I don’t know if it’s the future of clubbing but it was certainly interesting. Last night I went to a night at London’s trendy Hoxton Bar & Grill (as The Sun would call it) put on by alcopop purveyors J20. In homage to the nature of their fruit-based beverages, it was for what they were calling a ‘mixed-up session’. Which is what exactly? Well, they’d got superstar DJ of the moment Calvin Harris spinning what I believe are known by young people as ‘choons’, while former Destiny’s Child diva and recent star of Chicago Michelle Williams sang live over the top.

It sounds a bit odd but it worked.

Whatever next? Pepsi and Shirlie reunite for a one-off gig backed by Carl Cox? Who would sponsor it? Hmmmmmmm.

Do you remember the live sessions show called Xclusives we filmed at the end of last year? I’m unlikely to as it involved interviewing The Saturdays and then Pussycat Dolls one after the other. Well, after much legal and logistical wrangling, we’ve finally got the go ahead to film another one. Yes, yes, I know it’s 10 months after the first, but better late than never.

Anyway, the lineup has been finalised and I’m pleased to say it’s genuinely pretty cool.  It’s a difficult balancing trick because, quite apart from finding four artists available to perform on the same day, you’ve got to find a mixture of popular and credible.

Now that we’ve got Sugababes headlining, supported by Frankmusik, VV Brown, and The Maccabees, I honestly think we’ve pulled it off.

Do you fancy coming along to the filming? You never know, you might bump into a Sugababe or two. Hey, if you’re really lucky, you might even get to meet me!

If so, you can apply for tickets here (I know it’s a Lynx site – they’re the sponsors).

Did you miss me? To cut a very long story short, I had a mystery issue with my blog which meant I couldn’t log in. I was very close to scrapping it completely until an MSN techie came to my rescue. So, anyway, here we are. An awful lot has happened since I last blogged. Michael Jackson went and died for one. But there’s no point trying to cover all that time, so let’s excise it from history like a bad relationship or that job you hated and left after six months without another one to go to and now don’t even include on your CV.

Or is that just me?

On a more topical note, I’ve just heard Les Paul died. I don’t suppose the name means a great deal to most people but to people like myself, Les Paul is/was God. Or at least a god. He invented the electric guitar, you see. Not a bad thing to be able to say. As someone once said of his famous creation, “the electric guitar: helping men attract women for 70 years”.