We'd dearly like to tell you that the 'Dancing On The Ceiling' hit maker had turned up here at the Edinburgh Comedy Festival (more on that next week, by the way), but this is actually the news that an Edinburgh Festival performer has legally changed his name to Lionel Richie as part of his show promotion. Barry Ferns, the co-writer of 'This Sketch Show Belongs To Lionel Richie', has formally changed his name as a show publicity stunt in a bid to show us media types up for the suckers we are for tacky gimmicks. I promise you, it's pretty easy.
Aug 2, 2007
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Lionel Richie does comedy
Edinburgh Festival comedy writer Barry Ferns has legally changed his name to Lionel Richie as a publicity stunt for his show.