Watch “Boy George”, Bez and Jon McClure join The Lottery Winners on stage in Manchester

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The Lottery Winners were joined by a Boy George tribute act, Bez, and Jon McClure of Reverend and the Makers on stage in Manchester – watch fan-captured footage below.The Mancunian group had a three-show residency at Manchester Academy back in December called The Burning House Party, with the setlist including hits such as ‘Letter To Myself’ and ‘Superpower’.

They also performed a host of tracks from their 2023 LP ‘Anxiety Replacement Therapy’.Fans were treated to some special appearances across The Lottery Winners’ Manchester dates – notably Bez, Reverend and the Makers frontman Jon McClure, and a Boy George tribute act.McClure came on for ‘You Again’, a track from the band’s 2024 LP ‘KOKO’ that features the Reverend and the Makers musician.Katie Lloyd – The Lottery Winners’ bassist and vocalist – described McClure as “the best storyteller you could ever meet”.

Frontman Thom Rylance agreed that the single is “an absolute banger” thanks to his influence, and added: “If I had to bet on any song from ‘KOKO’ being a hit, it’s ‘You Again’ – which is annoying because Jon wrote the chorus, not me.”The band then “needed” a Bez, as Rylance called out on the mic during the show.

A recording of a doorbell then plays, and Bez walks through a red door and immediately takes the mic and joins the band by performing and dancing on stage.Also at one of the shows, a Boy George doppelganger, who according to Wigan Today is a singer Paul Sutton who performs as tribute act Boy Gorgeous, joined them on vocal duties for ‘Let Me Down’.