Chumbawamba have turned down £30,000 for his or her music for use in a trailer for a brand new Jeremy Clarkson TV present.
The band’s guitarist Boff Whalley revealed on Twitter that they’d declined the profitable supply. “I can’t let you know how a lot satisfaction that gave us,” he wrote.
Many followers had been fast to reward the band. “That takes actual integrity, hope an excellent higher supply comes from a extra moral supply!” one Twitter consumer replied.
“Glad to see there are nonetheless individuals on this nation who wish to preserve integrity above revenue,” stated one other.
So anyway right now we turned down £30,000 for our music for use for a trailer for Jeremy Clarkson’s new TV sequence. I can’t let you know how a lot satisfaction that gave us.
— Boff Whalley (@boffwhalley) January 10, 2023
That takes actual integrity, hope an excellent higher supply comes from a extra moral supply! Xx
— Peta Brown💙💙 (@peta53) January 10, 2023
Effectively finished you 👏.
Glad to see there are nonetheless individuals on this nation who wish to preserve integrity above revenue.— Sue (@SueWill1966) January 10, 2023
Clarkson got here underneath hearth final month for his feedback about Meghan Markle in a current column in The Solar, by which he stated he hated her “on a mobile degree”. In accordance with Metro, virtually 21,000 complaints had been made in regards to the column to the press regulator Ipso, making it essentially the most complained-about story in historical past.
Within the unique column, he had written: “At evening, I’m unable to sleep as I lie there, grinding my enamel and dreaming of the day when she is made to parade bare by means of the streets of each city in Britain whereas the crowds chant, ‘Disgrace!’ and throw lumps of excrement at her.”
Comic Kathy Burke referred to as Clarkson a “colossal c***” for his feedback, whereas London mayor Sadiq Khan described his phrases as “harmful and inexcusable”. In the meantime, Charlotte Church advised that Clarkson “fuck off from public life” and that he “wants a lot remedy”.
Clarkson stated he was “horrified” by the response and claimed that the element in his column was a “clumsy reference” to a scene in Sport of Thrones. “I shall be extra cautious in future,” he wrote on Twitter via apology.
The column has since faraway from The Solar’s web site at Clarkson’s request.
