NIGEL HAS HIS PHOTO taken with Suggs

In a rare showbiz outing, Frank swanked along to the Madness album launch party last Thursday at the Light Bar (in The Liberty of Norton Folgate of course). In our typically low-key style we did some celeb-spotting... which included two people from Eastenders (Gary and Billy, apparently), that portly bloke who gets picked on by Marjorie Dawes in Little Britain, Gaz Mayall (John's son), the harp player from Alabama 3, Billy Childish, and architectural historian Dan Cruickshank (who Rick drunkenly spoke to)... a real happening party crowd!
Anyway, a few drinks later, the band came on and did a stirring set of numbers from the new album including their magnum opus (the 9 minute title track), and some foot-stomping hits of yesteryear. All in all, it was a jolly good show indeed. Well done lads!