Maal was the one who requested their opener 'Take Me Out', which they were originally not planning to play. McCarthy explains how they met Maal and Kouyaté for the first time that evening, and showed them the chord progressions of their songs and what to play on their guitars. Backstage at the Olympia, in a rabbit warren of rehearsal rooms, there were artists from all over the world meeting up and working out what songs to play.
