He had a bad night - it happens. In that situation you have to decide pretty quickly to stop and retune, especially when it's being broadcast live. It won't be the first time in his career he's had to deal with it. This time he made the wrong call. It's easy to criticise, and the fact is his performance was nothing special, but that's how it goes. I wouldn't assume that's typical of his usual performances.

It was very unfortunate that it should happen on this occasion, in front of an audience many of whom will have questioned why he should be there in the first place. I hope they've pulled the video. I don't think it did justice either to the Folk Awards or to Don Maclean.