Band member Phil "Cornet" was on the t-shirt stand telling us how knackered he was before the evening began which didn’t bode well. The show was sold out and the venue was almost a BSP cliché as punters weaved through fish ponds and foliage to the bar. That boded better. The band asked fans for suggestions of not often played songs for this tour and it made the set list a treat of singles and favourite album and EP tracks. In particular, slower songs such as opener “A Wooden Horse” worked well and BSP do the ‘less is more’ thing vividly. They also did the ‘more is more’ thing justice with a glorious long version of “Carrion” Rather charmingly, viola player Abi looked into the audience during “Living is so Easy” and grinned as if she seemed to spot a good number of us knew all the words. Then, the ending crescendo to “The Great Skua” forced substantial lower lip trembling from a grown man and Phil happily left the stage with a huge grin. It was a blast.