It's called Friendship, Hootenanny - isn't that what the 'cat's for? Because the UK's a compact place, many of us know one another personally and meet frequently. It's natural, therefore, that messages are frequently personalised like that. And there are a lot of musical events taking place here - in theatres,clubs and pubs - that many of us frequent. And messages are relevant because they are to do with music - musical events etc., not just 'Hi there, how's your haemorrhoids?' kind of stuff as you infer. IMNASHO! :0)
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