On the evening of December 7, 2019, IDLES frontman Joe Talbot stood stock still on a stage erected in the Great Hall of London’s beautiful Alexandra Palace, and gazed upon 9,000 exultant faces illuminated by the venue’s house lights; a passionate, partisan, engaged community united in ‘The People’s Palace’ to celebrate and participate in his band’s biggest UK headline show to date. “This is terrifying and confusing,” the singer said quietly, addressing himself as much as anyone else, “but it feels right…” A decade into their career, sucked into the spotlight by the success of their open-hearted, fiercely humanist second album, Joy As An Act Of Resistance, IDLES had arrived. Pointedly passing up the opportunity to sign off with a grand-standing crowd pleaser – “If you wante...