The Bad Shepherds in Concert tickets and listings

Adrian Edmondson and the Bad Shepherds ("There are no sheep on stage. That’s how bad we are") stirred up memories of Vivian from The Young Ones by bringing a technically accomplished set of punk and other songs from the 70s and early 80s set in folk style, with clearly enunciated lyrics. Thus there was The Model by Kraftwerk, decked out in twiddly Uilleann pipes and mandolin, a medley of Teenage Kicks and Whiskey in the Jar that finished up with a Davy Spillane-style Irish hoe-down and a genius cover of Once in a Lifetime by Talking Heads that was mesmerisingly bucolic and lilting. "And you may ask yourself… where does the M40 go?" I became aware about three quarters of the way through that I was crying with laughter and then they did the punk version of All Around My Hat. I won’t spoil it, but it was worth every prick of sunburn and insect bite of the weekend.