I jumped at the chance to see The Darkness in The Moth Club in Hackney. It’s a very small, village-hall-style building with an antique sign on stage that says kids have to get off the dance floor by “9.30p.m.”. In the corner of the stage there is a faded photo memorial of a long departed local patriarch.

Despite the name, Parker Barrow aren’t inspired by a garden cart in Yorkshire but by Depression‑era outlaws Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow.

The band were sounding great tonight. Maiden does not let a crowd down, ever. The guitars in particular were on fire, building the drama in songs like ‘The Trooper’.