There is a downside to being fast-tracked into the position of this season’s newest pop sensation, and it became more and more obvious the longer Chappell Roan’s self-proclaimed ‘biggest ever show’ went on.

A freshly risen pop star promoting their debut album should, by law, be performing a 40-minute hit-and-run set in a sweaty club, showcasing the absolute cream of their catalogue. Bang, bang, bang. Over and out. But the fast-track these days moves at positively breakneck speed. Barely a year after her first hit, Roan found herself playing to an audience of some 100,000 fans, convening over two nights on an ugly plot of land adjacent to an airport as part of the Edinburgh Summer Sessions series, whose fervour demanded the full event experience.

As such, Chappell Roan was duty-bound to perform pretty much every song she has ever released. All 14 tracks from her only album to date, plus the three subsequent singles, as well as a cover version – although in the case of the latter, kudos is due: who doesn’t want to hear a belting rendition of Heart’s ‘Barracuda’ in the shadow of an air-traffic........

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