"What I don't get is that all these cool rockstars sampling their own farts is some sort of vindication of the the English Ping Pong and Prance brigade, but Gerry Lockran was never offered a concert there, or Roger Brooks."

Oh, is that what they were doing? I thought they'd gone to Cecil Sharp House to sit in the audience of a concert given by the 7th generation of the Copper family to sing their traditional songs.

Who was "offered" a concert? Apart from the odd special event, such as memorials or commemorative occasions which are programmed by EFDSS, most people who want to give a concert at Cecil Sharp House, including the Young Coppers, hire the venue.