An ageing back precludes me from standing throughout a gig, unfortunately, though I'm tempted to bring my shooting stick to one sometimes.

The monthly Brighton Acoustic Session, which I MC, is sometimes so full that all seats are taken 45 minutes before the start time, and later comers are forced to either stand or squat on the floor! Common sense would say we ought to get a bigger venue, but we've been in the pub (the Lord Nelson in Trafalgar Street) for ten years - and we get the room for free - so we just live with it.