Yes, it's impossible to get away from the damn thing. I am already bored, but also really annoyed that so much funding has been taken away from arts projects and poured into this tedious ego fest.

As far as I recall, the radio ballads of Ewan MacColl were about real people and issues and it's an insult to link this advertising stunt (they still haven't managed to sell all the tickets) to the radio ballads.