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Stewart Lee on punks, ghosts and why he won't do gigs on Zoom The comedian on his unlikely chart-topping single, and the eureka moment that inspired him to become a stand-up Stewart Lee: 'stand-up's a very lonely furrow' Credit: Idil Sukan Stewart Lee is in a good mood. “I’ve had a number one single at 52!” he tells me, beaming. Asian Dub Foundation’s Comin’ Over Here, which samples one of Lee’s old stand-up routines, topped the sales chart on New Year’s Day. It might be the first electronic dance hit to feature lyrics in Anglo-Saxon. (At one point, Lee shouts lines from the me...

Last Christmas by Wham! reaches No 1 for first time after 36 years Ben Beaumont-Thomas Wham!’s Last Christmas has reached No 1 in the UK singles chart for the first time, 36 years after it was first released. Widely regarded as one of the greatest Christmas songs of all time, it was originally held off the top spot in 1984 by Band Aid’s charity single Do They Know It’s Christmas? Last Christmas spent five weeks at No 2 that year, and was a Top 10 hit in 1985 too. With the advent of downloads and streaming meaning that any song could re-enter the charts, it reappeared in ...

Asian Dub Foundation and Stewart Lee’s ‘Comin’ Over Here’ still in race to be Brexit Number One The charity single is currently Number One on the Amazon chart and Number Two on the iTunes chart Asian Dub Foundation. CREDIT: Getty Images Asian Dub Foundation and Stewart Lee’s new single ‘Comin’ Over Here’ is still in race to be Brexit Number One. A campaign was launched earlier this month (December 12) in a bid to get the song to Number One when the Brexit transition period ends, with 100% of the band’s share of sales going to frontline refugee and ...

The campaign, which launched earlier this month (December 12), urges fans to purchase the track between 00:01am GMT on Christmas Day (December 25) and 23.59pm GMT on New Year’s Eve (December 31). Should efforts prove successful, the single will be the Number One the next day: the first day the UK’s trade will default to WTO terms unless a deal is agreed. The group added in a post on Facebook: “Buying a downlaod from Amazon/iTunes will count more on the chart than streaming it, but do stream the song via Spotify/Apple Music/Deezer etc too as it all helps. The chart will be announced on 1...

Stewart Lee talks Sleaford Mods, on the Tories' "culture war", Taskmaster, the future of Comedy Vehicle and returning to telly