Toomer, though, was the one left clapping his hands.
Paul Gallen got the key to the shire, Scott Morrison looked for the briefest moment like a bloke you'd actually have a beer with, and the fans were left Shark clapping in their sleep after the end of a 50-year drought.
Imagine a concert, in which you could only leave written notes as you left — no clapping, no booing.
Sometimes the dancing resembles a stadium wave, and sometimes it feels more like Broadway, with thousands of people shaking first their right fist, then their left fist, then clapping over their head in unison while singing.
As one producer put it: "Whatever leaves them clapping and coming back for more, that's the best musical on Broadway".
Even when Ryan Adams jested, as he neared the end of his Cadogan Hall set last year, that this was the point at which he would put on his jacket and expect us all to pretend that we think he's leaving and clap enthusiastically before he returns, minutes later, it felt like a joke that's wearing a bit thin.
"So when we recorded this album, we said, 'God, let's get rid of all the clichés of pop music, all the things we're bored with.' " That includes guitars and most traditional percussion, leaving voices, claps and strings to create a wall of sound that is as aggressive musically as it is intellectually.
Jason Robinson made it clear why he left "kick and clap".
People left the train clapping, others smiled and headphones were taken off.
