SLEEP FIGHTING MAN

David Baine's next death-defying stunt will be his attempt later this year to stay awake for 13 days. Wow, that'll make great viewing, won't it? Watching his already heavy-lidded eyes droop even more at he fights man's mortal enemy - snoozing.

Well, whatever David Blaine can do, Keith Richards has done it before, and better. Not eating for weeks? Check. Levitating? Keith's done that thousands of times, without even appearing to move. And now going without sleep? Easy peasy for the wrinkled rocker who already looks as though he last nodded off when Tutankhamen was a lad. Here are more revelations following last week's story about Keith breaking his nose falling into a speaker after nine days without sleeping.

Blaine is embarking on an unprecedented fitness campaign, tuning his body to its maximum potential so that he can survive the ordeal and ensuring that he is in prime health and fuelled by the finest natural ingredients.

Keith's approach was the exact opposite, filling himself with so many uppers, downers and flat-out brain bombs. He tells a sleep-related anecdote about a time in Canada when the police raided his room as he slept in the arms of Lady Heroin. Keith was so relaxed that he slumbered through the whole raid and unfortunately for the police, when arresting someone, that person has to be awake. Cue several hours of slapping and water being thrown over the scarecrow-like guitarist before he opened an eye and graciously accepted the reading of his rights.

Legend. Just how is he still alive?