I NEVER want to hear the sound engineer playing his CD collection during the interval, no matter what it is. I've paid to hear the acts advertised and not be distracted from what they're doing.

Don't any performers make it a condition of appearing that no piped music should be played at their gigs? If not maybe they ought to.

If there are two comparable events I have to choose between, I'll always pick the one with no piped music (which means the one that isn't at Edinburgh Folk Club).