The Fratellis discover that revenge can, sometimes, be too bloody cold

There was some backstage unpleasantness at the Brits, it seems, when Lily Allen has a pop at The Fratellis for taking "their" award, according to Barry Wallace:

“I’ve never properly met her but when we were going up to collect our Brit she shouted, ‘You’re a robbing ****’ to Jon, saying we had robbed the award from her. I’ve no time for the girl.”

But now, just, um, four short months later, they've come up with a response - because she cut short her US tour claimign tiredness:

“A couple of times we’ve wanted to pack it in and go home but we’ve carried on for the fans who have bought tickets. Lily Allen is a different kettle of fish.

“She’s a pop artist so she never went through two years of touring constantly to get a break.”

Which is why, erm, they only cancelled some of their US dates claiming tiredness - presumably the people who bought tickets for those weren't fans or something.

It also turns out the Fratellis are sick of The Fratellis, too, according to Jon Lawler:

I’m getting pissed off with singing Chelsea Dagger now.

“We’ve decided we have to write songs for the next album which won’t get on our nerves.

“I can’t stop playing it because that’s what people want to hear — but we need some more material.”

Writing Fratellis songs which don't get on your nerves when you hear them more than once? That's a challenge right up there with trying to write your entire second album in Esperanto, surely?