McFly star says super fan was just the sweetest

McFly's Harry Judd said super fan Joel Oates was "just the sweetest" after meeting him at a show following a chance encounter with his mum at a service station.

Clare Cerasuolo bumped into the band at Heston services on the M4 on her way home to Port Talbot and told them what a big fan her 24-year-old son was.

She had not bought tickets to their show at Tunes On The Bay festival at Swansea Beach because she did not think the family would make it after a trip to London, but Judd said they could get the family in for free.

Judd said after dedicating a song to Joel, who has Down's syndrome, "the whole crowd were like chanting his name - it was so cool".

Speaking on the Alex and Harry podcast on Thursday, the McFly drummer said he had seen Joel in the crowd and described him as "just the sweetest" when he and his family came to meet them after the show.

"He was like, 'right boys, I've got a couple of questions for you. First off, Tom, he's like, can I come to yours for Christmas?' Which was just too sweet.

"Tom said: 'Yeah sure'."

Then Joel asked if he could join the band, "which of course we said yes to," Judd added.

"He said he can jump around a lot, he can sing. And I said, 'that's pretty much what we do. You're in Joe'."

Clare previously said she had taken Joel to Southend to see the band before and it took seven hours to get there.

"Every time we go he says I hope we could meet them and the fact he did meet them - well he is still on cloud nine."