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He reunited the Alarm in 2000 and hit the U.K. charts in 2004 when, in a clandestine stunt, he wrote and recorded a single as a fictional teenage punk band, the Poppy Fields.

The post drew the ire of social media users and even an industry titan like Ben Stiller, whose criticism of Variety’s framing stunted the number of likes on the publication’s original post.

But his joy turned to rage when Metcalf did not play along with the racist stunt.

The move was criticised by several people in the crypto industry, with some calling it "a stunt".

Street takeovers, also known as sideshows, typically take place at night when large crowds gather at a closed off intersection to watch cars do “doughnuts,” burn tires, drift and other stunts.