Far from knocking it Guest Pete I attended this years festival as I have others in the past both as artist and as punter.
All my statments are true, I cannot confirm that this years contracts had the 3 month stipulation, but I know that they have in the past, and have been enforced.
Bands were prevented, and had to cancelled gigs, at the Star Club and the Scotia Bar, or their performance at CC would have been cancelled.
I have no doubts that Shane might well have told them to "F**k off", and I note he did not appear as the same act at CC and elsewhere in Glasgow within the six month period.
I also note that you do not refute that CC is the organisers full time job, and not, as you implied, the unpaid labor of love other festival organisers undertake.
I also note you do not refute that the Metro was told not to run any Glasgow folk events in it's listings during the festival, on pain of having CC advertising withdrawn.
How dare you say "I'm afraid Dita seems inflicted with that British disease of attacking anyone and anything that's successful".
I am only to happy to see CC or any other folk event be so successful, but it need not adopt the bully boy act with relation to the rest of the folk music scene in Glasgow.
CC is only there for January, the others are there all year.