It is not uncommon in this day and age for a live act to tour performing a classic album in full.

The benefits are obvious - you get to watch your artist of choice perform every track of a record which formed part of the soundtrack of your life.

Yes, that element of surprise, of not knowing what is next on the setlist - that delicious dawning of realisation as a familiar chord or beat is struck - is rather shot to bits, but at least you know when to plan a toilet break.

And, judging by the queues for the gents at Supergrass’ show in Margate’s Dreamland on Friday night, the sweet spot was just after their fourth song.

And the reason is the once darlings of the Britpop scene have reformed (again) to play their debut album I Should Coco (it is, to make you feel ancient, 30 years old this year) from start to finish. It is heavily top-loaded with hits.

In that first quartet of songs you get the still quite brilliant Caught By The Fuzz, the powder keg that is Mansize Rooster and a song for which they will, inevitably, always be best associated with, Alright. It’s impossible not to think of them charging down country lanes on Choppers when they play it.

I will, I am sure, not be the first to point out the lines of “we are young, we run green” no longer really apply to the band or indeed the audience, but the band are warmly embraced by a large Margate crowd who had a powerful line-up to enjoy while the hot sun beat down on them.

First up was The Coral who got things started in fine form with a setlist which included a cover of the Doors’ People Are Strange, In The Morning and was rounded off by the still extraordinarily catchy Dreaming of You.

They are followed by a chunky set from Jake Bugg - a man who once seemed to hold the world in his hand when he first emerged in 2012 with his eponymous debut album. He was a mere teenager at the time and saw his star rocket, propelled by the clout of the ginormous Lightning Bolt - included here and still sounding great. Half a dozen of songs from that first album - by some distance his most successful - are included tonight.

He’s still only 31 now, which for this nostalgia-fuelled show means he is comfortably younger than the vast bulk of the crowd - a sensation he would have been familiar with from that debut.

But back to Supergrass. Frontman Gaz Coombes, once the proud owner of some of the meatiest side burns in rock history, is now bearded, and retains the voice you will remember from years gone by. The band - once a trio, now a four-piece - are an impressive live proposition.

There’s not a great deal of chat in between the songs, but they bustle through the album at pace before they opt to play a string of their greatest hits to ensure the crowd go home happy.

We get Richard III, Sun Hits The Sky, Late In The Day, Grace, Moving and, of course, to round things off in style, Pumping On Your Stereo.

It’s a tight 90-minute set, well delivered, and sends the Dreamland crowd home happy.

There will, inevitably, be much banging on about Britpop this summer courtesy of Oasis’ reunion shows. Not to mention that Pulp are currently touring their first new album for years too. Supergrass should not be overlooked in that look back at how the indie scene burst from the small venues into that mainstream commercial whirlwind. To be able to see them in Kent is a treat.

They will, inevitably, be best remembered for the album they played tonight, in full, but they matured like a fine wine as they progressed before, eventually, splintering in 2010 - not that long, in fact, from when the Gallagher brothers went their separate ways.

Friday night’s show - performed in front of a backdrop featuring the I Should Coco album cover artwork - was a neat encapsulation of their journey.

But should you want evidence of how things have changed since those mid-1990s, well, just check out the merchandise stand. A tour t-shirt could be yours for, wait for it, £40. Yikes; they used to a tenner back in the day.