Conrad: thanks all the same, but FAF needs neither your approval nor your permission to programme gigs in mainstream music venues and we will continue to do so. People running their own FAF gigs, and bands, will also hold those gigs wherever they choose. You are, of course, free to stay away. But as we've nearly sold out the Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall in less than a week, it looks like there are a fair few people who are happy to share our message.

Goodbye.