Few rock stars have sported a kippah but Ezra Furman turned up in one for his Sunday Times interview. Oh, and a black dress and red lipstick.

The Chicago-born singer, who has released his sixth album Perpetual Motion People, has an unconventional sexual identity.

But he takes his Judaism seriously as an "encompassing way of life", praying three times a day and avoiding Friday-night gigs.

I wonder what his outfit will be for shul on Rosh Hashanah.