Blind Item: Rock Star Turned Subway Star?

This just in from a loyal reader who randomly spotted a well-known NYC musician busking:

Hey there- On Friday night I was taking the F train downtown from 14th Street with a friend. As we walked down the platform, we heard some music playing a familiar song (“Ceremony” by Joy Division), and my friend joked, “Oh look it’s [name REDACTED] playing!” I went to go look who it was, I said, “It’s definitely was not [name REDACTED]….but I do know who that is!” Turns out it was, [name REDACTED]! I couldn’t believe it. The last time [band name REDACTED] played New York, their shows were completely sold out. Guess he was just working out some skillz.

Go ahead, leave your guesses as to who it was…

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Image from Sawlady.com.

30 Comments

  1. Dave Letterman says:

    Was it Nick Zinner?

  2. corey says:

    one of the strokes?

  3. Harriet Vane says:

    Interpol?

  4. layne says:

    paul banks?

  5. Eugene says:

    Jules? Don’t tell me it was Jules. He wouldn’t be playing Joy Division, would he?

  6. ohrobot says:

    Please let it be Jules. I hope it was…and he was really drunk…and was like “F-this, I’m taking the train today!”

  7. tellus says:

    wellllllllllllllllllllllllll…..

  8. andy says:

    for a sec i thought it was paul banks as well, but he spent so much time trying to break away form interpol being labelled a bad joy divison cover band i really dont think he’d go out on the steet and play joy division

    or would he?

  9. Jarrod says:

    tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me puhleeeeeeeease… :)

  10. Javier Buchananeversonia says:

    that kid from SUrefire?

  11. fo says:

    spill it!!!

  12. oh no! says:

    this is so dumb

  13. laura says:

    Sorry I can’t say who it is… but no one has gotten it so far…or have they?

  14. alex says:

    pete wentz

  15. Eugene says:

    Jeff Buckley?

    …oh…oops.

  16. Eugene says:

    Nick Valensi! I could totally see him busking.

  17. tellus says:

    what was the point of writing anything about it? lame.

  18. tellus says:

    what was the point of writing anything about it? lame.

  19. layne says:

    please tell us who.

  20. rob says:

    pete wentz?

  21. Jay Dough says:

    Gerard

  22. jared says:

    It’s Jared not Gerard. wrong subway too.

    I saw one dude on the subway that night too, hee was in Stella Star.

  23. yourpost says:

    lame post

  24. p.b says:

    oh so wait, you’re not gonna say who it is…?
    wtf?

    he’s/she’s not gonna sue for defamation you know

  25. panties says:

    the suspense is making me piss m panties

  26. panties says:

    Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook??

  27. WAIT says:

    Nooo, don’t give up people! WHO IS IT?! I hate suspense and secrets.

  28. panties says:

    this must have been a ploy to get comments…

  29. laura says:

    I think the purpose of blind items is not to say who it is…but I can vouch that this was a valid sighting.

  30. panties says:

    you suck