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LAST year's therapeutic dose of Paul Noonan was rudely interrupted by the arrival of Hurricane Bawbag (or Hurricane Friedhelm, to give it its official meteorological moniker).

While police warned of falling masonry and escaped trampolines hurtling roundly, Bell X1, the band of which Noonan is singer and percussionist (both idiophone and membranophone), called off their gig. In an heroic display of self-restraint I sat tight as the Irishman Facebooked a photo of the band sitting in a deserted King Tut's – even though it is kissing distance from Herald Towers. I sat tight and wore my saddest face. Then I went outside to see the roof fly off Cineworld. Truly it was an eventful evening.

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