How hard is it to celebrate your birthday?

Soul Beaver (the longest running band I've ever played in, and something of an extended family) has been trying to have a birthday gig for over a year. We have hit a few snags along the way - vanishing keyboard players, venues closing and lots of childbirth, for example. Our eleventh anniversary show, complete with support band and free entry has been scuppered as the landlady of the venue hadn't paid her PRS bill and decided going bankrupt was cooler than finding the money. So the venue is shut down and boarded up while we, the frustrated band, are still looking for a place to play.

Yesterday we agreed that we wouldn't let it drag into a twelfth anniversary show, so stay tuned.