Hip-hop band Cypress Hill makes 1996 Simpsons joke come true

Cypress Hill’s cartoon band members with Homer Simpson in the Homerpalooza episode from 1996. Photograph: 20thCentFox/Everett/Shutterstock

They might be more used to Rachmaninov and Brahms, but on Wednesday night the London Symphony Orchestra’s musicians will be showcasing their perfect crescendos while playing Cypress Hill’s Insane in the Brain.

The orchestra is making a Simpsons joke from 1996 finally a reality, by playing the US hip-hop trio Cypress Hill’s acclaimed Black Sunday album at the Royal Albert Hall.