I enjoy my food and do treat myself, but on the whole, I don't see food as particularly expensive, doubly so because there is so much competition and special offers.

Seems quite hard to believe that, with £70+ a week of social security (and I have claimed that myself when I've been unemployed), that they claim they can't get a meal. No, you won't necessarily be able to afford that £20 steak (10 ounces), but plenty of ingredients and meals. 

Unless you are in dire poverty, I don't see why you'd struggle to buy food. A loaf of bread is cheap as is a pack of cheese. Lasts me a while. Just one example.

Metallica - On tribute bands
Prince - On a tribute band (was limited to what I could find)
Pink - Got nothing either way
Pink Floyd - David Gilmour booked the Australian tribute band for his own 60th birthday party. 

I guess I look at tribute bands similar to commissions.  Its about extending the love, not taking away.  Its not like people are going to start buying Brit Floyd or Sandman CDs and T-Shirts as opposed to the original artist. 

I recall a major media story from a couple of years ago where an obese woman in her 20`s who`d never worked,claimed the state should pay for her to diet as she couldn`t afford a diet course on benefits,basically she lived on take away food,which is hardly cheap(Me and my wife both work and couldn`t afford to live on take aways 7 days a week) when asked why she didn`t buy cheap,healthy ingredients and cook for herself she claimed she didn`t have time! Couldn`t be arsed to lift herself off the sofa away from daytime tv to cook! She had SkyTv box too,which is hardly cheap or essential!

So from cradle to grave,the likes of her will be living life `free` because she can,free money,free housing benefit,free NHS/dental care etc etc,as i said,it`s human nature to take anything that`s `free`

I saw on tv earlier this year,a marathon or similar charity running event,there were pallets of bottled water at the side of the road for runners to re-hydrate,we saw gangs of people stealing it,filling the boots of their cars...water,it`s virtually free from your tap,but they stole bottled water,because they could.

I had no idea Aldi's was across the pond. 

Great savings there.

Back to Tribute band/comedian discussion.

Guess these guys can look forward to getting their legs broken:

As for Eric and Ern,as both are dead,a tribute act is a nice way of keeping their work alive.That`s the thing with tribute acts,a lot of the real bands are stadium fillers who may tour every 3 or 4 years,the rigmarole and cost of getting a ticket is so stressful too.A tribute act can be seen locally in an intimate venue for £20 or less and makes a nice Saturday night out.The ones such as Bootleg Beatles,Re-Genesis,Australian Pink Floyd etc are on a larger scale but also fill a niche.I think there is room for all.