Sad news indeed.

I didn't get there as often as I would have liked but it was always a good night when I did make it and some of the guests were fantastic. I'll never understand why festival concerts get packed out when you can catch many of the same artists at a local club in the much more intimate surroundings of an often surprisingly small audience and for a much longer set - thanks to the hard work of club organisers.

As a compulsive attendee at singarounds and clubs I know the debt I owe to people like Chris, Annie and Tony for all the work they put into running clubs for the rest of us to turn up to just when we feel like it.

Many thanks for all the years and why don't you enjoy yourself and let others take the organisational strain for a time while you enjoy yourselves singing?   I'm sure the Swan will be sadly missed and I'm sorry my own migration meant that I couldn't be there at the last stand.