Stephen drove through the McDonald's drive-thru with a friend to get some breakfast. They spotted John with his guitar and asked him to sing a song.
Homeless, John Metcalfe was playing Sultans of Swing by Dire Straits outside the fast-food restaurant on Jennifer Avenue in Liverpool when he went viral on TikTok which led to a huge outpouring of support.
His rendition of the 1978 classic was an instant hit online after Stephen posted it to his 11 TikTok followers on his account, steflynn748. John left Merseyside when he was 23, initially heading for the Middle East where he said he lived with rural communities before heading to Scandinavia but is now back in his home city after visa issues meant he was deported from Norway."I'm lucky I have a car, even if it has broken down, just so I can put my stuff in it. I haven't slept lying down for months. Hege got ill from sleeping in the cold during winter.
He was flown to London Stansted Airport before returning to Liverpool, where his parents still live, but after a short stint living with them, he then moved into a bedsit after Hege, 48, joined him. Top news stories today But thanks to Stephen John is hoping money raised thanks to the viral videos shared on TikTok can help him recoup funds to get a camper van he can use to travel the UK with his Norweigan girlfriend Hege.
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