Just when Tory Sport Minister Tracey Crouch has declared that ‘fox-hunting is a pursuit from the past’ that should be ‘consigned to history’, a most unlikely figure has emerged to give the country pursuit a new lease of life.

I hear that Keith Flint, the self-proclaimed ‘twisted firestarter’ behind hugely successful dance band The Prodigy, has embarked on a new life as a country gent and been spotted riding out with his local hunt.

Wild-eyed Flint, 46, who is known for his striking reverse Mohawk hairstyle as much as the techno music that delighted drug-addled ravers, has invested in several hunting horses.
Keith Flint, the self-proclaimed ‘twisted firestarter’ behind hugely successful dance band The Prodigy, has embarked on a new life as a country gent and been spotted riding out with his local hunt


He rode one of them, Captain Black, in a hunter trial race in October, finishing in sixth place. The move comes after he became the proud landlord of a genteel 18th-century pub in Essex, whose recent TripAdvisor reviews glowingly describe it as ‘excellent’ and ‘underpriced’.

‘He keeps his horses with one of the bigwigs on the local Essex hunt, who lives just up the road from the pub,’ says my man in the red coat. ‘His enthusiasm for the sport is the talk of Essex hunting circles.’

Flint, who once courted TV presenter Gail Porter, certainly makes an unlikely tweedy convert

When The Prodigy’s famous Firestarter video was first shown on Top Of The Pops in 1996, parents complained to the BBC that Flint’s energetic performance was frightening their children. One letter described him as ‘a man in need of urgent medical attention’.

The Prodigy’s hit Smack My B**** Up caused an outcry because of its misogynistic title and video depicting scenes of drunken, drug-fuelled sexual excess and violence.

Flint, who declines to comment, would not be the first rock musician to become enchanted by bucolic pursuits.

Keith hunts...
Who cares?

You do remember him being in the hunting/camping store in the Prodigy vid on their YouTube page, right?
Why is this a surprise?

People hunt... I don't... but it's what people do.
What's the big deal? I'm confused

Keith hunts...
Who cares?

You do remember him being in the hunting/camping store in the Prodigy vid on their YouTube page, right?
Why is this a surprise?

People hunt... I don't... but it's what people do.
What's the big deal? I'm confused

Message from Keef Flint: 'In regards to a story going around about me right now - yes I live in essex and have a couple of horses. I went riding with the local trail hunt, it was a ride out and NO ANIMALS WERE HUNTED OR KILLED, so my conscience is clear, it wasn't my thing and I won't be going again

Taken from The Prodigy facebook page