Bless! There's still part of the world that's afraid of Ozzy

Churches in New Zealand are panicking, trying to prevent the forces of darkness descending on their land. Wellington pentecostal church Lifepoint are campaigning to stop Ozzy Obsourne taking part in a rock festival next year.

We did wonder if the church was alarmed - what with Ozzy's shilling for I Can't Believe It's Not Butter - at a margarine salesman running amok in the land of Anchor, but as they're also worried about Kiss and - really - Lordi turning up, too:

"It's not appropriate from our angle of things," said pastor Karen Crawshaw.

"I don't think we can force our views on others but at the same time we think it's a very negative influence on our city.

"It'll put a damper on the things the church traditionally focuses on at the Easter season."

Perhaps they're just feeling awkward about the poor quality of line-up for the bank holiday.