Without wishing to divert this thread from its main thrust ie. music and song, Wetherspoon's CEO Tim Martin has always come across to me as being open to ideas, as opposed to Sam Smiths' inflexibility so to my mind there are positives here for the Angel, going forward.   
However the 'almost out of date beer' concept as policy, is frankly risible. I guess it all depends on which of their houses at any particular given time you've had the misfortune to experience it! Beer is only as good as the person looking after it, and if a "best before" sticker has ever appeared on a pump clip, that one has eluded me!