Anyone else watched any of this? Must say it makes me feel increasingly old!😞 I get the energy of newer bands like Dead Pony and indie ones like The View or Inhailers are ok and newcomer Brooke Combe certainly has a good voice but, for me, they were not a patch on Paul Heaton. Much as I like Lucy Spraggan, Heaton's set has been the best I've seen (and I thought Rianne Downey did a stirling job filling in for the unwell Jacqui Abbott).

Newer acts may prove that popular music isn't dead but I'm also increasingly beginning to feel that we won't see too many of them replicating the longevity of classic bands and artists from the 60s/70s or 80s.