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In a nutshell: Is it just me, or is the gap between split and reformation getting shorter, sure as coppers get younger? Eight brief years after the initial split Wigan’s most popular export since rugby league are performing a nationwide sell-out tour for the second time this year, accompanied by this ‘best of’ album, complete with bonus DVD (including that video, yes).

Imagine if you will: Remember when our epic windswept rock stars took drugs so we didn’t have to?