First up on tonight's bill are Nottingham's own Teenage Casket Company, a band that I haven’t had the pleasure of seeing before but whose reputation precedes them. Tonight's set is a staging block for the bands debut release 'Dial It Up'. Opening up with 'One Thing You Don’t Need', which is also the opening track off said album, the set itself suffers badly from the overall sound that support bands seem to get at most gigs. But the band seem to persevere and continue with 'Down On Luck' and the upbeat 'Bad Girl'. The band have all the enthusiasm and exuberance of youth and this alone is a pleasure to see as most young bands seem to grab at the down sides of life and wont let go no matter what.

The musical influences of the early 80's hair bands have had a great impact on the band and are ever present in their music. Non-more so than on 'Dial It Up' that is very Cherry St in its concept. The band impressed me a great deal and with the right sound guy on the desk they could make their mark and are a band that I would recommend to any fan of the good old days of Glam.

Next up were The New Generation Superstars another band whose reputation precedes them. But tonight's performance left me wondering if the were just having a bad night. The bands overall persona was one of a band trying too hard to impress, as the vocals were non descript and the hard work the band were putting in to the show was wasted by not enjoying the night. They all seemed stressed out and running on pure adrenaline and the gig suffered for this. Whereas TCC before them were really enjoying the night and it showed on stage.

New Generation Superstars seemed to want to be another Backyard Babies or Buck Cherry but the vocalist is no Josh Todd even though he was going for a similar look.

I hope this was a one off for the band as I've heard so much good press about them and would like to see them at their best to give them some positive press of my own.

Now for the main event, Vain billed as the band that you wanted to see and for me that is just it. Being a fan of the band for many years and not seeing them in their heyday I was really looking forward to tonight's show and to have the original line up was a extra bonus.

Over the past few years there has been an steady upsurge in the number of 80's bands reforming and touring the UK, some with mixed reactions from the press and crowds alike. But any bad press that Vain get must be the fact that it has taken them so long to get together and give it another go.

Opening up with 'Secrets' that still sounded great after all these years and Davy Vain's vocals haven’t been ravaged by time and are still as good as they always were. In a set that included all the crowds favourite tracks 'Push Me Over', 'Breakdown', 'Whose Watching You', '1000 Degrees', and 'So Free Now' off their new album, and before they left the stage it was time for everybody's favourite 'Beat The Bullet' which they dragged members of the crowd on stage with them (much to the horror of the roadies) and some didn’t want to leave. And to finish off a great set the band came back for an encore and played a ball breaking version of AC/DC's 'Down Payment Blues'. The band may be a little older and a little wiser but they can still rock good style and I hope the rest of the gigs are of this calibre and hopefully they will be back to these shores very soon.