80s pop star Nik won't let the sun, or fun, go down

Of all the receptions pop star Nik Kershaw must have received in his career, being greeted with a cry of 'it's just an old man' must sting.

- with Richard Ord

And yet, from the field of fans who swooped on his Bents Park gig, in South Shields, like seagulls on a dropped chip, there it was: an observation for the ages - or, more accurately, for the ageist!

To be fair, he had been given an overblown buildup throughout the day by the enthusiastic MC who bandied words like 'legend' and 'superstar' with gay abandon.

Perhaps, it was not beyond the realms of possibility that Nik would, like Cher, be perfectly preserved via surgery and hair weave technology?