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BIZARRE: Chumbawamba | Mind Blowing Facts

Chumbawamba call on Spain’s far-right Vox to stop using their best-known song

British pop collective decry use of 1997 hit Tubthumping to promote the party’s ‘small-minded, hate-fuelled agenda’

The Guardian - UK

Notorious cop killer celebrated in song by multi-million-selling punk band dies aged 89

Harry Roberts, the triple police killer whose 1966 murders outraged Britain, dies 11 years on from controversial release

Louder

Charting protest pop: How music can bring about change

The 1980s was a period of profound popularity for political pop. Now, 40 years later, it’s what we desperately need again

The National (Scotland)

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How Prescott made headlines when Chumbawamba singer soaked him at 1998 Brits

The politician, who has died aged 86, later described the incident as ‘utterly contemptible’ and considered pressing charges.

Evening Standard

Chumbawamba wrote Tubthumping as a working-class anthem. We won’t have it stolen by the right

Why do populists so often use the work of artists who despise them? Because they don’t have any good songs of their own, says former Chumbawamba guitarist Boff Whalley

The Guardian - UK

New Zealand's deputy PM Winston Peters says he 'does not care' about Chumbawamba Tubthumping row

Band demanded Winston Peters stop using their song after it was played before a controversial speech

Evening Standard

Chumbawamba tells NZ deputy PM Winston Peters to stop using its Tubthumping anthem

Lead guitarist Boff Whalley says band does not share views of Winston Peters, who recently compared co-governance to policies of Nazi Germany

The Guardian - AU

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I Get Knocked Down review – enjoyable blast of pop history from Chumbawamba frontman

With a streak of humility utterly foreign to most music documentaries, Dunstan Bruce recounts the band’s successes – and failures – as pop stars and political activists

The Guardian - UK

Band turns down £30,000 for Jeremy Clarkson to use song in trailer

Chumbawamba member spoke out after being asked to use famous record for Clarkson's farm new series

Nottingham Post

Chumbawamba turn down £30k for Jeremy Clarkson to use their famous song on TV trailer

The ancarcho-punk band Chumbawamba were reportedly approached by Clarkson to pay royalties to use one of their tracks to feature on a new TV series but the band declined

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