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Her rendition of Morrissey’s “Dear God, Please Help Me” hits its climax when Faithfull bellows at full volume, “There are explosive kegs / Between my legs / Dear God, please help me.”

He says it's like living on a powder keg – you never know when or where the next shell will land.

She says that she usually gets eight kegs of Guinness a week but was limited to four, leaving her with just one barrel by Friday morning - containing 88 pints.

Enda Murray, landlord of three pubs in London, says that his supplier has restricted his supply of Guinness to one or two kegs per pub - just 10% of what they need.

While overall beer drinking was slightly down between July and October, the volume of Guinness consumed from kegs was up more than fifth.