Most bands get drunk after the show. Or at least hit the drinks before they go on stage in the first place. Not many take a beer fridge with them and work their way through it as they actually play.

But Hayseed Dixie, the world’s most popular bluegrass/rock covers band, are unique in many ways – and the constant reminder of their love of ale was just one of them at a packed Concorde 2 on Tuesday.

By lead singer Barley Scotch’s reckoning they have worked through 76,000 on-stage beers in ten years on tour, at a steady rate of 48 per gig, before you factor in the after parties.

And while the joke and novelty factor of their style may have worn a little thin since they and their buckteeth, wild beards and Deep South drawl emerged on the UK scene in 2005, championed by Chris Moyles, their raucous sense of fun and outstanding abilities on the banjo and guitars are completely undimmed.

Most songs are infectiously enjoyable when given the Hayseed treatment, but the standouts in this set were classics Ace Of Spades, Walk This Way, Green Day’s Holiday and Bohemian Rhapsody, which features on the band’s new album – inspired by songs about killing.

There were even a few tales about Hayseed trying to convince Take That to go on a drinking session in Norway, and the worrying “involuntary cornholation” suffered by all self-confessed alien-abductees.

The style may not be novel but this was a good ol’ fashioned riot from the good ol’ boys.