Dave Rowntree, the drummer for Blur, has been selected as a Labour candidate at the next general election.
Rowntree will stand for the Conservative-held seat Mid Sussex.
The Mid Sussex Labour group posted on X, formerly Twitter on Tuesday afternoon: “We think Dave will be an excellent and very successful candidate.”
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