STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF DRUMCREE MEGASESSION © ENTERPRISES LIMITED

Dear friends …

It is with heavy hearts that we have decided to sever all ties with the Buckfast Session … formerly known as the Drumcree MegaSession ©.

We have come a long way together from those early days in the pishin' rain, as we strode expectantly, but apprehensively into the field at Drumcree. Who would have thunk from such humble beginnings would have grown the event that Time magazine described as "The Twenty First Century Woodstock" or that Newsweek called "The Miracle of Portydown"?

But time passes … things change …

We are happy that our baby has grown up and is ready to leave our care. We wish it every success in the future.

To all the fine people who have supported us … Gino, Eamonn, Derek, Shane, Sinead, Van, Brush, Snowy, Jake and many, many others … too many to mention.

Thank you all.

We love you.

(Sound of plane engine purring in background …)

Goodbye, beautiful friends.

(Stage-whispered aside … Have you got the money? Good! 'Mon Let's get outta here …)

Goodbyeeeeeeeee.

(A plane soars overhead.)