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Has Finley Quaye Posted A Homeless Plea For Help?

• 18th Sep 2014

Kuwait based blog @LOFT965 have published an article claiming that singer songwriter Finley Quaye, who rose to fame with hits including ‘Roll The Dice’, has taken to his Facebook page in a plea for help after being left homeless and reportedly struggling to survive.

According to the article, Quaye has been homeless for 8 years and has suffered tremendously as a result. At the time of writing we were unable to track down Quaye’s official Facebook page to verify the story.

Here’s what they are reporting he had to say:

Ok people I am in my 8th consecutive year of being homeless I have lost 2/5 of my body muscle mass in the last few years I am now at my all time weakest. I am literally skin and bone now, bones protruding . Any music loving Finley Quaye fans in London let me know if you can help I am willing to rent obviously, cant buy but I can rent. This isnt a new thing I have been homeless between the ages of 16 and 40, so many times. I have 22 teeth left at 40 years of age and unable to sing or smile and have been unable to smile for the past 10 years and unable to afford treatment. Have been drug and alcohol free for 90% of the past 10 years, in recovery since 2000. I am actually disintegrating, the last few years have been the worse and things have gotten harder, there are far less resources, prices have gotten higher and people have gotten meaner and less sympathetic, so it’s really tough.. often made to walk up to 25 miles a day every day. I went through hell in Berlin starving all the time lost so much weight there too, homeless, starved and nearly froze to death in Wales in 2006/7, people would observe but do nothing, I beseech you not to ignore me now. Please email me at finleyquayemusic@gmail.com if interested or if you know anybody interested in helping.

The singers latest album ’28 February Rd’ is available to buy here.

Listen to ‘Shine’ from the album here: