Stride: 'My kidneys were throbbing'

Rex Features

Scouting For Girls singer Roy Stride had claimed that his band were "almost killed" by a drinking session in Australia.

The frontman said that his kidneys "were still throbbing" three days after the promotional event.

"We were doing a promo in Australia and went on a bender after our first show," Stride told the Daily Star.

"The people over there are party monsters - it almost killed us."

He continued: "I think someone put about £2,000 behind the bar and we all just went for it.

"We didn't get back to our hotel until the next morning. [Drummer] Pete passed out until 6pm the next day.

"The trouble is there's an obligation to drink in this business."

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