So I checked out Ed Sheeran last night.

[Billy Goat Sverige]

To see what all the fuss is about.

He is clearly a technically gifted young man. To hold an audience alone and make such a sound by manipulating thon fancy pedal shows a remarkable musical dexterity. He's clearing put the time in and mastered his art.

But the blandness of it all! Jesus H Holy Christ, it's like listening to wallpaper paste!

Kids must be easily pleased these days; either that or their drug of choice is Mogadon.

They had Katy Perry at Glastonbury and a bunch of grime ********s. Music is dead, C.

[Sir C]

They had Katy Perry at Glastonbury and a bunch of grime ********s. Music is dead, C.

I also caught a little of her set, and that of Stormzy. Basically I was just open-mouthed in bemusement. What came to mind were the obvious festival performances of the past. Dylan at the Monterey jazz festival. Jimi on the Monday morning at Woodstock, that sort of thing.

Music is, as you say, as dead as a dodo.

Liam was fun, mind. You can always rely on Liam.