Three Eurovision top three places for the UK between them - and they're back on the road for the first time in 20 years
Boom Bang a Blog isn't exactly beside itself with excitement over this news, but you may have heard that Sir Cliff Richard and his merry band of backing minstrels, The Shadows are back together and on the road for the first time in 20 years.
Marking 50 years since their first adventures in showbusiness, the tour takes in dates in Ireland and the UK (including one at Liverpool's Echo Arena as well as a jaunt to the Continent for appearances in France, Belgium, Germany and Scandinavia. Heaven knows what rock'n'roll mischief Cliff and the lads will get up to on the tour bus, but let's hope someone installs a discreet webcam so we can all have a look.
Cliff took second place at Eurovision in 1968 - and was third in 1973. The Shadows then came second in 1975. You'd think that with all that pan-European support, they's have been able to muster up at least one win between them.
Still, we'd defy anyone to give this a single point if it turned up on the Eurovision stage:
Shudder.
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Jamie McLoughlin - The news editor of Southport Visiter reveals all about his musical hobby that more people should admit to having.
Full 12 points for Wired for Sound as a song.
Nil points for the video.
Reckon Cliff could win it for the UK next year.
Start a BoomBangaBlog campaign. He could do Wibbly Wobbly Man.