How could anybody beat up such a decent and talented young man? Sadly typical of humanity today; if the can't falsely accuse a celebrity they try to damage them in other ways. This nasty streak in our species has exploded this century.

www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-46709331

Unfortunately, there are a few venues around Nantwich known to attract celebrities, so it also attracts people who want to gawp and jeer.

Obviously, we dont know if celebrity was a factor in this case.

18 years ago my friend, A&R man Simon Cowell, told me about his idea to adapt Pop Stars into a solo TV series called Pop Idol; I'd recommended him as my substitute judge on Pop Stars as a hefty £250,000 a show had not managed to seduce me into repeating my old 70s persona as lead judge on that series but I advised Simon against becoming a celebrity. "After what's just happened to me", I said, "I would not advise anyone to choose to be famous. Society has become very nasty towards celebrity and success". What just happened to AJ is clear proof that I was right.