Shortly after he stepped off stage, a member of Ghosts was heard to utter in a bemused tone: "It was a complete catastrophe."

If he was referring to the set he had just played, he was being a bit hard on himself.

The band were clearly mortified by the technical problems which dogged their performance, though they soldiered on regardless as roadies crawled around their feet vainly tinkering with the offending equipment.

When lead singer Simon Pettigrew eventually realised he would have to abandon all hope of a guitar for the final song, Stay the Night, he seemed embarassed about performing armed with nothing but a microphone.

He needn't have worried.

The sound man turned up the keyboards, Pettigrew jumped around the stage a bit and it still sounded like the light, sunny indie-pop number it is.

The piano-fronted Air Traffic had no technical problems but they struggled to shake the wearied crowd out of their ennui.

The performance was competent but the material was unremarkable. Some tracks resembled Coldplay, others were like Keane, one was a bit Pixies-esque - but all were plodding and unspecial facsimiles of the real thing.

Judging by the band's MySpace page - crammed as it is with legions of teenage girls and a gig list which includes the age limits of each venue - the band have found a niche at the younger end of the market, and it is there they should probably remain.