A rock band known as Exit Through the Gift Shop have been persuaded to change their name in exchange for a “double-bed” size backdrop painted for them by Banksy worth a six figure sum.

The band now goes by the name of Brace Yourself, which is seen in the work written on the front of a dodgem driven by the grim reaper, possibly a reference to the band’s roots, formed as drummer, Simon Duncan, was approaching 40, in what he calls a kind of “midlife crisis”.

The painting which Sotheby’s have estimated to be worth £200,000 is now in storage and the band plan on using a full-size copy at their gigs.

Mr Duncan told the Bristol Evening Post he would like to take it out of storage at Christie’s as it is costing them a lot and have it displayed somewhere.

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