The setlist from the Mean Fiddler (taken from Damien's keyboard): You've Got My Number Family Entertainment Here Comes The Summer Jimmy Jimmy Girls That Don't Talk She's a Runaround It's Going To Happen Male Model Julie Ocean Wednesday Week There Goes Norman My Perfect Cousin Girls Don't Like It Billy's Third Lets Talk About Girls Teenage Kicks Gotta Getta When Saturday Comes True Confessions Get Over You Encores from memory and I'm not sure about the order: Encore 1 More Songs About Chocolate And Girls Mars Bars I Can Only Give You Everything (them) Really Really Encore 2 You've Got My Number Teenage Kicks The Undertones tribute band is. The Undertones. How ironic. How appropriate. I would have liked to have something from the 'difficult later years', especially Bitter Sweet, but other than that it was just about perfect. More Songs About Chocolate And Girls has never sounded so good - the essence of Undertone-osity.

Regarding the Fiddler set,'you're Welcome' was also in there.

I can now officially retire from gig going (see my e-mail below) having seen the greatest band of all time two last times. The Mean Fiddler gig was amazing - hearing Family Entertainment (my fave song of all time) come up second I thought I'd died and gone to heaven. Set was bit too biased towards the first album but who's complaining. New singer was good (my mate an interested bystander said he was better than Feargal - sorry but that's blasphemy). Couldn't believe all the energy us aging punks have still got and, believe me, I've been to many recent gigs where the indie kids leap for about a minute then stop. Interesting to see Mickey taking over from Feargal for inter-song banter and has Sean O'neil ever smiled at Any Undertones gig. Damian looks the same as the last time I saw him in 1987 with That Petrol Emotion. The Fleadh was good but didn't like the shorter set (what happened to the extra 10 minutes scheduled in the programme?). The stunned, and in one case crying, Corrs fans picknicking down the front when around 60 'tones fans went mental was the highlight of the day. Good of those Corrs fans to provide a cushion to bounce and slam dance off along the barrier at the front though. Did anyone get the impression the band weren't so happy at the response at the Fleadh (over to Billy D. for a response)? Anyway thanks to all fans I spoke to and got bruised and battered by and the band themselves for providing a fitting end and wonderful atmosphere for me. My pipe and slippers now beckon.

Thanks,lads for a great time on Friday night and a special thanks Mickey for getting me on the list. I lost a credit card, a camera and I think my marriage is over. Great to chat to Billy and Helena-hopefully I'll be a little less 'emotional' next time. A word of advice-stay out of the moshpit at 40. Either I've broken a rib or I'm having a heart attack. Worth it? Course it was. Hope to see you soon. Hugh

What we really need is a live album - any rumours?

Hey Simon,was that you trying to nick my banner? And I thought the person who lost his glasses was me,unfortunately mine were lost forever.

Hey I'll tell you one thing that struck me about last weekend . . . . what a difference the internet's made getting us lot in contact. . . . and how cool it would have been to have the 'net 20 years ago. The kids today should stop complaining cos their Life's Too Easy, they got the www, multi channel Tv, digital versatile technology. . . . oh yeah and I almost forgot, $hite music with ne'er a Les Paul, Telecaster or Precision to be found! Ok, maybe things weren’t so bad in them days . . . . . :-)

Anything live from the New Undertones would be superb,maybe a compillation of several of the gigs.on another subject, I'm making enquiries regarding flights to Dublin next week so is anybody interested? We all know it's a botty Vent ing place to go for the weekend and unlike Fleadh there are some decent bands on.personally I'd probably go on Friday and come back Sunday morning,so thats 2 good nights out and the 'tones play on Saturday.let me know anyone.