Wave that flag! Wave it more.

Reading has made some clanging errors of judgment in past years. Whether it was Daphne and Celeste, or poor old 50 Cent, you could pretty much guarantee that some fish out of water would end up covered in piss thrown by bellowing Slayer fans.

Belle and Sebastian are without question just as out of place, but make up for it by being genius and thoroughly nice to the crowd. The only things being thrown in the air are beach balls and Scotland flags. The crowd are totally confused, sure, partly because in contrast to their rock out show at Wireless, tonight they couldn't be any feyer if you planted some wings on Stuart Murdoch and appointed him queen of all the fairies.

"Has anybody taken a French A-level here?" asks Stuart, peering out at the beer swilling throng before him. "No? You'll regret it. Take French." They launch into a song about the bourgeoisie. The crowd get even more confused. Brilliant. By the time they're rhyming 'throat' with 'poet' on 'Funny Little Frog', there's a wave of hands clapping along. No piss here.