A LANDLADY says she is at the centre of a vendetta to stop karaoke nights after drinkers were showered in glass when thugs hurled a brick through a window.

Stunned regulars dived for cover as the brick crashed through the window during a singing session at the Crescent Hotel, Bank Lane, Blackburn.

Landlady Isobel Feely believes the people responsible were locals who had spoken out against the karaoke nights.

She said: "One girl was hit on the head by the brick and another was cut by the glass but fortunately they didn't have to go to hospital.

"People were covered in glass and it went in everyone's drinks.

"We were all terrified and I hit the panic button for the police to come.

"We'd had some people in saying we shouldn't be doing karaoke and this happened a couple of minutes after they left.

"I'm certain these people did it and they're trying to frighten me.

"But I'm not going to let them win and the karaoke nights will go on."

The pub is holding the sessions WITHOUT a public entertainment licence after taking advantage of a loophole in the law.

Licensing rules state karaoke can only be held with a licence but singers backed by a piano or one or two live musicians do not need one. The Crescent has gone one step further by programming an electronic keyboard to play popular tunes.

The keyboard feeds through to a computer which is able to display words to the songs on a screen.

The pub had earlier been told by council chiefs that it did not meet regulations for a licence and karaoke nights would have to stop.

Mrs Feely added: "Now it's business as usual. We told the police and council what we were doing and they haven't complained yet."

The Government is looking for ways to alter the rules for live entertainment and is asking local councils for views.

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