VIDEO: Not often there’s a day like this... Van Morrison live at Cyprus Avenue

It was the street he immortalised in his masterpiece Astral Weeks.

To mark his 70th birthday, Van Morrison returned to Cyprus Avenue — the “avenue of trees” — for two intimate shows in the epicentre of his homeland.

Hundreds of Vanoraks travelled from dozens of countries for what had become a pilgrimage, since the gigs were first announced last year.