It has to be one the most annoying pieces of learned behaviour from reality TV shows like X-Factor and Britain's Got Talent - hoards of women going 'Whoo!' as soon as somone opens their mouth, or plays a note.
Sadly, it is now starting to infect live concerts - I was at The Acoustic Festival OF Great Britain this weekend at Uttoxeter Racecourse -m Friday's headline was Steve Harley.
Now one of th emost played songs on the radio is Make Smile (Come Up And See Me), so everyone knows it, and sings along - no problem.
But in the two significant pauses, one before the second verse, and one before the guitar solo, some stupid woman right in front of me decided that the entire audience experience would be enhanced if she filled that two-second gap with her going 'Whoo!' at the top of her stupid voice. WHY????
Why do people have to whoop like junkyard mongrels all the time? It's not big and it's not clever. I badly wanted to say to her, if you haven't been to the rehearsals you can't expect to join in the show, but there would be no point.