Fantastic news arrives in the electronic virtual postbag of Frankie Towers in that we've been invited to play at the International German Beard Championship next March in the village of Schoemberg in southern Germany.

Not only will we be performing at the festival but I've been entered in the "Imperial" category for my rather stylish lip beard that I've been sporting for a record 10 years now.

Directions to the gig to follow (but I think it's just turn left at Luxembourg and look for the beards)