Hyde Park was HUGE and everyone who went got their money's worth with a 28 song, +3hr setlist. The sound wasn't the best but it wasn't that bad.

If the band did say they'd play smaller venues since then, they haven't really lied have they? I don't recall main tour venues for follow up albums to Bounce having capacities of anywhere near 120 000.

Perhaps live concerts are just not for you if you cannot appreciate a band at a stadium venue.

People, general/casual fans, the majority of the audience, want to see the same staple songs in the setlists and as far as the die-hards are concerned, we accept it so long as they play at least 3-4 rarer songs at any particular gig that don't get played each night.

Oh, and rain is part of the whole experience. It's uncomfortable whilst you're waiting around but it's funny how little you notice it once the gig has started. To be fair, MK in 2001 was a light drizzle and it had stopped by the time Matchbox 20 had finished their set.

If you wanted to see proper rain, you should have been at Hampden last year but the gig was phenomenal and more than made up for it. Sometimes it makes a show - singing your heart out to 'Dry County' whilst the torrents lash down around you is an experience I won't ever forget!