awful

Once a scrappy pickup band that played in a high school auditorium with awful acoustics, it is now a world-class ensemble with its own world-class concert hall.

In evidence, executive chairman of the nearby Hippodrome, Simon Thomas, said the noise was "tortuous" because of repeated sets and what the judge called "awful renditions".

"It just made me feel awful in myself and it was such a worry for my family."

"I felt awful, but the perinatal team wouldn't take me on," she says.

"I don't find myself uncomfortable like this very often," he says, adding that he feels awful to ask Lily to keep her pet away from him.