A singer carried on performing at a music festival despite having a suspected broken foot.

Maurice Dunk, the leader of Marvellous Mo and the Backline Ferrets, insisted the show must go on and took to the stage with crutches and a stool.

Backstage, after playing through the pain barrier, Maurice, who is also the chairman of Sittingbourne Town Football Club, admitted: "I have no idea how I injured my foot but the show had to go on. I am now off to have it checked over."

The old stager is something of a battler. During the Covid pandemic he nearly keeled over after a show at Sheppey's Beach Bar.

That time, he had been given a coronavirus jab in the afternoon and then suffered a rare reaction.

The latest incident was at the Woodfest music festival at the Woodcoombe Sports and Social Club in Church Road, Murston, near Sittingbourne on Saturday.

The bash was billed to have five bands but at the last-minute, openers Where's Brian had to pull out because of Covid. So Graham Cameron from Conyer stepped in with a solo act to kick off the festival.

Marvellous Mo and the Back Line Ferrets were the first band to take to the stage with their rock and ska music.

The Ferrets were followed by the funky Decades Showband featuring Ashleigh Kerrison from Sittingbourne on vocals. The eight-piece, formed from the ashes of The Interseptors, whipped up the crowd with Everybody Needs Somebody, Play That Funky Music, Footloose and Valerie.

Alas, the band had been cut to seven as fellow lead singer Dab Waller from Dartford couldn't make the gig.

Thankfully, the festival's run of bad luck stopped at three.

Ska band the Curb Pilots warmed up the crowd nicely for Marylebone Jelly, once again topping the bill. The Jelly lads had already headlined at festivals at Woodstock, Party in the Park and Iwade this summer.

Unlike previous years, the weather held for Woodfest, which is now under new management. In 2019 it was all-but-rained off as the heavens opened, leaving bands and fans wet and bedraggled.

Festival proceeds help support the club.