Party's over as DJ Fatboy Slim checks into alcohol rehab clinic

DJ Norman Cook is in rehab being treated for alcohol addiction, it was revealed today.

Fatboy Slim checked himself into a specialised clinic after friends said they were concerned about his drinking.

The 45-year-old is married to former Radio 1 DJ Zoe Ball, 38. The couple have a nine-year-old son, Woody, and live in a £2 million house in Hove.

Today Cook's manager Garry Blackburn said: "It's all pretty straightforward. He has gone in voluntarily to sort out his drinking problem."

Cook has spoken of his love of alcohol in the past. During a 2005 interview he said: "Fatboy Slim is my alter ego - he's confident, a bit of a show-off. It takes me until midnight to psych myself into him... the difference between me and him is a bad Hawaiian shirt and half a bottle of vodka.

"Sometimes it feels a little undignified but I never seem to get tired of getting drunk.

"I've tried going on stage sober and it wasn't much fun."

Norman Cook first found fame as a member of the Eighties band The Housemartins. They had a number one hit in 1986 with a version of Caravan of Love but split two years later.

After a spell with the band Beats International, he reinvented himself as Fatboy Slim whose music was an instant success. His biggest hit songs include the 1999 chart-topper Praise You and The Rockafeller Skank.