Schoolboy sings live with Madonna
A Highbury schoolboy shared centre stage with Madonna at Wembley stadium on Saturday in front of a global audience of billions.
Theo Weir, eight, of Calabria Road, was part of a children’s choir who sang with the pop legend during her headline performance at the London leg of the worldwide Live Earth concerts.
A pupil at William Tyndale School, off Upper Street, Islington, Theo is the youngest member of the Finchley Children’s Music Group Choir.
Beating off fierce competition from other local choirs at the audition stage, Theo and his fellow singers landed a once-in-a-lifetime chance to back the star on Hey You, a new Madonna exclusive written especially for the climate change event.
Theo said: “I was quite nervous before we went on but it went really well. Madonna is a great singer. We only had six days to rehearse it but she was really friendly and totally different to how she is onstage.”
Theo joined the choir 18 months ago and is no stranger to the spotlight, having appeared in the BBC TV series Silent Witness and at a carol concert at the Royal Albert Hall.
“There were 120,000 people there and flashlights were going off every few seconds,” said Theo. “I got teased a bit at school afterwards but I think the other kids were just jealous!”
The Live Earth concert – organised by ex-US vice president Al Gore – was beamed around the world to 120 countries and an estimated global TV and online audience of over two billion viewers. But Theo seemed more concerned about events closer to home.
“All of my family were watching on the telly at home,” he said. “I was really happy about that and my mum and dad were really proud of me.”
Theo’s headteacher, Tanya Watson, said: “William Tyndale supports the arts, especially music, which we believe enhances the standards achieved by our pupils.
“Theo is an example of this and we are delighted he had this opportunity to perform with Madonna.
From islingtongazette.co.uk.