Two childhood buddies are blaming the recent breakdown of their friendship on “irreconcilable person differences” after the two came to blows over music streaming services.
Tommy Evans and Bill Small have known each other since kindergarten, having grown up three doors down from each other and followed their friendship through both levels of school and university. Even though they were studying different subjects at university – Tommy studied Arts and Bill took to Science – sources close to the pair say that up until recently they were still “very close”.
The enviable friendship began to unravel earlier this year, however, when Tommy suggested they switch to a music streaming services instead of downloading their music from torrent sites. Both agreed that it would be quick and simpler than downloading, and went about examining all the free trials available on the web.
Bill quickly took a fancy to services like Mog and Rara, which are quite discreet, but Tommy liked to share his listening habits around through the social interactivity of Rdio and Spotify. The first arguments were light-hearted, but things got heated pretty quickly.
According to Tara Deanston, who has known the boys from high school but doesn't consider herself as close to either of them as they were to each other, said that Bill grabbed Tommy's phone at a house party one evening and played a number of “embarrassing” artists – all of which showed up on Tommy's Facebook feed.
“It was really bad,” she tells SPA Confidential. “First it was all like that #Selfie song and then it was heaps of 5 Seconds Of Summer. When Tommy saw that all his Arts friends were laughing at his 'listening' to LMFAO he confronted Bill and all hell broke loose.”
A fist fight lasted 17 seconds, according to observers, and left Tommy with a saw knuckle and Bill with a bruised chest.
It is believed that all ties between the two have now been cut and they are surrounding themselves with friends with more “agreeable” music streaming service preferences.
