With the entire arena in silent expectation he delivers the heartfelt opening line of ‘Machines’. As the crowd sing back ‘I would dig a thousand more if I needed to’ any remaining doubts about the group’s stadium status are laid to rest.

It’s already been one hell of a performance. Biffy treat fans to plenty of new material. Opener ‘Different People’, ‘Biblical’ and highlight ‘Black Chandelier’ all go down a treat while 2002s ‘Justboy’ and the raucous ‘There’s No Such Thing As A Jaggy Snake’ keep die-hards happy.
Biffy, it turns out, are just getting started.
“Oh my God, I’m actually going to fucking cry,” screams the super-fan next to me as the opening chords of ‘Many Of Horror’ fill the arena. I look around halfway through and indeed she is... bless!
Encore opener ‘Skylight’ features an incredible solo from Duracell bunny drummer Ben Johnston. A shattered looking Neill then declares, “Nothing beats a night in Dublin” before they unleash the epic ‘Mountains’ and kick-off the Easter weekend in style.