Best ever? It was without doubt the most emotional. From the heart.

There was a different feeling about tonight's event - certainly different to Birmingham, Isle Of Wight and Loch Lomond. Come to that, different from Finsbury, Crystal Palace, Manchester......

At Brixton, seeing the Pistols back in action after a lengthy lay off, was akin to the cork flying out of the bottle. It all went a bit potty: people and passion flying in all directions. Hammersmith Apollo was different. The noise was there, the passion was there. It just seemed more focused, more intense. As though the crowd was sucking that energy back into the bottle, ramming that cork back in and keeping hold of it - for fear they might never experience it again.

The Sex Pistols were faultless. The playing, the mix, the interplay. Of course, the longer the tour has gone on you would expect that. But it was more than that, much more. This was the gig of a lifetime; whatever the future may hold.

John was determined for us to know how he felt about the fans and the band. He acknowledged his wife Nora, surely a first at a Pistols gig, and led a sing-a-long to mark Steve's birthday; "Happy birthday dear Fatty.....". His sincerity on all counts was genuine.

Steve, Glen, and Paul know how to thrill us with their magic. The opening "cunt-ry"-style Vacant loosened everybody up; a storm brewing, charging the atmosphere; the thunder cloud erupted when Pretty Vacant "proper" ripped though us, and it didn't quit until Roadrunner. Anarchy, (the elongated) Bodies, God Save The Queen. All spell-binding tonight.

Credit to the crowd for keeping the noise level going - it was constant - so much so that the customary "Oh I do like to be beside the seaside" wasn't subject to the usual gusto, it couldn't break free of the sheer intensity of the excitement being generated.

"From the heart," John announced at the end of the show. "From the heart" he repeated. Did the word "tears" leave his lips? As John led us in a final sing-song, "we love you England, we do," Glen, Paul and Steve joined him at the front of the stage to wave us farewell. John's eyes said it all. Again he stated "From the heart." He thumped his chest. He meant it.

The Sex Pistols. No Feelings? Nope, not tonight. Once more, with feeling.... that's what the Pistols gave at Hammersmith Apollo on 2nd September 2008.