Well said John. Add into that the fact that no other venue in Bradford is willing to take the financial risk putting on the likes of Preston Reed, Steve Philips etc. I just wish Eamon could rely on enough support to put on more gigs of that standard.

Incidentally, the week after Julie and Madeleine play there (12th April - did I mention it? - two great singer songwriters in a repeat of the concert that went down so well in York last night - and all for a quid CHEAPER than the York tickets) he is putting on a German-based outfit called the "Bad Pennies". Nothing to do with Jez Lowe's band - just wondered if anyone had heard of them?