Its addition dragged Hynde’s native Ohio roots into the taut tunes she has always peddled. After the strutting intensity of The Pretenders, the crowd was treated to a sudden change of pace as karaoke king and top comedian Peter Kay rolled on the stage singing the old Squeeze favourites, Black Coffee in Bed and Up the Junction.
Within seconds, a startled but amused audience was on its feet throatily joining in the sing-a-long.
Glenn Tilbrook, Chris Difford and the boys then ramped up the air of jollity by arriving on stage on 1930’s style sit-up and beg bicycles.
Within minutes, the crowd was again belting out the Squeeze hits, but this time led by Tilbrook and his punchy guitar work.
By the time Pulling Mussels from a Shell rounded off the encore, the audience was risking going hoarse after three hours of communal singing.
