Ricky Wilson thought Pogues star Shane MacGowan was on a “health kick” when he asked him for an apple.
But the Kasiser Chiefs singer got the shock of his life when he realised he wanted it to smoke crack cocaine from.
Addicts poke holes in the fruit and use them as makeshift pipes to get high on the rocks.
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Ricky, 46, said his band always ask for a bag of apples when they do a gig.
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He was amazed when Shane, who died aged 65 in November, rocked up backstage one night.
Ricky, who was a coach on The Voice for three series, said: “I was always starstruck…we’d get to a festival, lock ourselves in our dressing room, and point and stare at all the other artists as they arrived.
“Shane MacGowan once came into our dressing room.
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“He was amazing. He asked for an apple from our rider (and) I thought ‘Good for you, Shane, one of your five a day!’
“We didn’t realise he was going to smoke crack out of it.”
Apple bongs are commonly used to smoke cannabis or crack – with the user piercing holes in the side and top of the fruit, stuffing it with drugs and lighting them – then inhaling through the side hole.
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