Liam Gallagher, Finsbury Park, London

Any Liam Gallagher gig is a cauldron of atmosphere, pints flying in every direction and flares lighting up the sky, but tonight really is a big one: the culmination of a slowly building solo career that’s seen the rejuvenation of one of Britain’s most distinctive, adored frontmen. The weather does nothing to dampen the atmosphere - it’s a stonking hot Friday night in North London’s Finsbury Park - and neither do the support acts.

Wolf Alice take to the stage after Loyle Carner brings a feisty performance of debut album ‘Yesterday’s Gone’ to the main stage, and they’re looking perfectly at home on such cavernous stages. The week after they played the London Stadium with Foo Fighters, tracks from last year’s ‘Visions Of A Life’ sound absolutely gargantuan, while debut album cuts ‘Lisbon’ and ‘Giant Peach’ remain some of the most loved indie songs that the country has produced in the last half decade. When Theo Ellis isn’t starting ‘Three Lions’ chants or dedicating ‘Space & Time’ to Harry Kane, the band are smashing their way through ‘Bros’ and ‘Fluffy’ at lightning fast speed.

If the crowd’s limbs and vocal chords weren’t sufficiently warmed up for LG at this point, they’re given another chance of a run-out via a short, unannounced acoustic set from Richard Ashcroft. The Verve singer has five studio albums to his name across the last 15 years, but fully knows his place today, and what the increasingly rowdy throng want to hear. He proceeds to rip through Verve classics ‘Sonnet’, ‘Lucky Man’ and ‘The Drugs Don’t Work’ before a lung-bursting rendition of the timeless, huge ‘Bitter Sweet Symphony’ sets the tone for a night that’s defined by the anthems that defined a generation.