Charlie Caroli has been immortalised by rock groups including Chumbawamba whose song Just Desserts names the clown alongside 19th century Russian anarchist Peter Kropotkin.
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The Brits are rarely without controversy - last year Chumbawamba's Danbert Nobacon caused uproar by drenching Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott with the water from an ice bucket.
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The play was written by Boff Whalley of the anarchist band Chumbawamba, whose members famously poured a bucket of ice over then Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott at the Brit Awards in 1998.