This summer The 1975 vanished.

Their social media accounts were deleted, prompting speculation the band were no more.

They re-emerged days later, shedding their trademark black and white aesthetic in favour of a neon pink glow.

It’s safe to say Brighton was glad to have them back. Opening with latest single Love Me, the band were given the screaming reception one would normally associate with world-conquering boybands rather than a group whose music styles vary between Prince-styled spiked pop, synth-heavy confessional ballads and an easy-listening soft rock that wouldn’t sound out of place on the soundtrack to an American rom-com from the 1980s.

It’s a mesh of music that shouldn’t work together live but somehow does to stunning effect, thanks to the sheer catchiness of songs like Chocolate, fallingforyou and new track She’s American.

Channeling Bobby Gillespie, frontman Matt Healy shimmied across the stage as if it were made of ice, all high-kicks and flamboyantly flung limbs.

It was hard to tear your eyes off him – he’s a born showman who not only held the braying crowd in the palm of his hand, but also seemed to be genuinely touched at the sight of 4000 people singing back his every word.

Love Me? You betcha.

Four stars