Bill Bailey Dances to Metallica on UK Strictly Come Dancing

Watch Bill Bailey dance to Metallica on Strictly Come Dancing

Comedy legend Bill Bailey and his professional dance partner Oti Mabuse performed their hugely anticipated dance to Metallica’s ‘Enter Sandman’ on the UK Strictly Come Dancing semi-final on 12th December, 2020.

With The Strictly Come Dancing Band led by David Arch charged with playing ‘Enter Sandman’, Bill and Oti entered in black attire with a massive computerised image of an electric guitar on stage.

Flanked by lightning blasts and pyrotechnics, Bill immediately threw the Sign of the Horns before launching into the high-octane Tango dance, which included him playing air guitar at one point.

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Strictly Dropped Band After Asked to be Paid, Say Musicians

Band say they were offered a free lunch and ‘screen time’ for appearing on BBC’s spinoff It Takes Two

A group of professional musicians have said they were dropped by Strictly Come Dancing after they asked to be paid for performing on the programme’s spinoff show.

Amaraterra, a band who perform traditional southern Italian music, said they were excited when they were approached by producers who were enthusiastic about them appearing on the BBC companion programme It Takes Two.

However, when they asked for a fee to compensate them for a day’s work the BBC producers told them, in emails seen by the Guardian: “We just don’t have money in the budget to pay for contributors.” Instead, they were offered a free lunch and it was suggested that they would receive a “decent amount of screen time, as well as a mention of your group name”, which would help boost the band’s following on Instagram and Facebook.

Same Old, Same Old Then?

Tradizioni | Amaraterra (bandcamp.com)