ANYONE vaguely familiar with the Stereophonics will have an idea of what to expect of one of their live performances.

The five-piece Walians (if you add touring keyboardist Tony Kirkham) are a mixture of strong guitar licks, thick with bass, a heavy beat and the charismatic unique vocals of Kelly Jones.

They played some of their better known tracks, such as A Thousand Trees, to warm up the crowd at the BIC before heading into some more mellow and subdued songs, including Graffiti on a Train, Mr Writer and Song for the Summer, as part of their Keep the Village Alive Tour 2015.

Every song was played pitch perfect against an impressive but not overly distracting light display backdrop, as neon coloured laser lights reached up and out of reach.

It was clear this band appeals to different generations as the kids jumped about in the family-friendly seated section along with some older people while teens and twenty-somethings danced in the crowd.

But then that's what you should expect of a band that have been going since 1992.

Supporting act Kid Wave, who have been touring the scenes with their melodic folk/rock sound since 2011, were a solid but gentle warm-up for the crowd. A slick performance for a relatively new band with strings not dissimilar to Local Natives.