Barenaked Ladies singer wishes he had a million dollars severance

The Barenaked Ladies have decided they'll face the future with Steven Page, what with all his drugs:

"By mutual agreement, Steven Page will be parting company with the remaining members of Barenaked Ladies" in order to pursue solo music projects and a theatrical career, the group said on its website.

Page was caught with some cocaine, which seems to have been the final straw. How could the band sing lightly humorous songs while people knew he did cocaine? It'd be like Angus Deayton on Have I Got News For You all over again.

So, like Deayton, Page has gone. He won't, it appears, be replaced with William Hague and Jeremy Clarkson as part of a rotating series of guest lead singers.