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I too was expecting something a bit shambolic but they were very polished despite the ad-libs and jokes between them. I was very surprised too how good their singing was. Siobhan did the high notes perfectly on Robert De Niro's Waiting and I only ever remember Siobhan's singing in isolation when...

PM sent. Good news for those of us who still have dreams, Keren split up with Andrew Ridgeley last month so is (presumably) free and single. https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2017/1105/917653-andrew-ridgeley-and-keren-woodward-have-split-up/

I know the couple who put on a lot of the Acid Jazz nights with Russ Dewbury. Really nice they are too. Acid Jazz just isn't my scene, I do wonder whether all those people that loved to name drop bands like Galliano and Red Snapper actually listened to any of them.

Ah yes. Sorry. I found it a bit of a pokey venue that gets very cramped and difficult to see the stage if you're at the back.

Fair play. I deserved that.

This is the one in Camden, opposite the cinema and just down the road from the Dublin Castle (which is as good a pub venue as you'll ever find).

I find them boring. I loved Yellow, still think that is a brilliant tune and I bought the album off the back of that but think I've played it about 3 times. If people want to listen to them then go for it. I've been told they put on a great live show.

I'm between jobs at the moment and sipping Earl Grey.

The Hammersmith Apollo is also a great place, doesn't look much from the outside but like the Millenium Falcon it's got it where it counts. I've only ever seen a couple of gigs at the Shepherd's Bush Empire and they were rubbish (Lykke Li and someone else, can't remember). I've stood/sat in...

I grew up in the 80s and when I was first getting into music it was all about Smash Hits, taping the charts on Radio 1 on Sunday nights and Top of The Pops. Admittedly, I progressed quickly to NME, John Peel shows and spending all my Saturdays hanging around Rounder Records but as I wrote...

Around 2009. My mate had moved in with his then girlfriend and Phil was already living there. Really, really nice set of apartments and it had the added bonus of having a very dodgy set of flats opposite where the police often visited so often made for great viewing.

Same here. I do like 80s and early 90s hip-hop, more so the mixing and scratching side of it rather than rap and it all seems a bit innocent compared to the gangsta and bling that followed. Regards my tastes, like you they're extrmely varied but I do have blind spots with some of the biggest...

I have it on vinyl.

True story. My mate (now lives in Australia) used to live next door to Phil Hartnoll at the top of Hanover. He saw loads of booze being carried in to the flat next door and Phil invited him to come to the party and bring some mates. My mate thought he'd have a little spliff before giving us a...

I was a big fan of Carter USM. I saw them when they toured with EMF. I've not heard of Family Cats though, I'll check them out. Carter USM wrote some of the cleverest, funniest and most caustic lyrics of any band and they're up there with Half Man Half Biscuit for the best song titles ever.

Bloody hell! That far back. Where has the time gone?

To change the subject slightly, my favourite music venues are Brixton Academy and Camden Roundhouse. The first because it's a beautiful venue with loads of history and creates such a great atmosphere. The latter because it's how all new venues should be made. By far the easiest place to get a...

It's always difficult because music is such a personal thing but to be honest, I've never really been into any of the acts you've mentioned so I probably still would have enjoyed tonight more than any of those but more than happy to admit that there's lots of people who would disagree with me.

My first ever gig was at the Brighton Centre. I was about 10 at the time. The band was Showaddywaddy. Oh yes.

Was that in about 2008/9? That was a proper throwback, almost felt like a dodgy rave. I too was chemically enhanced.