Bring Me The Horizon @ Plug,Shef Base,Hollie Cartwright

Watching The Break In seemed like one long half hour song. The whole set verged on mundane. Every track they played sounded almost identical to the last, which was made all the more blatantly obvious by a largely disinterested and passive bunch of spectators.

Thankfully, Atlanta band The Chariot were better than their predecessors, but still they weren't altogether that great either. With a suit wearing front man they stormed into their opening track and the crowd descended into a ferocious mosh pit. However it didn't last, and before long audience members were talking amongst themselves, and I didn't entirely blame them.

When bands are surrounded by considerable excitement and hype, the usual feeling after seeing them perform live is of slight disappointment. Yet this couldn't be more wrong tonight.

Bring Me The Horizon entered to a roar of adoration - I was about to find out exactly why so many people love this band. I was expecting a larger crowd than the amount that had turned up tonight, and more teenagers, yet there was an eclectic mix of ages watching.

From the opening track - where front man Oliver Sykes stage dived into the audience and moshed his way through most of the song, resurfacing considerably sweatier - right through to the end of their set, they couldn't have asked for a more captivated audience. The band's stage presence was remarkable: something you would expect from a band well beyond their years. They had the whole audience hanging on their every word and move.

When Sykes told fans to bounce during one of their songs they were all to ready to oblige and simply asked "how high?" There aren't many bands who could claim to have the audience in the palm of their hand throughout the whole night, but Bring Me The Horizon can do just that.

What makes me wonder though is since most of the crowd had their backs to both of the support acts earlier in the evening, is this a case of admiration and love not for a genre, but for a single band, or front man in particular? But whatever the reason for people attending tonight, no one was left feeling disappointed because Bring Me The Horizon left Plug in a state of utter devastation. After initiating some room wide circle pits they ended their main set with the thundering ‘For Stevie Wonder's Eyes Only', proving how superb they are live. This and an eventful set - including a Slipknot cover; a naked stage diver; and a wall of death - took this from a great gig to an absolutely outstanding gig. By Hollie Cartwright