In front of me was a 60-year-old, next to me were two 18-year-olds and across the aisle was a young man on crutches who by the end of the show was on his feet, rocking with the rest of us. Status Quo are undoubtedly still capable of providing a lot of what does you good.

After so many years, Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt never ever seem to give an iota less than their best. They may not vary their material much these days: Caroline is always their opener and Rockin’ All Over The World would invariably bring the curtain down if they used one. On Sunday, Quo played for 90 minutes, during which they performed 22 songs and a drum solo, followed by a short encore.

It was 40 minutes into the set before Rossi spoke, and even that was brief; it was another 25 before he talked to the audience again. Parfitt, as usual, never said a word. But my notes are more about him than his partner: "Great rock voice on Say You Love Me." “Parfitt lead singing on great rock ’n' roll version of Creeping Up On You, fantastic rhythm guitar on Roll Over Lay Down."

But Rossi has his moments, none finer than when he purposefully strides to the front of the stage to kick off Down Down towards the end of the show; and he still gets a lot of stirring solos out of his legendary Fender Telecaster.

I haven’t so far mentioned Pictures of Matchstick Men, What You’re Proposing, In The Army Now and Whatever You Want. All were there; and you can be sure that the audience recognised the introswhen the first guitar chord was thrashed. Everyone in the stalls stood up as soon as the group came on stage, but I felt the general reaction was slightly more muted than it had been last year. When the Quo left the stage before returning for their farewell, the atmosphere was more that of an adoring crowd of regulars who knew perfectly well there was going to be an encore, rather than the rolling roar of approbation that usually comes at that point in a group’s show.