He may sing that the world is ours but on Saturday, Preston belonged to Ian Brown.

The former Stone Roses frontman was in excellent voice, much to the delight of the packed Guildh Hall crowd who were on the verge of fever pitch when he strode confidently onto the stage with his unmistakable Manc swagger.

Kicking off with a classic from his former band, I Wanna Be Adored, it served to whip the crowd up into more of a frenzy and right from the off it was clear that the King Monkey was in the mood to party.

Golden Gaze and Dolphins Were Monkeys followed suit and by the time Brown got to the Solarized material - for me amongst his best works ever - the crowd was singing each track word for word.

Returning to the stage after the obligatory end of set disappearance, local boxing hero Mick Jennings was introduced to the crowd to show off his world title, before Brown and the band - who were tight all night despite some iffy sound quality inside the vast, unforgiving Guild Hall - launched into Resurrection.

The opening bars of the Stone Roses hit was all that was needed for the baggy dancing and general limb flexing to begin again in earnest.

If there was a fault - and hey, let's not be picky - it was fact that a bulk of new tunes were played together mid-set causing mild bemusement from the crowd.

But the likes of Sister Ray, On Track and The World Is Yours, played rather cheekily over the music to Fools Gold, are neverthless great tracks.

There is only one real end to an Ian Brown concert - or indeed any true indie disco - and we weren't left disappointed as the sound of F.E.A.R rebounded.