With his second album Pale Green Ghosts John Grant confounded the expectations of an audience anticipating a second dose of confessional Americana.

His lyrics may have remained painfully confessional but the style embraced synth-driven electronica as well as piano-led balladry.

Similarly Grant's biggest Brighton show to date was pretty unpredictable - although his powerful voice remained front and centre of the mix.

Despite the opening synth lines of You Don't Have To, the initial atmosphere was of an informal return by a long-time touring band, with Grant joking with the crowd and revelling in his one-handed keyboard runs mid-song.

It was midway through It Doesn't Matter To Him that the audience saw the stadium-filler Grant could one day become. As the lights went down to back-light the performers, the bass frequency rattled rib cages and the band and audience locked into one groove, which continued across Pale Green Ghosts' title track and Black Belt.

Further set highlights Glacier and Queen Of Denmark suggested Grant was more than ready for Glastonbury's Park Stage the next day.

The overall feel was of a performer confident within his skin - particularly with his laid-back encores mixing solo Czars songs with ABBA cover Angeleyes in tribute to the Dome's most famous visitors.