Derek McInnes admits his night out at an Oasis gig fuelled his belief that Hearts are finally on fertile ground to end their trophy drought.
The Jambos boss went walkabout at Murrayfield when the Gallagher brothers were in the capital and bumped into fans of the Gorgie club who are mad for it in their bid for silverware this season.
A Scottish Cup triumph back in 2012 was the last major honour and McInnes believes the support are fed up looking back in anger.
He said: "I went to see Oasis and met some Hearts fans, they're talking to me now because we're winning.
"There's a lot of optimism, it is clear. You can tell there's been a buy-in at the minute; the fans are choking for something, bursting for just some sort of level of hope and success.
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