Kooks star: 'I kicked Alex Turner's face'

Kooks star Luke Pritchard has claimed he kicked Alex Turner in the face when they played a gig together.

The singer described Turner's band as "quite arrogant" and admitted that his group had never got on well with the Sheffield rockers.

"We've had a weird relationship with the Arctics since we first met," Pritchard told The Mirror.

"I had to kick Alex in the face because he was trying to pull the leads out of my guitar pedals while we were on stage. We had done so many shows back to back with them, and it just escalated."

He added: "I saw them recently in a studio and tried to patch things up. I asked Alex if he wanted to have a bit of a jam in the studio, but he just turned his back and walked away."

Pritchard also mocked Turner for dating T4 presenter Alexa Chung, arguing that it was helping her career more than the musician's.

"Alex has a famous girlfriend, but I don't think that helps him," he said. "He was big before Alexa came along.

"If anything it has probably helped her more. If you fall in love, you fall in love. Whatever."