The Wiggles star Anthony Field gets huge tattoo to celebrate historic no.1

The Wiggles star Anthony Field has celebrated his group reaching no.1 on Triple J’s Hottest 100 by getting a daring new arm tattoo.

The Australian band, who’re additionally celebrating 30 years of success, had an historic Hottest 100 win in 2021 with their cowl of Tame Impala’s Elephant.

Triple J’s Hottest 100 is an annual music listener ballot hosted by the publicly-funded, nationwide Australian youth radio station, Triple J.

Anthony, 58, shared a video of himself getting the tattoo completed on Instagram, which depicted a retro, quaint boxer, with the phrases ‘Hottest 100 champions’ round it.

Within the clip he may be seen reclining in a chair because the tattooist works their magic, earlier than exhibiting off the tip end result and admiring the design in a full-length mirror.

He added the caption: ‘For this reason we put on skivvies #tattoo.’

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That’s one daring tattoo! (Image: Getty/Instagram/Anthony Fields)

Followers had been loving the tattoo and had been fast to congratulate the star on the inking and The Wiggles’ chart success.

‘That is mega! Like it! Nicely earned and appears epic,’ one wrote.

‘Oh yeah!! High stuff mate!’ one other added.

Youngsters’s entertainers The Wiggles lately prolonged the group by welcoming newcomers Evie Ferris, Kelly Hamilton, John Pearce and Tsehay Hawkins.

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Anthony Area appeared very glad together with his vintage-style tattoo (Image: Anthony Area/Instagram)

They joined current members Anthony, Lachlan Gillespie, Simon Pryce and Emma Watkins.

Award-winning Ethiopian dancer Tsehay joins alongside Evie, a Taribelang girl from central Queensland who was previously in The Australian Ballet.

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The Wiggles band members Anthony, Lachlan, Emma and Simon (Image: Getty Pictures)

They’re joined by John, who’s of Australian and Filipino descent, and identified for his work with band The Justice Crew.

Kelly, who’s of Australian and Chinese language heritage, has beforehand carried out in exhibits like Sesame Road.

Anthony had mentioned in a press release: ‘The Wiggles had been created throughout a time when early childhood instructional ideas had been the main target.

‘As society has developed, now we have embraced the necessity for variety and inclusiveness and need kids everywhere in the world to see themselves mirrored on the display screen.

‘It’s so essential that The Wiggles proceed to evolve together with our society. This is step one in direction of shaping The Wiggles for the following 30 years, taking us in a course that actually represents and serves our neighborhood extra inclusively.’

The band fashioned again in 1991, with Anthony being the one remaining unique musician within the group.

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