I was trying to spend it as quickly as possible. Because I'm so lazy, all that money created a block. I was flying around the world, staying at fancy hotels, having fun and trying to get rid of it as quickly as possible, so I could get on with some more work.

Dando started making public appearances again in late 2000 (jokingly stating that he had been doing "monitors for Enya") singing with the Blake Babies and playing some acoustic shows. The Lemonheads
Along with school friend Ben Deily he formed The Lemonheads at the Commonwealth School in Boston in 1986. " He also garnered attention in 1993 for admitting to smoking crack cocaine.

He is the only original member left in the current Lemonheads line-up having served as lead singer since the band's original formation in 1986. He was married to English fashion model Elizabeth Moses until separating in 2010.