EAST Lancashire punks Boredom have been forced to change their name because there are already three bands with the same monicker.

The band, made up of guitarist Ian Tipping, bassist Steve Clarke, drummer Paul Erswell and singer Dani Gilmore, are now called Boredom UK. The Blackburn-based group got their name from a song by cult punk group The Buzzcocks.

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