I'm notoriously wrong about everything, but according to http://www.channelfly.com
'Brian Appleton', the new character from John Shuttleworth's creator Graham Fellows, will support Belle & Sebastian for some of the dates on their forthcoming tour.
The character, a 'rock musicologist' who claims to have influenced many of music's defining moments (as well as having his own songs stolen by legendary bands), will guest at the following dates on the Scottish twee-poppers' long-awaited tour.
It's the Duke!!! Under a new name! Everyone KNOWS Looper nicked his act, never mind his 'tood. I must say I preferred Piezoelectrickery Unit, it's a lot more rock than 'Brian'. However, seemed to work for Brian Mouldko. This sounds all FABULOUS. Look forward to seeing you Duke! I mean, Mr. Appleton, *fnar* yuckyuck. Love, Sarah xx +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+