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 · Feb 2

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 · Dec 17, 2025

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) · May 11, 2025

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 · Feb 1, 2023

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 · Jan 10, 2023

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

Daily Mirror · Jan 10, 2023