4<\/p>\n Supergrass’ Gaz Coombes enjoying the moment at the BarrowlandsCredit: Getty 4<\/p>\n Mick Quinn of SupergrassCredit: Getty<\/p>\n Most here in the Barrowlands would rather not think about the passage of time, I’m sure.<\/p>\n But thankfully, as the band launches into the first song off the album, one fan steps forward to remind us.<\/p>\n “Put your phones<\/a> away, it was the 1990s”, she yells at people videoing the band.<\/p>\n Supergrass is touring I Should Coco, where the public first became acquainted with the three lads from Oxford.<\/p>\n On the first of two nights in Glasgow, the band rips through I’d Like To Know before going straight into the classic cautionary coming of age track Caught By The Fuzz.<\/p>\n For anyone who had a misspent youth falling foul of the police and parents it hits close to home<\/a> – not for me of course.<\/p>\n It’s soon time for seminal Britpop classic, Alright, a song which is perhaps bigger than the band itself due to being a staple of indie and rock<\/a> radio<\/a> for the past three decades.<\/p>\n And frontman Gaz Coombes is obviously acutely aware of this, as he wryly introduces it as “so then, track four” before the familiar piano riff kicks in.<\/p>\n Bands<\/a> playing albums from start to finish can be a different experience.<\/p>\n The traditional structure of the live<\/a> show is replaced with the ebbs and flows of a studio recording.<\/p>\n Eagle-eyed Glastonbury fans work out Britpop legends are playing festival after spotting tour date clue<\/p>\n It’s a hard thing to get right but thankfully the band rise to the challenge.<\/p>\n Songs like Mansize Rooster and Strange Ones remind you of the youthful exuberance of the band’s early sound that made them such a fixture of the mid-1990s British scene.<\/p>\n But the punky edge to many of the tracks is also a reminder that, like so many scenes, they actually sounded quite different to the other acts they were lumped in with.<\/p>\n They close this side of the gig with the album closer – jaunty acoustic farewell Kinks-like Time To Go.<\/p>\n But luckily for the crowd, Supergrass aren’t leaving any time soon and deliver a rip-roaring ‘best of the rest’ set with indie classics like Richard III, Moving and Grace.<\/p>\n The band finish their set with an encore of Sun Hits The Sky and singalong favourite Pumping On Your Stereo.<\/p>\n It’s another sweaty night in the Barrowlands and I’m definitely feeling my age by the end – but for 90 minutes it feels like the crowd and the band are just the same as ever.<\/p>\n![\"Gaz](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/gaz-coombes-supergrass-performs-barrowland-993168536.jpg\")
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