Name game losers BAND’S LOTTO REGRET

THE Lottery Winners hit the jackpot with a No1 album last week, but if they could go back in time they would ditch their cheesy name.

Finding the quartet online is tricky, as search engines take you to lottery sites – not to mention negative connotations with gambling.

Frontman

told me:

“I hate our band name. It’s well too late to change it but I really wanted to call the band The

Ugly People.

“We’ve been Lottery Winners for 15 years and

I don’t think I have ever read an article that doesn’t say, ‘Oh, they hit the jackpot with their new single.’ So I challenge you not to use any lottery puns!”

Oops! Too late. Perhaps they could lean into their name more and create

Rylance Thom STING

hasn’t played Glastonbury since

1997 but seeing headline aged 80 last year has got him dreaming. Now Newcastle’s finest can see himself following in his footsteps. The 71-year-old said: “Well, it’s not that far away, why not? I’m not wearing a corset or anything.

As long as I can get into my rockstar pants, I’ll be fine.”

McCartney Paul

their own scratch cards? “It’s something we thought about, and I wanted to do it for this album actually but I was told that it’s a bad idea.” Never mind. The band name is a problem they are happy to live with having finally topped the charts with Anxiety Replacement Therapy. Thom went on: “When you are a creative you have to deal with years and years of rejection. “So when all of a sudden it flips and there is more acceptance and people are praising you, it’s hard to get used to that and flip the balance.

“It has been really hard to deal with it, I keep crying on stage and nobody wants that.

“Nobody is paying for tickets to see a fat man cry, and I am so sorry it keeps happening. I hope I get cool now.”