Tyson Fury stunned fans when he was spotted dancing with buskers on the streets of Newcastle on Friday.
The world heavyweight champion, 33, was in town for the latest stop of his 'After Party' tour of the UK, where he is speaking to fans around the country. And two singers were left gobsmacked when he asked to hear them play and attracted a massive crowd by dancing around the street with fans.
Fury has claimed that he's retired from fighting and appears to be loving life since hanging up the gloves and touring the UK. Many, including his own wife Paris, don't believe he's seriously finished with the sport after deciding to keep his heavyweight belt. Further, he has stayed in fighting shape, as evidenced in recent weeks.
Jenna Cole, 20, and Olivia Irvin, 22, play as a duo called Jen & Liv in Newcastle and couldn't believe it when Fury approached them near Monument and asked them to play a song. They had been setting up around 11.30am when the heavyweight attracted a massive crowd with his antics.
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"He was dressed like a lifeguard," Jenna told Chronicle Live. "I thought he was a lookalike. Lots of people started getting pictures and I just didn't say anything to him.
"He came over to me and said 'Are you a singer?' I thought 'that's Tyson Fury', I could tell by his voice. He said 'I love street performers, what type of music do you play?' I said 'Reggae, hip hop, Fleetwood Mac, 80s' and he said 'Unreal'.
"I told him I wasn't starting yet as I was in a duo and he said 'I'm going to go and buy some trainers from JD and I'll come back and I'll watch you'. He walked away from me and I was like 'what on earth?' I was really disorientated.
"I ran to the shop where Liv was and I was standing outside fidgeting. I said 'Tyson Fury has just said he's coming back to watch us'. I was nervous but I was also excited to sing for him."
Fury was wearing a yellow T-shirt with his own name on it and attracted a large crowd of fans looking for pictures. He made good on his promise to return and danced along to their renditions of 'Is This Love' and 'Could You Be Loved' by Bob Marley while meeting and greeting supporters.
"He was stood dancing with us and videoing us and he was really impressed," Jenna continued. "Everyone started swarming to him. It was honestly great, it was so surreal. It got us both really buzzing. For him to stand for four songs, he must have liked it.
"We thought we are going to have to get a picture we can't let everyone else get one and not us. We stopped out song half way through and pegged it after him up the street. One of the guys he was with was saying 'no more pictures' but he said 'let the singers have a picture'. He was nice, he was dead down to earth."
