1960's Eurovision Classic, "Boom Bang a Bang!", is to be re-released to coincide with events unfolding in the Gulf, we have been unreliably informed.

The song, which, in English, refers to the sound of a girl's heart when she is near to her 'love honey', but when translated into Norwegian is about a teddy bear who has lost his hat, is tipped to storm the charts, eventually hitting the number one position around July (about 2 months late). The French loved the original, as did the German's.

Could this year's Eurovision Song Contest be the bridge that brings the world together again? You know, it could happen, especially if Israel turn up with another transsexual entry...

Note for our USA readers: The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual event in which European nations compete to create the best Euro-Pop song. (This is the sort of thing your parents let you sit up to watch when you are a kid.) Because of the language difficulties the winner is generally the one that sounds best when banged really loud on a tin drum. Unfortunately this yellow bit is not an April Fools joke. (By the way the Israeli transsexual entry was brilliant, and it won that year.)