Ah, Ralphie, it's true that we're losing pubs. But surely people choosing to organise these small folk concerts in unlicensed venues instead of pubs is just another thing that might hasten their demise?

And only 6 clubs left in London? There are at least 7 within easy reach of me (Walthamstow, Waltham Abbey, Islington, Cellar, Sharps, Loughton, Electro-Acoustic Club), along with a host of open mics, sessions, singarounds and the like. Plus fantastic small venues like the Green Note, and the all-powerful Magpie's Nest 'promoting collective'. Not all the audiences creak, either.