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Party's over as DJ Fatboy Slim checks into alcohol rehab clinic
Ellen Widdup04.03.09
DJ Norman Cook is in rehab being treated for alcohol addiction, it was revealed today.
Fatboy Slim checked himself into a specialised clinic after friends said they were concerned about his drinking.
The 45-year-old is married to former Radio 1 DJ Zoe Ball, 38. The couple have a nine-year-old son, Woody, and live in a £2 million house in Hove.
Today Cook's manager Garry Blackburn said: "It's all pretty straightforward. He has gone in voluntarily to sort out his drinking problem."
Cook has spoken of his love of alcohol in the past. During a 2005 interview he said: "Fatboy Slim is my alter ego - he's confident, a bit of a show-off. It takes me until midnight to psych myself into him... the difference between me and him is a bad Hawaiian shirt and half a bottle of vodka.
"Sometimes it feels a little undignified but I never seem to get tired of getting drunk.
"I've tried going on stage sober and it wasn't much fun."
Norman Cook first found fame as a member of the Eighties band The Housemartins. They had a number one hit in 1986 with a version of Caravan of Love but split two years later.
After a spell with the band Beats International, he reinvented himself as Fatboy Slim whose music was an instant success. His biggest hit songs include the 1999 chart-topper Praise You and The Rockafeller Skank.
