Am I the only punter who gets irritated by encores? These days, every gig you go to comes to an artificial 'end' before the band has played one or two of their most popular songs, and then the audience is expected to whoop, whistle, cheer, clap and stamp their feet until they come back and finish the job. Everybody knows they are going to come back, so why bother?

Surely the point of an encore is for the audience to show their appreciation for something truly extraordinary - and then the band can come back and do something spontaneous - like play Johnny B Goode, or even repeat something they've already played.

Yours
Mr Grumpy

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