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Lead singer Shaun Doane greeted the crowd of around 30,000 people who turned out to see them with one word — “Well...”

I don’t think even he was expecting to see such numbers greeting them, despite their growing popularity over recent years.

The band shot to national prominence in Christmas 2016 when they teamed up with South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue to parody the Kings of Leon hit Sex on Fire with their version, Chip Pan (on Fire). And it was their most well-known hit that had people belting along from the word go.

The ukulele band worked through a number of their most popular hits, inspired by life in Sheffield, including Rovvrum, a parody of Amy Winehouse’s Rehab, which culminated in tens of thousands of people shouting a rather rude reply to the line: “They tried to make me go to Leeds, and I said....”

It prompted Shaun to comment: “When I sat down to write this song I never thought I would see 30,000 people doing that.”

And following a guest appearance by Sheffield Mayor Magid Magid it was time for the big finale — No Oven, No Pie (to the tune of Bob Marley’s No Woman, No Cry) which had many waving their arms along in unison.

COMEDIC talent from around the world, and from closer to home, graced the Leadmill Stage on Sunday afternoon.

A large crowd turned out to watch Canadian-born Tanyalee Davis who performed an incredibly frank and risqué routine tackling topics such as body image, relationships and sex.

Tanyalee, who has a form of dwarfism and uses a mobility scooter, hit the headlines last week when she was wrongly told to vacate a wheelchair space on a train.

But she had clearly put her troubled week behind her and was on the top of her game as she tickled the crowd with her blue brand of humour.

Up next on the bill was New Zealander Jarred Christmas who is known for appearing on panel shows such as Mock the Week and 8 out of 10 Cats.

Jarred spoke frankly about his home country and the international theme continued when he went off-piste and asked members of the audience where in the world they had come from for inspiration.

And he had no problems coming up with quips about countries such as USA, Russia, Finland and Denmark in response.

It was when one audience member shouted ‘Israel’ when he responded with a four-letter word — and provoked the biggest laugh yet of the routine.

Tom Wrigglesworth, who grew up just a few miles from Hillsborough Park, brought a more local flavour to the bill.

The comic moves at 100mph and at times even he forgets what point he was trying to make — but it all adds to the act.

He seems to have the ability to ramble for minutes about the most mundane topics imaginable and still manage to make it humorous.

Bethany Black, who made the trip over the Pennines from Chorley, describes herself as “Britain’s only goth, lesbian and transsexual comedian”.

She is another comedian who deals with controversial subjects and she did not shy away from these during her performance.

Topping the bill on the Leadmill Stage was fictional singer-songwriter John Shuttleworth — the creation of Sheffield-based comedy actor Graham Fellows.

John, performing with his trusty portable Yamaha keyboard, sang a selection of zany songs about topics such as his Y-reg Austin Ambassador, cleaning brushes with white spirit (to the tune of Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit) and being offered someone else’s leftovers at the dinner table after starting your dessert (I Can’t Go Back to Savoury Now).

It was difficult to tell if his inability to actually play the keyboard properly was just part of the act (it probably was) but it didn’t detract from an entertaining, wacky performance packed with local references.