With such a rich back-catalogue, continuing to play the classics is going to be an integral part of the experience – especially live. At the aforementioned, Foo Fighters concert, a gentleman sitting in front of our section called his daughter at the end of ‘Best of you’ teary eyed to say, “they played your mothers song”. In that moment, it didn’t matter to him that Taylor wasn’t on drums, it mattered to him that he was there, and that he got to hear it live.

There was a time when ALL songs were pretty much covers or different versions of the same lyrics, with different artists performing. Of course, there were varying reasons for that – such as local artists being able to cover their areas in a time before air travel. Or the much more depressing reasons, like segregation.

Those examples aren’t being judged the same way, partly because of the freaks who will simply hate it because they’re now being sung by a female vocalist and some because they won’t accept anything that isn’t the Chester version they’ve heard for the past 25 years.

Sometimes having different versions of a song is the way to make that song come alive. I’m a fan of Nine Inch Nails, but we all know the Johnny Cash version of ‘Hurt’ is the superior (to the point many mistake his as being the original).

Having Emily and Colin onboard to make new versions of these songs helps to create an extra layer of depth to the songs, they’re adding to the tapestry of the work to carry on the story and further it beyond what it was and into what it could be. I frankly wouldn’t be averse to the idea of a reissue of some of the older songs, that way if I’m in the mood for some nostalgia I can fire up some OG ‘Hybrid Theory’ or geek out to a new version with different nuances.