Ex-DJ Chuka’s new gig

CHUKA UMUNNA now has an excuse to jet off to the exclusive Ibiza nightclubs he used to enjoy frequenting — he has been named ambassador for the PRS For Music Foundation, the songwriters’ royalties collection body.

‘I’m excited to become an ambassador,’ says the Labour MP for Streatham. ‘Music has been such a big part of my life, and part of the fabric of our community. I went to my first gig at the Electric in Brixton to see Soul II Soul in 1991.

‘Brixton was the birthplace of David Bowie, the inspiration for The Clash’s Guns Of Brixton and Eddy Grant’s Electric Avenue, and a favourite jamming spot for Jimi Hendrix.’

However, modest Umunna glosses over his colourful past as a ‘strictly vinyl’ house and garage music DJ in the capital’s fleshpots.