No Rock And Roll Fun

MACCA WRECKS HERMITAGE: Following the astonishing 3000th McCartney gig in St Petersburg last weekend, the director of the nearby Hermitage Museum is really pissed off that all that shaking and noise damaged the museum's artworks. Mikhail Piotrovski told the BBC they prepared for the gig as if the world itself was screaming:

"We prepared for this concert like we would for a flood, all the museum's departments were put on alert," Mr Piotrovski said. He said "we do not ship any of our paintings by airplane" because of the danger from vibrations. The sound levels during the McCartney concert were "incomparably more powerful than that of any airplane," Mr Piotrovski said.

Just on the side, surely if vibrations from planes are damaging, wouldn't going over bumps on the road or being tossed about in a windy sea be equally bad? How do they normally transport the things - hot air balloon?