Dublin Legends, St George’s Hall, Bradford The evening burst into life when the Dublin Legends broke from their planned set tonight to respond to a request from a member of the audience who had stopped them at the doors of St George’s Hall.

The resulting rip-roaring rendition of Dicey Riley – about a woman who enjoyed the drink a little too much – set the tone for an evening of fantastic music, subtle humour and great fun.

The four Irish folk musicians, Sean Canon, Patsy Watchorn, Eamon Campbell and Gerry O’Conner, whipped the audience up to fever pitch, as gentle feet tapping quickly escalated into noisy stomping.

A truly moving rendition of the Fields of Athenry demonstrated the band’s quality when playing slower tunes, a marked contrast from the energetic way they belted out uplifting numbers such as Black Velvet Band and the Irish Rover.

After the Irish quartet had enjoyed “a cup of tea” during the interval, the second half sprang into life as an animated gentleman sporting a hat leapt to his feet from the front row to dance an energetic jig to a chorus of ‘I'll tell my ma when I go home’.

Other highlights included newest band member, Gerry O’Conner, displaying his remarkable talent on the fiddle and on banjo.