Page 8 of Going Solo (The Brent Boys #2)

EXCLUSIVE: Pop star pub brawl!

Johnswagger’s big Essex night out

In Colchester for “Make Me a Pop Star,” the show that rehabilitated his career, Robbie Johnswagger wasted no time getting rock and roll royally smashed the minute the cameras were off.

Luckily, The Bulletin’s cameras were still turned on, so our snappers captured the moment the ageing rocker was chucked out of the Quickly Whippet Inn on Colchester High Street. (See pictures.)

The Bulletin understands Johnswagger got into a heated discussion with members of the pub’s house band over the artistic merits of “Junkyard Mongrel,” Johnswagger’s first solo album after he split from iconic ’80s rock band Buzzsaw. A pub regular told us that an “utterly wankered” Johnswagger—apparently not a fan of constructive criticism—threw the first punch.

“The whole band piled in to support their mate,” our witness said. “The drummer whacked Johnswagger around the side of the head with an ice bucket. Old Robbie looked like it didn’t even register. He’s hard, I’ll give him that.”

The fight only stopped because Johnswagger stepped back to line up a punch and slipped on a cube of ice. He was knocked out cold for a few seconds, which gave the bouncers time to shirtfront him and throw him out into the street!