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?

I became a Beatles fan thanks to one of my older sisters. Picture the scene: mid 1990s. I'm a young teenager into Irish pop group,...