Rubberbandits fuming over festival’s nationality gaffe

Irish band The Rubberbandits were fuming when organisers of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, where they are appearing next month, named their country of origin as England.

The Limerick rap duo of Blindboy Boat Club and Mr Chrome were furious when organisers made the gaffe on the festival’s website, and immediately demanded that it be corrected.

The Rubberbandits, who clocked up a phenomenal 9.3m views for their outrageous YouTube hit Horse Outside, had their hometown listed as Limerick in a brief biography on the Fringe’s website. But organisers still referred to them as English.