It's a riot – Chumbawamba does panto

The next stop on Chumbawamba's varied career path is panto for adults – Riot, Rebellion and Bloody Insurrection. And the band and cast are on hilarious form, writes Iain Aitch'I preferred them when they were electric. That one about getting knocked down, I can do that on the bagpipes," says actor Dean Nolan, swaggering across the stage. Behind him in the former Methodist church rehearsal room stand Chumbawamba, the Leeds anarchists turned pop history footnote, whose name only comes back t...

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