Big Brother ‘webmate’ Michael Crafter will “fight everyone in the house” to “get himself kicked out” of the Gold Coast fishbowl so he can join his band on its nationwide farewell tour according to the rock group’s website.
His band ‘I Killed the Prom Queen’, who are due to begin the tour in a fortnight on the 22nd of May, have posted a message on their MySpace page assuring fans Crafter will be on the tour.
“We have received hundreds of messages and emails about what is happening with the tour so hopefully this will put your minds at rest,” says the post.
The post assures fans Crafter will sing on the tour which will not be postponed and is very clear as to how Crafter will escape the house to join the band.
“He is going to fight everyone in the house and get himself kicked out in time for the show on the 22nd of May in adelaide (sic).”
“hope that puts answers (sic) your main concerns IKTPQ (I Killed the Prom Queen).”
I Killed the Prom Queen kick off their ‘Say Goodbye’ tour on the 22nd of May in Adelaide and visit Sydney, Canberra and Perth as well as a number of regional venues finishing on the 8th of June in Brisbane.
Crafter features in a picture promoting the tour on the band’s MySpace page and is named in blog entries about the tour as a band member.
The tattooed musician was injected into the Gold Coast fishbowl on Sunday, a week after the commencement of the show, after receiving the most votes in this year’s new audition process.
Instead of fronting up to auditions as they have in past years budding housemates submitted YouTube style videos to a website and then members of the public voted on their favourite.
Crafter received the most votes on the back of his massive ‘MySpace friend’ base of 10,000 people.
There has been speculation the sometime t-shirt entrepreneur may have entered the house simply to publicise the band’s upcoming tour and to stimulate album sales.
The bands record label, Stomp Entertainment, which is re-releasing the band’s album ‘Music for the recently deceased’ on the 17th of May to coincide with the tour say Crafter is confirmed for the tour.
“He hasn’t been in the band since 2005 but they’re reformed for this Say Goodbye tour,” says spokesperson Jeanna Sims.
“He’s confirmed for vocalist for this tour.”
Two ticketing agents for the tour also told LIVENEWS.com.au the tour will go ahead as planned.
Internet chatter about Crafter has reached fever pitch with conspiracy theorists pointing out the ‘straight edge’ rocker did not speak to Big Brother co-hosts Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O in front of the live studio audience before going into the house.
He is the first person to enter the house this year without speaking to the audience.
A Big Brother spokesperson said Crafter is committed to being in the house.
“As far as we know he’s 100% committed to being in the house, he’s certainly told us nothing,” said the spokesperson.
