Melissa Auf der Maur, a certain volcano and low fidelity.

There's a silver lining in that gigantic ash cloud: unexpected, bizarre gigs by stranded rock stars. That's what happened in Helsinki last Saturday. The Canadian rock fairy Melissa Auf der Maur got stuck there after her gig on Thursday, and decided to entertain a few lucky ones with a relatively eccentric afternoon performance. The former bassist of Hole (Courtney Love's alt rock group) threw in a bit of off-tune Iron Maiden. Amongst other things.

For once it would have been cool to be in Helsinki and not in London. Oh well. Check out some footage from the exclusive volcano gig here (scroll down for the video). On the courtesy of Rumba, Finland's indie music oracle.