The debonair Basil Marigold's

As the late, and very great Tom Petty once sang with his backing band, 'The Heartbreakers'. It's here It is probably my favourite Tom Petty song. He has written many brilliant songs, but this one stands out to me. The lyrics, the sound. An emotive package. But, at the age of 66 Tom Petty died yesterday. Another one of my musical heroes taken from me (Yes, I think this is now becoming personal) way before he was needed. It seemed to be a massive coronary heart attack. He was 66. Hardly an advanced age really and with so much more music he could have made that will no longer get written. That is a loss hard to take.

...Just a quick update. Ringing is still there five days and counting...

'If I die tonight, bury me in my favourite yellow, patent, leather shoes' - so sang Nick Cave midway through his set list at the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham. An evening of firsts. Nick Cave did do a concert programme, so I ended up with a shiny new key ring! The bad seeds are his backing band. I am now, it seems, an honorary member. The other first was being searched before being allowed into the venue. You are filtered in lines and then bag searched (I didn't have a bag as I had read the security info and couldn't be bothered with the hassle these things invariably bring - I still remember the farcical bag search at the Pink Floyd exhibition), but I have never been searched going into a gig from memory. This is okay because Terrorists will not win and they will not get us to change the way we live. No one now believes this, do they? (Have you witnessed the protection blocks?) However, I am then inside my least favourite Nottingham music venue. It's designe