All that’s left is an incredibly expensive taxi home, the taste of various high-quality ales in my mouth

You know that famous picture of the black cat you see from time to time on the bags of arty students?

It’s freezing outside, but the atmosphere inside the Sheffield Octagon is suitably warm.

We should be grateful for any version of Doves right now. They are still one of the most vital indie rock bands in the country.

We are all grateful that Richard Willis Hawley keeps finding new ways to redefine longing, heartbreak and nostalgia – a magical evening.

The classical musicians were, as one would expect, note-perfect and indistinguishable from the recorded score.

A record so groundbreaking, so innovative that it should have pushed EE to superstardom at home and abroad,

To be in the presence of a genuine genius, leading a number of the world’s finest musicians was a spectacle I’ll never forget as long as I live.

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.