The family of an 'amazing' and 'creative' 22-year-old from Bolton who is in hospital after a road accident in Cyprus have spoken of their anguish.
11.06.2023 - 13:41 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A young Aitch superfan has finally got to meet his idol after a video of him at the rapper's concert went viral.
12-year-old Marlee Matthews was spotted by Aitch during a gig in Leicester last year after he saw him dancing and enjoying the concert by the accessibility balcony. In the clip, the Manchester rapper is seen smiling and pointing at Marlee for a few seconds before continuing with the show.
Ever since, Marlee, who has autism, has been 'so grateful' for the moment and has wanted to get a selfie with the star. Mum Chelsea told the M.E.N earlier this week that a talent management agency had been in touch with her to arrange a meet with Aitch during his headline slot at Parklife festival.
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The young fan was invited backstage at the Heaton Park festival on Saturday night (June 11) to meet Aitch and was able to spend a bit of time talking to him and getting selfies.
“They gave Marlee a meet-and-greet backstage at Parklife,” Chelsea told the M.E.N. “We went to his dressing room and met his manager, and then they went to get Aitch. Marlee then got nervous and kept asking ‘what do I do now?’.
“They had a chat together and he gave them two of his new t-shirts, which he signed for him. Marlee got to tell him some of his favourite dad jokes, which are appalling but Aitch loved and found them really funny. He said he wanted to see Marlee at every show as he wanted to hear more jokes.
“I said to him that now that he’s said this to Marlee, he’s going to bring his big book of jokes next time and read them to him for hours. Aitch was like ‘yes, let’s make that happen’. His favourite joke was ‘Why was the giraffe late to work? Because he was stuck in a
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