Having missed out on seeing The Bootleg Beatles due to covid in 2020, and not having a chance in hell of getting to a McCartney gig where I’d get a decent view, I decided to buy a ticket for this gig. I mean, I didn’t care if they sounded or looked like them, it’s all about the songs, innit?

...in between songs, he would natter to the audience. Quite self-consciously it seems as he referred to himself several times, almost apologetically, as “Rambling Glenn Tilbrook”...

I’ve been watching many videos of XTC live performances on YouTube over the past few weeks, and I can safely say Chambers is just as exceptional as he was over 40 years ago.

From the interviews I've seen, Heaton comes across as a very humble, down-to-earth guy, and he seemed exactly the same that night, telling a humorous story of the first time he came to that very venue many years ago as a young man. He was very apologetic that it was a short gig and mindful that he wanted to pack as many songs in as they could...