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Armstrong takes to drums for DRUGS song at reggae festival



Since admitting he was sports' most notorious drug cheat, Lance Armstrong has been keeping his nose clean.

The disgraced former Tour de France champion has been banned for life from cycling and seen other attempts to break back into competitive sport - in either swimming or triathlon - blocked.

So last week he tried his hand at something else. Well, both his hands, in fact, as he took to the stage as the drummer for a band at the Texas reggae music festival.

Scroll down to see video of Armstrong in action at the Texas reggae festival




New gig? Lance Armstrong played drums for a reggae group in Austin, Texas this week





Nervous: Armstrong appeared jittery before his performance to a crowd of 10,000 in his hometown



Relief: Before long, though, the fallen champion looked very comfortable in his unlikely new role





Lance Armstrong plays drums for 10,000 people at Texas reggae...


However, in an unfortunate coincidence, the band - named somewhat comically 'Lance Herbstrong' - played a song, the title of which is a commonly used term in drug-taking circles.


The New York Daily News reported Armstrong played four songs with the playfully named group, including Musical Youth's 1982 hit ‘Pass the Dutchie,’ a phrase which can be used to suggest the sharing of a cannabis joint.

‘Drumming in front of 10,000 peeps had me more than a little freaked,’ he told his 4 million followers.


Meanwhile, Armstrong is being sued by the US government and could be forced to pay back up to £50million in sponsorship after the Justice Department in the USA laid out its case against him.


Earlier this year he admitted using steroids, blood boosters and other illegal performance-enhancing drugs and measures to win throughout his career, which included seven Tour de France wins and Olympic bronze in Sydney.



Money matters: Lance Armstrong is facing another enormous lawsuit over profits he made while cheating



By breaking the rules and covering it up, the complaint says he committed fraud against the U.S. government.

The US Postal Service paid about £26m to be the title sponsor of Armstrong's teams for six of his Tour victories, with around £11m going directly to the leading man.

This latest lawsuit also names former team Armstrong director Johan Bruyneel and team management company Tailwind Sports as defendants, with the government saying they would seek triple damages.


'Defendants were unjustly enriched to the extent of the payments and other benefits they received from the USPS, either directly or indirectly,' the complaint said.


Armstrong's lawyer Elliot Peters called the government's complaint 'opportunistic' and 'insincere'.




Reveal: Armstrong came clean to Oprah Winfrey earlier in 2013 after years in denial about his cheating

He explained: 'The US Postal Service benefited tremendously from its sponsorship of the cycling team. Its own studies repeatedly and conclusively prove this.



'The USPS was never the victim of fraud. Lance Armstrong rode his heart out for the USPS team, and gave the brand tremendous exposure during the sponsorship years.'


The government must prove not only that the Postal Service was defrauded, but that it was damaged somehow.


Armstrong also is fighting a lawsuit from Dallas-based promotions company SCA to recover about £8m it paid him in bonuses, and a lawsuit from the Sunday Times newspaper, which wants to get back £330,000 it paid him to settle a libel case.

VIDEO: 'Pass the Dutchie' was a hit in early 1980s for Musical Youth



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