Bestival had said no to clown costumes as part of its big fancy dress parade because they feared too many festival-goers might suffer from a fear of clowns and become traumatised by the experience. But no one had told the Scissor Sisters who had a clown theme for their headline set last night ("Sorry guys, we didn't get the memo" Ana Matronic joked), but Bestival bosses were too sensible to object. After all, frontman Jake Shears had been promised he could dress up as a clown, and you don't want to go breaking promises where Jake's concerned.
After all, a recent broken promise from Pink Floyd man David Gilmour left Mr Shears very scarred. Here's what he told Uncut about the ordeal: "Earlier this year, David Gilmour told my manager that he wanted me to sing 'Comfortably Numb' with him at Radio City Music Hall for two shows. So of course I'm emotionally fragile and weeping - a mess. I was so over the moon because I can sing the hell out of that song - I've been singing it for the latter half of my life. So I was practising it and doing my vocal exercises to it, but the day before the gig they decided not to have any guests. They canned me. Bastards! It was one of the worst things you can do to anybody. I kind of hate him for it. It was like taking candy away from a kid. My mom was getting on a plane to come and see me".