We were practising at the Sage last night and there was a big do on upstairs - NE Businesswoman of the year or something like that - so we had go in and out the stage door. As we were leaving all these people in evening dress came out from front of house (presumably winners or otherwise important people) and they just couldn't make any sense of this little cluster of people in coats carrying instrument cases who were clearly not Sage employees. Very strange.