IT WAS slow, calm and it truly captured the audience.

Passenger's set was a change of tempo for the music which normally blares out of the speakers at the O2 Academy Bournemouth.

His acoustic guitar skills are second to none and the musician aims to take the audience on a journey through life as he plays tracks picked out from his six albums.

With hits including Let Her Go and Rolling Stone, he is a whimsical story-teller in the form of a folk-pop singer-song writer, with only himself providing vocals, instrumentals, backing tunes and a heart-thumping beat.

On a personal level was it my thing? I'm afraid it just wasn't what I was looking for from a gig. The atmosphere was great and by the fact that the room was packed out shows that demand is high for tickets to see Passenger.

However, there was a vast amount of chatting between songs which felt like it was padding out the content. Many of the songs were also quite downbeat and never really got going, in my honest opinion, but perhaps it depends what mood you're in. I, myself, am a much bigger fan of upbeat, feel good music.

Nevertheless, this does not detract from the clear talent of the solo artist and the fact that he may be a modern easy-listening music hero for many.