It's probably fair to say when Noel Gallagher sang the words "I would like to leave this city/this old town don't smell too pretty" he was talking about his native Manchester and not Auld Reekie.

However, when it was announced that the Bard of Burnage would be reuniting with his brother, Liam, to bring Oasis to Murrayfield next summer the issue of being able to actually leave was at the forefront of many minds.

ScotRail doesn't enjoy the best of reputations for its late night services, with the reduced timetable in light of industrial action by ASLEF meaning there were no services to or from Glasgow following the final night of TRNSMT Festival.

While the rail operator did lay on extra services when Taylor Swift brought her Eras Tour to Murrayfield this summer, the last train departed the capital for Glasgow at just after midnight and anyone looking to travel onward from there on public transport may as well have been half the world away.

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With ScotRail no-one's expecting a supersonic train, but it's perhaps telling that, following an announcement 15 years in the making, many thoughts immediately turned to logistics and infrastructure.

When the Gallagher brothers bowl into town Edinburgh will simultaneously be playing host to the annual Fringe festival, pushing the price of overnight stays through the roof - one hotel near Murrayfield is already charging £806 per night, and reports are rife of rooms being cancelled then re-listed at far higher prices.

The benefit to Scotland of hosting such events is clear. The tourism sector accounts for around 7% of employment nationwide, and large events like the Fringe or Oasis' summer shows provide a welcome boost to the high street.

Ask Edinburgh businesses if the city centre being taken over by Swifties for a weekend in June was welcome and you can bet almost all will say yes - the Eras Tour is estimated to have been worth around £100m to the Scottish economy alone.

Yet at the same time the capital is set to bring in a tourist tax from 2026 to help ameliorate some of the negative effects of tourism, while the city could also follow many across Europe in requiring licenses for Airbnb and other short-term rental properties which push up prices for locals.

It's all well and good hosting massive events, but if the infrastructure isn't there to deliver them properly the potential benefits are massively reduced.

The usual response to this kind of talk is an accusation of "doing Scotland down", though it's never made clear why having higher expectations of the nation is in a negative thing.

Liam Gallagher headlined both TRNSMT and Sziget Festival in Hungary over the summer.

In Glasgow the subway shuts at 11.40pm on a Friday and Saturday and just after 6pm on a Sunday, there were no ScotRail services available after the final night and travel around the city involves various tickets for SPT, ScotRail, First Bus or McGills.

In Budapest, meanwhile, festivalgoers could purchase a 24 hour travel ticket for just over £5, valid for trains, trams, buses and the subway - with services running practically all night.

If Hungary, with a nominal GDP of $177.3bn, can do that in its capital city why can't Scotland, with our nominal GDP of $228bn? Are we really saying we can't do any better than a government led by Viktor Orbán?

Some might say that being inside the union, unable to borrow money and having other constraints is the reason but whichever way you slice it the Scottish Government doesn't have a great record on infrastructure.

The Queensferry Crossing is much heralded but weighed against issues such as the delayed Cal Mac ferries and dualling of the A9.

ScotRail itself was taken into public ownership, a positive step given the absurdity of privatising an industry which requires a monopoly to operate, but prices remain high and a scheme to do away with peak fares at the end of September will see them hiked even further.

There is a national housing emergency, and homeless who are otherwise accommodated in hotels are forced out of Edinburgh for events like the Fringe and huge stadium shows.

Finally, of course, there's the irony of hosting megastars like Oasis, Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Bruce Springsteen and the rest while some of Scotland's biggest homegrown stars warn cuts to Creative Scotland are killing off the industry at the root.

Tie all that to Keir Starmer seemingly hinting further public spending cuts from Westminster are in the pipeline, is there any chance of it getting better, man?