Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow
The Glasgow singer-songwriter’s voice has got even better with age – a shame, then, that the crowd just want to hear his 80s hits

Lloyd Cole is singing songs of love and pain, and singing them very well. But, ach, you can’t please everyone. “Lost Weekend!” shouts a fan in the balcony, requesting a hit from 1985. Cole, dapper in a white suit, takes a moment before replying: “I’m definitely too old to play Lost Weekend.”

“But that’s why we’re here,” comes a second voice, across the room.