While on tour in central Thailand, British musician Paul Barton was mobbed by unruly audiences who tugged his hair, stole his music and climbed all over his piano. In a quirky video, Reuters reports how Barton was a rock star to hundreds of hungry wild monkeys that he hoped his music could calm, at a time when Thailand’s coronavirus-induced tourism hiatus meant there were fewer visitors to feed them, and less funds allocated for their welfare.

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