Fatboy Slim has revealed he was “completely on autopilot” during his Big Beach Boutique II concert on Brighton seafront.

The 59-year-old DJ, whose real name is Norman Cook, performed for around 250,000 people on the beach for an open-air concert in July 2002.

Fatboy has reflected on the impact of the concert as part of an upcoming documentary for Sky.

He said: “Looking back, I don’t remember much about the actual gig. I must have been completely on autopilot.

“It wasn’t the most relaxed I’d been, because I was aware that we were potentially, if anything went wrong, we could be in a lot of trouble safety-wise.

“What I do remember is just feeding off the energy of the crowd.”

The Argus: A quarter of a million people flooded Brighton beach for the gig in 2002A quarter of a million people flooded Brighton beach for the gig in 2002 (Image: PA/Yui Mok)

The documentary, Right Here, Right Now, looks back at the mammoth beach party, which had initially only been expected to pull in a crowd of 60,000.

Fatboy, who helped popularise the big beat genre, recalled how the original Big Beach Boutique the year before.

He said: “We got a phone call from Channel 4 all about cricket - they were coming down to Brighton to show one of the Test matches and they had a sound system for the commentary and a big screen.

“They just phoned up and said: “As Brighton’s representative of dance music, do you want to DJ an after-party free for the people of Brighton to have a little dance on the beach.

“We lost the cricket on day two, so no one came and watched the cricket, but an awful lot of people came to the after-party.”

The Argus: Fatboy Slim said he was 'completely on autopilot' during his famous gig that saw 250,000 people flock to Brighton beachFatboy Slim said he was 'completely on autopilot' during his famous gig that saw 250,000 people flock to Brighton beach (Image: PA/Yui Mok)

Following the success of the first party, Fatboy Slim decided to host a second instalment and spoke about having to work with the police to ensure the gig could go ahead.

Last year, the DJ performed in front of thousands of fans as the headline act for the On The Beach festival, with people from all over the country travelling from all over the country for the gig.

Right Here, Right Now can be seen on Sky Documentaries and streaming service Now from February 4 at 10pm.