Dave Allen: Last News

Gang Of Four cancelled their gig in Toronto, Canada last night (March 4) after their tour bus caught fire.The band are currently in the middle of a North American tour, which has seen former Slint bassist David Pajo joining the band on guitar.Last night, they were set to perform at Toronto’s Horseshoe Tavern, but took to social media to reveal the news that their bus had caught fire and shared photos of firefighters tending to the blaze. It’s currently unclear whether anyone was injured in the incident.TORONTO SHOW UPDATE: Due to an unforeseen incident, where our bus caught fire, the show is regretfully now cancelled and will no longer be taking place tonight at Horseshoe Tavern.

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Gang Of Four have announced a North American tour for 2022, with former Slint bassist David Pajo joining the band on guitar.Set to kick off next March, the jaunt will see the group perform live for the first time since the death of Andy Gill in February 2020. Tickets go on sale here this Friday (October 22) at 9:00am ET.The new touring line-up includes founding members Jon King and Hugo Burnham, though bassist Dave Allen will not appear at the shows due to personal reasons.

LEGENDARY TV music composer Alan Hawkshaw has died at the age of 84. Tributes poured in for the creator of the Countdown, Grange Hill and Channel 4 News theme tunes today.

What do you think? Have your say in comments belowWorse, we have Toussaint Douglass calling white people “ugly” (he’s no oil painting himself), Sophie Duker quipping “kill whitey” and Jayde Adams fantasising about murdering her fella – all on the Beeb.Yeah, let’s beat racism and sexism by reversing it!No wonder ratings are through the floor. Dipping into Live At The Apollo makes me pine for the clever stand-up of Monkhouse, Carrott and Dave Allen.We’re cursed with people who identify as comedians (Craig Brown’s phrase) – and are indulged in that delusion by the licence fee – but wouldn’t have lasted five minutes at the Wheeltappers & Shunters Club.Even the best current comedians are wasted.