Ash have earned the right to play whatever the hell they want, and there can be few complaints in the wake of career-spanning 21 song set.
Seldom have any of them left me with a feeling that the show I had just witnessed was just for me.
If the more recent tracks are anything to go by, however, this is far from a swansong. Doves are just getting started.
There is no encore. Nor is an encore needed. Sprints do what they need to do and leave the stage to rapturous and loud applause.
This is a band that deserves a wider audience. Or maybe they work better as da irty little secret. Either way, the music is great.
Manchester just got the first dose. Doctor’s orders: turn it up until the neighbours call the council.
One Simple Trick has all the usual youthful swagger and assured insouciance you would expect from the debut album
It’s hard to shake the feeling that Rock ‘n Roll Circus may have just witnessed its high point.
The Lemonheads cement their status as one of America’s finest rock bands with a career-spanning set at the Sheffield Foundry…
This won’t be the record to thrust the band back into the public consciousness, but you get the impression that Madden and his band don’t really care