{"id":215104,"date":"2023-10-04T18:48:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T18:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/?p=215104"},"modified":"2023-10-04T18:48:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T18:48:03","slug":"social-media-users-poke-fun-at-tory-conference-headliner-toploader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/world-news\/social-media-users-poke-fun-at-tory-conference-headliner-toploader\/","title":{"rendered":"Social media users poke fun at Tory conference &apos;headliner&apos; Toploader"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>&#8216;Toploader? They had a hit 20 years ago &#8211; you&#8217;ll like them!&#8217;: Social media users poke fun at Tory conference &#8216;headliner&#8217; after they perform &#8216;Dancing in the Moonlight&#8217; for members<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span>The British band took to the stage at the Manchester conference on Tuesday<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Social media users have poked fun at Tory conference &#8216;headliner&#8217; Toploader after they performed Dancing In The Moonlight for party members.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The British band took to the stage on the third day of the Conservative&#8217;s annual conference on Tuesday in Manchester, as part of a collaborative event for UK Music, News Movement and TikTok.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>MPs, peers and party members were all spotted grooving to the band&#8217;s 2000 smash hit, Dancing In The Moonlight &#8211; amid a tense conference that has seen Prime Minister Rishi Sunak scrap the Manchester leg of HS2.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Social media users were quick to take to X, formerly known as Twitter, to poke fun at the band for headlining the conference 20 years after their heyday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One witty Tweeter said: &#8216;Toploader? They had a hit 20 years ago &#8211; you&#8217;ll like them!&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/04\/18\/76170657-12594153-image-a-8_1696439710384.jpg\" height=\"394\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/04\/18\/76170659-12594153-image-m-7_1696439705672.jpg\" height=\"394\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Toploader took to the stage on the third day of the Conservative&#8217;s annual conference on Tuesday in Manchester<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/04\/18\/76170331-12594153-image-a-10_1696439791304.jpg\" height=\"125\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/04\/18\/76170345-12594153-image-a-9_1696439785030.jpg\" height=\"517\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Social media users were quick to take to X, formerly known as Twitter, to poke fun at the band for headlining the conference 20 years after their heyday<\/p>\n<p>Have I Got News For You added: &#8216;Footage of Toploader performing at the Conservative Party Conference appears online after someone types &#8220;worst night out ever&#8221; into ChatGPT.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE:\u00a0Rishi Sunak&#8217;s wife delivers emotional tribute to her husband from party conference stage\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>Another said: &#8216;Spot on for the Tory Party Conference, a performance from a band that had one hit 24 years ago (that they didn&#8217;t write).&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A fourth added: &#8216;I wonder how many bands said no before Toploader said yes.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Music critic Simon Price recalled: &#8216;I once hit the guy from Toploader with a champagne cork at the Q Awards, from right across the room. Hell of a shot, but I felt slightly guilty afterwards. (What had he ever done to me, except be in a crap band?) I don\u2019t feel guilty anymore.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Others were quick to share memes and jokes poking fun at the surprise act.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The footage was uploaded by Conservative social media user Emily Hewertson, who praised the performance as &#8217;10\/10&#8242;.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Toploader consists of lead singer Joseph Washbourn, guitarist Dan Hipgrave and drummer Rob Green.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Their most famous hit Dancing In The Moonlight is a cover of King Harvest&#8217;s 1972 song written by Sherman Kelly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The song peaked at Number 19 in the UK&#8217;s Top 40 chart at the time of its release.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/04\/18\/76169759-12594153-image-a-11_1696439847776.jpg\" height=\"600\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/04\/18\/76170329-12594153-image-a-12_1696439853346.jpg\" height=\"494\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/04\/18\/76170341-12594153-image-a-13_1696439858145.jpg\" height=\"473\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/04\/18\/76170327-12594153-image-a-14_1696439865544.jpg\" height=\"147\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/04\/18\/76170325-12594153-image-a-1_1696441325595.jpg\" height=\"134\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/04\/18\/76170335-12594153-image-a-16_1696439870884.jpg\" height=\"131\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/04\/18\/76170333-12594153-image-a-17_1696439872162.jpg\" height=\"108\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/04\/18\/76170337-12594153-image-a-18_1696439874792.jpg\" height=\"136\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Others were quick to share memes and jokes poking fun at the surprise act<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/04\/18\/76170663-12594153-image-m-22_1696439934414.jpg\" height=\"420\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/04\/18\/76170661-12594153-image-a-23_1696439987452.jpg\" height=\"420\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>MPs, peers and party members were all spotted grooving to the band&#8217;s 2000 smash hit, Dancing In The Moonlight<\/p>\n<p>The band initially broke up in 2002 after forming in 1997. However they reformed in 2009 and have been performing again together ever since.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The band is also set to perform at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool next week, according to UK Music.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last year former X Factor star and Ghost singer Ella Henderson performed at the Tory Conference to much backlash.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She later defended her decision, saying: &#8216;These events do not indicate political affiliation&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rishi Sunak made a pitch to &#8216;fix&#8217; Britain today as he dramatically cancelled the rest of HS2, which he said would &#8216;free up&#8217; \u00a336billion for other transport projects all over the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In another bold step, Mr Sunak said he wants to introduce a rising age limit on buying cigarettes &#8211; so 14-year-olds now will never be able to purchase them legally.<\/p>\n<p>The policy will be pit to a free vote in Parliament, with Liz Truss already pledging to oppose it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, A-Levels and T-Levels are being merged into a new broader Advanced British Standard, with all pupils studying English and Maths until the age of 18.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Summing up his policy blitz, Mr Sunak said: &#8216;It&#8217;s time for a change, and we are it.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12594153\/Toploader-social-media-Dancing-Moonlight-Tory-conference.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Toploader? 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