when musicians attack

Music Chris De Burgh takes a dislike to a critic from the Irish Times:

"Being a theatre critic and not a music critic, you must have strayed into the Gaiety by mistake last Monday night, possibly looking for the rear entrance to Neary’s pub, but you certainly arrived with the word “prejudice” burned into your furrowed brow. How it must have galled you to hear the rapturous welcome I received at the start of the show; how you must have writhed at every standing ovation; how you must have cringed at every call of “Chris, we love you”

The paper is already calling it Chrisgate and in this blog entry suggest musician and critic may meet. Someone should record that meeting, the wearing handshake, the forced politeness, oh yes, that will be something to see.