At present judging panel members have been notified of the preliminary meeting to short list entries.The meeting will take place in the centre of the universe: Cork (John Spillane gig attendees will understand, explanation not possible to others) As the jury members are travelling variously by road, rail, SR 71 and single hump camel it is envisaged that the final result will not be known until the week after Easter. [CBH will be looking for that to happen on the Official Site. Probably in the Guestbook.] Hopefully the band will not pre-empt the result by playing a gig before then ….

NOW HEAR THIS                     DANCEHALL EVENT SET Right, here it is. [Yes. We're listening.] 23 years to get back together to do a few numbers (done in secret as one does). 24 years to release an album. THE album of the year (Which year? - This year, any year stupid!) Appear on Pat the Plank’s [who?] show, play a stormer, [a what?] make even him look good. Here we still are, waiting, withering, wondering. So let’s cut the crap. [Okay.] There’s only so much life left in us all. [No lie there.] Parties interested in Horslips may email their suggested set list for The Return of the Dancehall Sweethearts to the address below. Two Things [And they are?] Nobody expects a finale of King of the Fairies followed by a 15 minute Dearg Doom culminating in a laser spectacular while Mr. O'Connor reprises his onetime penchant for doing the splits to the sound of a tearing guitar … [hold on now, I might be interested in THAT.]. HOWEVER, they are not senile (yet) so a seated (band) rendition of Rollback in the National Concert Hall is unlikely to win the prize. One entry per person (except in exceptional circumstances). [That's code for 'a bribe,' right?] Entry fee free at present, may be revised to include Guinness & Hewitts at a later stage.                   Closing Date 17th March 2005.

The prize for the winning entry in "The Return of the Dancehall Sweethearts Set List Competition" has just been trebled! [There's a prize?]- They’ll be working round the clock in Middleton .... Send to dancehallset@yahoo.com N.B. Family, friends (don't laugh), [sorry] musos, boozers, IT contributors, mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, lovers and others are not actually prohibited blah blah blah

Mr de Rossa, you ARE the man!!! [Just don't expect a decent birthday gift from him if you're a wife] speaking as one with a bit of an interest in Horslips. I'm surprised to hear from a little birdy that you've not yet forwarded your competition entry for the set list of the Sweethearts Return gig to                             dancehallset@yahoo.com               Yours in Celtic Rock etc,

Absolutely PFM [Not even guessing on that one.] Suggested set list for The Return of the Dancehall Sweethearts to the address below. Remember, nobody [doesn't like Sara Lee] expects a finale of King of the Fairies followed by a 15 minute Dearg Doom culminating in a laser spectacular while Mr. O'Connor reprises his onetime penchant for doing the splits to the sound of a tearing guitar ... [You keep saying that, but I'm really warming up to the idea.] HOWEVER, they are not senile (yet) so a seated (band) rendition of Rollback in the National Concert Hall is unlikely to win the prize. [Oh...there IS a prize! What is it?] One entry per person (except in exceptional circumstances). [Yes. Yes. What's the standard amount in bribes these days?] Entry fee free at present. May be revised to include Guinness & Hewitts at a later stage.                              Closing Date 17th March 2005.                     dancehallset@yahoo.com

Gabrielle-Marie asked me to use this one.

[In the event that you've overlooked it above.]