[quote="MacRua"] If a traffic cone swiped him as it staggered along the street it would be much more worthy of the name.[/quote]

And just think of all the dangers that could be caused by vicious gangs of "keep left"-signs. :D

I think the reason these sort of events are for 'charity' is to make them feel less guilty for having a night out. £400000 is a pityfull amount, Elton John spends more than that on wigs.

We Didn't Start The Fire, he knew the lyrics to that but not Hell's Ditch. Even with a lyric sheet and teeth thats a hard song to sing.

Re Review....."Former Pogue frontman Shane Macgowan" That s**te paper never did get its facts right :roll:

[quote="strummercalling"]McGowan showed he still hasn’t lost his naughty streak as he swiped a traffic cone as he staggered along the street on his way home. [/i][/quote]
And? What's wrong with it? Why was The Encounter honoured by mentioning at all? If a traffic cone swiped him as it staggered along the street it would be much more worthy of the name.

The London Paper has a little more (but not much more) about Shane:
[url]http://www.thelondonpaper.com/cs/Satellite/london/lcsearch/article/1157148000212?packedargs=suffix%3DArticleController[/url]

[i]Wealthy guests, knocking back William Grant spirits and Rothschild champagne, even went wild for toothless Irishman Shane McGowan, who raised a hefty £35,000 as he belted out We Didn’t Start the Fire.

But despite joining a ­distinctly A-list crowd McGowan showed he still hasn’t lost his naughty streak as he swiped a traffic cone as he staggered along the street on his way home.
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[quote="firehazard"][quote="MacRua"][url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=463638&in_page_id=1773]Review of the event[/url][/quote]

£110,000 paid to get Sir Elton to sing. [/quote]

Sad to see poor Elsie dropping her prices. :(

[quote="firehazard"][quote="MacRua"][url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=463638&in_page_id=1773]Review of the event[/url][/quote]

[b]£110,000 paid to get Sir Elton to sing[/b]. I wonder how much it would've cost to get him [i]not[/i] to sing. :wink:

All in a good cause, though. Thanks for posting, M and Z.[/quote]

Would have got 4 songs from Shane..................A much better investment I'd have said. 8)

[quote="MacRua"][url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=463638&in_page_id=1773]Review of the event[/url][/quote]

£110,000 paid to get Sir Elton to sing. I wonder how much it would've cost to get him [i]not[/i] to sing. :wink:

All in a good cause, though. Thanks for posting, M and Z.

[url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=463638&in_page_id=1773]Review of the event[/url]

HOPING FOUNDATION KARAOKE EVENING

With the help of our friends, the HOPING foundation is planning an evening
of "Karaoke with the Stars" at Ronnie Scott's on June 21st 2007, hosted by
Russell Brand, in order to support our projects for Palestinian refugee
children. Guests will be able to bid for themselves or for a friend to either
perform a song with, or be serenaded by, one of the celebrity performers.
Confirmed participants so far include Chrissie Hynde, Jools Holland,
Sharleen Spiteri, Bryan Adams, Nick Cave, Lulu, Mick Jones, [b]Shane
MacGowan[/b], and other surprise guests.

More info [url=http://www.hopingfoundation.org/fundraising/RonnieScottsPR2.pdf]HERE[/url] (.pdf file). But nothing more about Shane.

Shane took part in the Hoping Foundation Benefit Evening at Ronnie Scott's yesterday.
Search gettyimages.com for pics ;)