Gorillaz, Manchester Opera House, November 2005

This inspiring performance began with a daffy duck cartoon, just to get us in the mood, and then the stage was taken by a huge amount of performers - choirs, orchestras, guitarists, guest singers. Everything ran very smoothly, (apart from the beautifully shambolic performance from Shaun Ryder), and I just got blown away by the creativity of it all. It takes a special group of people to come up with something like this - I feel honoured to have been there. The pictures give you an idea of how great things looked.