Thetford Forest is full, with 7,000 eager fans waiting to see Scouting For Girls and Diana Vickers perform. A lovely setting for a summer gig, thanks to the surroundings and nice weather.

First up is Diana Vickers, who we last saw back in May at Norwich Waterfront. With only one album behind her, a 30 minute set suits Diana best allowing her to showcase the best songs from her debut album ‘Songs From The Tainted Cherry Tree’. Apart from the singles ‘The Boy Who Murdered Love’ and ‘Once’ stand out track is ‘You’ll Never Get To Heaven’ which is three minutes of pop heaven and surely has to be a single later in the year.

The thing that separates Diana Vickers and other pop stars is her energy. She is a ball of energy, who never stops jumping, bouncing and dancing round the stage, and despite this never misses a note. For such a young performer she is outstanding. A must see live.

Having not been a fan of Scouting For Girls I was quite surprised by their performance. They are a really tight band live, whilst at the same time there’s more power to their songs than on record.

Singer Roy Stride is a better frontman than I could have imagined, only playing keyboards for part of the songs allows him the freedom to jump and run around the stage, engaging the fans, and give life to the performance.

During the 80 minute set the band play all the hits; Heartbeat, Elvis Ain’t Dead, It’s Not About You, recent number one This Ain’t A Love Song and closing the show with She’s So Lovely, they even throw in a cover of Live And Let Die. Perfect for a big outdoor concert, with almost every member of the 7,000 strong audience singing along to every word.