OK Guys let me tell you where we are with this. I had hoped to keep it 'under wraps' until I had done the homework, now the cat is out of the bag so to speak.

Thus far I have contacted venues in London, The Midlands, Yorkshire and Belfast and the Southof England.The window of opportunity is very tight. Talisman are playing Belgium on the 10th October and have to be in Greece on the 13th to play, so the only available dates are 11th and 12th (but the 12th is so frigging tight) andthey need to be near an airport.

I am waiting for responses, but much will depend on the level of audience we could anticipate (Keiran will tell you how fragile finances can be)and the perceived risk.However, if I can pull it together we will have a date on either 11th or 12th and it would probably be on the mainland - unless you all want to travel to Belfast.

Give me a few days and the situation is likely to be resolved, but it depends on venue availability more than anything.

Uncle heFTy (sometimes known as Frank)