Flight Of The Conchords Clear Up Name Issue

• 10th Jan 2009

Comedy music duo Flight Of The Conchords have made it clear that they didn't name their act in reference to the Concorde crash that took place near Paris back in 2000. The pair, whose new series is shortly to start in the US, are quoted by Time Out New York as saying that they'd had to “soldier on” following the incident because people linked their name to the crash, which claimed more than a hundred lives.

Bret McKenzie said: “We had the name before the terrible Concorde crash. But we were worried that people would think it was a joke based on the tragedy. Which it had nothing to do with”. Jemaine Clement concurred that “some people did think that”, and McKenzie joked that they “just didn't play in Paris” following the crash.

McKenzie added that he's sorry that Concordes are now a thing of the past, saying: “It's a shame. I always wanted to do a photo shoot with us in the Concorde. We'll have to do that on Photoshop now”. Someone should tell him that an old Concorde plane has been turned into a tourist attraction at Manchester Airport.