Leadfingers... despite what the Countess seems to want to believe, that's pretty much exactly what we still can offer at the Railway. The fee is somewhat larger, though...!

What's getting her ladyship's knickers in a twist is our lack of 'suitable facilities' - i.e. a dressing room. Big deal!

She'd be mortified if she'd seen the Witches of Elswick the other week - they got changed behind the upstairs bar! How disgraceful!!

Admittedly the bar isn't used on a club night, but it's hardly private. A bit like changing on the beach, really... when we use the sound system I run it from there (not that particular evening), and the club residents park their instruments, cases and stuff there, too.

Come to think of it, many festivals are singularly lacking in such 'adequate facilities'... a couple of years ago I was support for Fairport at Poynton Festival, and we were all crammed into a little back kitchen... very friendly...!

Most people aren't 'precious' about such things, y'know. A dressing room with a star on the door? In yer dreams...