Yeah, maybe someone like seasick Steve, or some other type of act where the age fits the image can pull it off but for plain old rock it's going to become somewhat more difficult. Not in the least 'cause the type of music you can convincingly bring is probably outdated for young folks anyway...

I can actually sit down and play a game of pac man even today. SM64 not so much...

Labs are great dogs, used to have one. Super intelligent and great with kids, although they do get a little bit too excited at times. I'd go for a male personally, since it's basically cheaper to neuter and it's more dependable (I'm assuming you don't want to breed?).

But the hairs... man... the hairs are just too much for me . It has to be said, I have a cat and I even get annoyed at the hairs that leaves behind. I bought a friggin' roomba just 'cause I can't stand the tiniest bit of hair laying around, so I might be a "thing" I have. But the lab left enough hair around to weave a nice carpet out of.

So, a dog with the character and temperament of a Labrador but short haired (like a Doberman, Rottweiler, Jack Russel)... what I reckon you need is a weimaraner. It's a slightly goofy looking dog (like a lab with shorter hair, skinnier, and it has bigger and floppier ears), but has that typical retriever temperament. They are slightly more hostile to strangers though (well, protective of their family is a better description) and extremely playful.

Why is everyone reading this as "Brain won't be on the next tour" instead of the much more likely "what next tour are you talking about?"

I say this was Brain's way of telling us that there is no tour planned.

Source for this info?