To sing or not to sing...

When is it appropriate to sing? At home, in the street, in the bar?

Two lovely stories this week. You would think that a gig with Amy Winehouse and Jamie Cullum singing together would be a fairly hot ticket. Not at the Savoy hotel, it's not! The London hotel is famous for its connection with English comic opera (and in particular Gilbert and Sullivan). I should know, I used to work for the D'Oyly Carte company (the fount of all G&S knowledge) at the Savoy theatre.

However, the Savoy clientele doesn't take kindly to that new-fangled jazz thing, and when Amy and Jamie started jamming together in the American bar they were asked to leave. Now there's a party worth attending.

And talking of not quite appropriate, a woman in Lincoln has been given an ASBO (anti-social behaviour order) for singing in the bath. Apparently she did it to annoy the neighbours. Apparently she could face five years in jail. Apparently she was singing Gary Glitter songs.

Not sure if those last two were connected.

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