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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Sandra Mallon

Wild Youth rubbish rumours of John Lydon row - saying they shared a whiskey after EuroSong

Eurovision hopefuls Wild Youth shared a whiskey with former Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon after the EuroSong special – as they rubbished rumours of any row with the UK punk.

A row reportedly erupted after John Lydon - also known as Johnny Rotten - reportedly called the Eurovision “phoney” and slagged off Wild Youth’s band’s name.

But Wild Youth singer Conor O'Donohoe said he believes the row was a product of “fictional writing” and that they shared a whiskey with Johnny after the EuroSong special in RTE.

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