By Vix Leyton

When I first started my adventures into town for a night out, I’d have £20 and expect that to cover everything from the bus fare in to chips on the way home.

Now I’ll be lucky if that covers 2 pints and a packet of crisps. If you want to see your favourite band now from anywhere near the stage, you’re weighing it against the cost of a mini break.

And if I am spending for £300 for a ticket, I expect to be on stage, with a turn on the drums and a complimentary canvas bag to loot the backstage fridge afterwards.

Even “free” fun is quietly slipping through our fingers. Open mic comedy used to be the last bastion of affordable entertainment; a........

© LBC