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YOU COULD say it’s a sort of homecoming for Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quintero. The guitar-picking Mexican duo are back in their adopted country, where they will take the stage in front of a warmly welcoming crowd at Electric Picnic tonight; for most of their loyal Irish fans, it’s as though they’d never left, writes KEVIN COURTNEY

That’s because the pair have upped sticks and moved back home to Mexico. Having lived and worked here for the past eight years – conquering the world along the way – the pair have settled in the sun-drenched beach resort of Ixtapa, on Mexico’s Pacific coast. Well, given the summers we’ve been having lately, you couldn’t really blame them, could you?