No Rock And Roll Fun

IF DIDO DOESN'T PLAY A SONG, WOULD ANYONE NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE TO IF SHE DID?: We're a little bit puzzled by Dido pulling out the Brits - and, more significantly, the Grammys and clearing her diary for four weeks to "concentrate on writing and rehearsing for her forthcoming tour." Really? Taking a night off the writing to go and pick up a few tens of thousands of extra sales ("a major award") would scupper the third album, would it? I know, I know, I'm a bad person, but I can't help smelling a giant rat.