Kill Tribe leading pipes (and other title separators)

/**
 * When something other than the Default Events Template is in use a trailing
 * separator can be applied to single event titles ... this code aims to
 * resolve that.
 */
add_filter('tribe_events_add_title', 'fix_leading_tribal_pipe', 20, 3);

function fix_leading_tribal_pipe($title, $prev, $sep) {
    // We're only interested if the Default Events Template is *not* in play
    if ('default' !== TribeEvents::instance()->getOption('tribeEventsTemplate')) return $title;

    // Confirmation: ensure separator is the first symbol (there will be a leading space)
    if (1 !== strpos($title, $sep)) return $title;

    // Strip it (account for the leading space)
    return substr($title, strlen($sep) + 1);
}