Dexys Midnight Runners’ Kevin Rowland “disgusted” at Reform UK’s for use of ‘Come on Eileen’: “All of Dexys are passionately against Farage’s politics”

Kevin Rowland of Dexys Midnight Runners has hit out at Reform UK for using their song ‘Come On Eileen’ at a recent conference – saying that they are “disgusted” by the move and “passionately against Nigel Farage’s politics”. READ MORE: Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – Dexys’ Kevin Rowland The right-wing political party played the song when leader Farage walked onto the stage at the NEC in Birmingham last week (Friday September 4). Soon after, the band took to their social media channels to hit out at the classic ‘80s Number One being used without their permission. They shared an image of a billboard in the UK, which showed Farage along with the message: “He blames migrants so you don’t blame billionaires”. In the caption, frontman Kevin Rowland then made his stance even more clear, writing: “I, Kevin Rowland (the son of Irish immigrants) and the main songwriter of ‘Come On Eileen,’ am disgusted to learn that Nigel Farage has used our Dexys Midnight Runners’ song to make his entrance for his party conference speech.” “Myself, and all of Dexys are passionately against Farage’s politics,” he added. Rowland and the rest of Dexys have been open about their political stance. In 202...