If you’re like us, you probably thought that the country and western scene was full of ridiculous song titles, misplaced patriotism and institutional inbreeding; but now – thanks to country singer Billy Joe Shaver – we can add ‘carpark cheek-shooting’ too.

Billy Joe Shaver – the man behind bewildering hits like Ain’t No God In Mexico, America You’re My Woman and Yester Tomorrow Was Today – surrendered himself to the police yesterday after a saloon gunfight at the weekend left a man with a big hole where his cheek should be. It’s unclear what Billy Joe Shaver’s fate will be after copping to the shooting, and Billy Joe Shaver’s lawyers were too busy taking part in a banjo duel with a retarded boy in dungarees to comment on the matter. We assume.