http://www.odyssei.com/travel-article/10240.html. See ya
Natalie 12.01.08 at 5:32 am
I’ll be shocked if he actually votes for England over his own dear Mother Russia
Andy 12.01.08 at 7:20 am
If nothing else, it would indicate a shocking lapse in taste on Putin’s part - English entries to Eurovision in the last few years have been uniformly awful.