Noah Kahan was the latest big name to grace Manchester’s newest arena Co-op Live.

His gig, hot on the heels of Justin Timberlake, came almost exactly three months to the day since Elbow finally got things going for the £365million venue back in May.

Now, the troubles getting to that point are more than well documented, but with some time having elapsed since then, we used Kahan’s gig at Co-op Live to try and asses just how much things have improved. We put the whole process to the rest, taking the Metrolink and checking out the food and drink before enjoying the gig itself.