Today, thousands of music lovers from all over the UK have been descending on Manchester's Parklife Festival. They've been doing the same thing for years.
This week marked a decade since the day Robert was attacked - and the moment his mother's life changed forever. His death continues to have a profound impact on Elaine, who remains desperate for answers and closure. Robert would have celebrated his 36th birthday back in March. For grief-stricken Elaine, the thought of what her son endured in his final days will always be deeply painful.
He found a job in customer service at Barclays but would regularly return home to visit Elaine, his brother Richard, sisters Rachel and Nicola, and his nieces and nephews. A mobile phone image taken around that time showed Robert and Gemma dancing together in an area to the right of the stage. Robert is smiling in the photograph.
"He was lying on his back looking up at the sky. I was screaming. He started to turn purple. He wasn't responding."Kerri told the inquest: "I heard a thud - it was calculated, an extremely powerful punch. This wasn't someone drunkenly throwing a punch at someone." "We didn't have any details," she recalled. "We just knew that he had been knocked unconscious and the paramedics had taken him to North Manchester and he had been there overnight."
The attacker was described as being mixed race and aged in his mid-20s at the time in 2014. Police said he was around 6ft to 6ft 2in tall and of muscular build. Detectives were 'overwhelmed' by the public's response and received hundreds of emails and pictures. A £23,000 reward was offered, images of people in the crowd were released and more than 230 potential suspects were investigated and eliminated from enquiries.
In the years since, there have been repeated appeals from police and Robert's loved ones. Yet the person who punched Robert has never been identified. Earlier this year, Greater Manchester Police offered a £50,000 reward in a desperate bid to track down the man responsible."I've always been a very honest person and I brought my children up to be," she explained. "If you've done anything wrong, apologise.