Mark Ronson `nearly died` after eating raw liver

The 35-year-old DJ had joined the Black Lips in the studio to work on their track Raw Meat, and to get into the zone, they decided to scoff some liver sashimi.

Talking to NME magazine, band member Cole Alexander explained, 'To get in the mood to record Raw Meat we started eating all this liver sashimi. Then we all started getting sick from it. Mark had to go to hospital because his fever was so high. His brain was cooking, man.'

Ronson added, 'I thought maybe I was hungover or something. Then I started shivering uncontrollably. The next thing, the band is putting all these blankets over me. I wake up an hour later , just f***ing moaning and groaning.

'One of them touched my skin and they were like 'Listen dude, we've got to get you to a hospital.'

'When I was there I was diagnosed with something with a lot of syllables in it - endorhinitis, or something like that. I almost died. But I don't think it was intentional on their part.'