Other than Leeds festival, this was the biggest venue, stage and crowd that I had ever seen One Night Only grace.

I was intrigued to see whether the atmosphere created by 200 frenetic teenage fans in Fibbers could be replicated in a venue that boasted five times that capacity.

Following a local opening support, the crowd was warmed up by an amazing performance from Belfast’s very own General Fiasco. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the name, read the interview to find out a bit more, but they are essentially the nicest and most humble people in the world, who write irresistibly catchy songs, that find a very favorable middle ground between the clean cut, whiter-than-white One Night Only and the aggressive rockiness of a Billy Talent-style band. With all three members of the band lingering suspiciously around the 20 years of age mark, they captured the attentions of the teenage girls (of which there were hundreds) and with their catchy, gritty and well-written songs, they also captured the attention of the ‘sports teams’ crowd. The highlight of the set was, without doubt, the band’s debut single Rebel Gets By which a large number of the audience had obviously listened to religiously. You should expect to hear a lot more from this band over the next year, and make sure you check them out on www.myspace.com/GeneralFiasco.

With the crowd now in a warm and fuzzy state of mind, it was time for the countdown to begin before One Night Only hit the stage in front of friends, family and hundreds of screaming teenage girls!

Before I go into the set, I’d just like to point out that I have realised at what point a band becomes famous, and it was highlighted to me by five teenage girls. For those that know the band, they’re the same five guys they have always been.

But when you are sitting with a nice cold beer, chatting to a friend, and overhear five girls have a heated debate as to which of the band was “hottest” and meticulously go through the pros (this is where ‘and cons’ should come in, but they didn’t seem to think of any!) of each member to the point where they could describe every single part of each members face, that was it. Yep, that’s right, the wannabee-groupie gang were truly massing.

As One Night Only waited in the wings, a deep and slow base note came on, and the remix of You and Me echoed around the packed out venue. Just as the remix went up to 11 (name that reference!) the band ran out and the screaming began.

To be honest, the screaming didn’t really stop for, well, the whole set! It was clear to see, or at least hear, the different reaction that the singles from One Night Only’s now platinum selling debut album received. You and Me went down a treat, but the two that really stood out for me where It’s About Time, which had the whole venue jumping up and down, and Just For Tonight, which has really become the signature song for the band. Just For Tonight sent the crowd into a mash of jumping, screaming, singing, shouting and whooping.

The show went down really well, the crowd left happy, Pob was nominated as the hottest and as I left the venue and headed down to the after show party, I noticed a huge crowd of teenage girls lingering around the big red One Night Only tour bus.

Fame, fame, fame, but still the same five boys from Helmsley.