Scaremongers to gig again (twice)

After a suitably extended laurel-resting period following the triumphant Shoreditch debut in May, the Scaremongers are to reconvene on stage once more. On Saturday 13 September they breach Offa’s Dyke to play the British Legion Hall in Presteigne on the Radnorshire/Herefordshire border, with support from The Mood Index and DJ-ing from Everything's Pointed At Now. Presteigne sits aptly for our purposes on the River Lugg – so all of you in the Welsh Marches with an ear for great music, etc., etc.

And a few short weeks later, on Saturday 18 October, Armitage, Smith & Co. play their first (already sold out) Yorkshire gig at the Ilkley Literature Festival (http://www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk/user/index.php), amidst such luminaries as Louis de Bernieres, Lionel Shriver, Graeme Garden, Barry Cryer and Kate Adie (oh, and also Cherie Blair and Chris Patten). Rendition of local folk song about headwear-eschewing fell-walkers is unlikely.