The Prime Minister has so far refused to allow them to be used domestically to enter venues that show live music, plus pubs, cinemas and theatres, on discrimination grounds.
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Bombay Bicycle Club s Ed Nash and Liz Lawrence. Credit: Matteo Sanguinetti-Bird/Press.
The new cover is available to purchase via Nash’s Bandcamp page, and is released via his own label Bangers & Nash. All proceeds from the track will go to Samaritans.
“Me and good pal Liz Lawrence have recorded a cover of our favourite Christmas number one ‘Mad World’… actually the only Christmas number one it seemed fitting to cover after the year that we’ve all been through,” Nash said of the cover in a statement.
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“We’ve made the song a pay-what-you-want download on my Bandcamp and we’ve included a donation link on Spotify, with all the proceeds going to the Samaritans, a charity that provides emotional support to anyone struggling to cope. It’s been a hard year for everyone and this organisation seems more vital now than ever.”