THEY warned us that they were in town just to play the new material, and they warned us they were pretty rusty as a live act.

As the sell-out demonstrated, that didn't deter the fans and in a classic case of under-promising and over-delivering, Feeder put on an outstanding show on Monday night.

Opening with frontman Grant Nicholas's solo acoustic version of 'Children of the sun', from the forthcoming 'Generation Freakshow' album, the temperature and the volume were soon raised as more new songs followed in 'Oh my' and 'Tiny minds', with five more tracks, including the single 'Borders' from the new record getting their live debuts through the set.

The new material – recognisably Feeder without sounding tired or rehashed – was interspersed with crowd-pleasing classics.

'Feeling a moment', 'Just the way I'm feeling' and 'Just a day' all made it into the set list, but the biggest roar of the night was, entirely predictably, reserved for 'Buck Rogers', the band's 2001 smash hit.

To some extent, the song has defined Feeder and in that kind of situation it could have come to be regarded as something of a millstone around Nicholas's and bassist Taka Hirose's collective necks.

But after a brief tease, they rocked it out and, entirely predictably again, the whole venue screamed along in unison as Nicholas was getting his 'house in Devon'.

A great night with a band looking completely at ease with themselves, meshing material new and old in such a way that the joins didn't even show.