Some people staged a pop concert yesterday. It was a big one. A lot of people went to see it. Even more watched it on the telly.

But far, far more of the country than watched it had zero interest in either the music (most of which, when I heard it on the news, seemed quite painful to listen to) or the deeply misguided campaign which prompted it.

In terms of news impact, nothing which happened yesterday in Hyde Park was of any more importance than what I chose to eat for dinner.

'Pop stars sing' is hardly news, although I grant that the sheer scale of the concert merited a mention in the news bulletins.

So why is every paper today stuffed full, almost to the exclusion of all else, with reports and pictures? And why are the TV bulletins today still banging on about it?

Tedious doesn't even come close to describing it all. Lord above: it's almost as boring as Wimbledon.

(UPDATE: This isn't something I say very often, but there's a superb piece by Sir Simon Jenkins in today's Sunday Times.)