SCOTS sea shanty singing star Nathan Evans has revealed how he was left shocked by the value of a single bottle of water throughout a current journey by Glasgow Airport.
The singer, who discovered fame by TikTok in 2020 for his covers of traditional sea shanties, had been on the airport on Saturday to catch a flight to Berlin forward of his upcoming German tour.
The 28-year-old briefly stopped at a merchandising machine to seize a small 500ml bottle of Strathmore water however was left aghast when he discovered how a lot he’d must cough up for it.
Evans from Airdrie, North Lanarkshire paid £3 for the bottle, which often retails for little greater than 80p, leaving him to take to social media to share his shock.
The singer posted a picture of him holding the water bottle in a single hand to social media the identical day, writing: “Simply paid 3 (sic) quid for a bottle of water out of a merchandising machine.
“Glasgow Airport must have a phrase with itself, the place do you assume you’re? London?”
His put up has since obtained over 250 likes and dozens of feedback from customers left reeling at Evans’ discovery.
His put up was favored by a whole bunch of social media customers and tens of them left feedback in regards to the worth of the water.
One mentioned: “All airport merchandising [machines] are a ripoff.”
One other added: “If people hold shopping for it, they’ll hold promoting it.”
A 3rd responded: “I believed they’d a free water machine. Did you overlook to take an empty bottle?”
One other paraphrased lyrics from Evans’ 2020 hit music Wellerman, saying: “Quickly might the merchandising man come to cost £3 for water and run, someday when the water drought comes he’ll fill from his faucet then go.”
Evans is now in Germany forward of his nine-date tour the place he’ll carry out all through the nation with stops in locations comparable to Frankfurt and Leipzig, in addition to Berlin.
The Scot first discovered fame after recording TikTok movies in his room following his shifts as a postman in Airdrie.
He launched his cowl of well-known sea shanty Wellerman in January 2021, which went on to prime the UK charts, in addition to charting in numerous different international locations.
Wellerman went platinum in Germany and just lately re-entered the charts in March of this yr.
