Although I'm fortunate that my visit to Belfast coincided with this Trail of Dead mini-tour/ festival warm-up, I was slightly concerned that tonight's show might not live up to my previous encounters with the band. By their own admission, they haven't touched an instrument in two weeks as they've been busy mixing the album.

However, Trail of Dead know how to put on a show, and while I'm not as familiar with the material this time, they are still really impressive. 'Mistakes and Regrets' as always opens the show, and although they're supposed to be rusty, they come across more sure-footed in this venue than they were back in January at the Astoria. 'Mark David Chapman' follows, the band stepping up a gear before they launch into the new material.

It's a bit risky playing so much new material in the middle of the set, but most of it carries on where 'Madonna' left off. I don't catch a lot of the names, but I know from the ToD list that they played 'It Was There That I Saw You', 'Relative Ways' and 'Homage', as well as about three more. Fans needn't panic, as they fit in perfectly with the material you know and love - the mix of adrenalin and quality songwriting is still there in abundance.

They send us home happy with a mighty 'Aged Dolls' leading into an exhuberant 'Perfect Teenhood', fuelling the by now familiar tussles as the equipment heads crowdwards and the poor roadies have to try and retrieve it. The added complication of a seemingly communal bottle of JD make their task a bit harder tonight! A wild one.