A VIRTUALLY sold out Oasis Leisure Centre rocked to the sound of chart topping indie band The Enemy last night.

A massive cheer went up from the crowd as supporting act Kid British left the stage and the previous tour venues came up on the big screen above the stage eventually stopping at Swindon and the band appeared.

Playing to an almost packed hall at the Oasis Leisure Centre The Enemy let the music do most of the talking, with their frontman Tom Clarke simply saying “Swindon make some noise.”

He was joined by drummer Liam Watts and bassist Andy Hopkins – all of them hail from Coventry. Fans sung along to the band’s hits such as Away From Here and We’ll Live and Die in this Town.

Hannah Rugg, 24, had come from Bath because she is a fan and was impressed by the supporting act Kid British.

“I didn’t see the first band, but the second band everyone seemed to absolutely love, they pretty much rocked the place” she said.

She also said that the atmosphere and lighting was great with some people even crowd surfing and that she now plans to buy their album.

“There are people doing the surfing on top, the security guards are going nuts, but everyone’s loving it.

“It’s big smiles all round, it’s a good old night.”

Caroline Copestake, 20, of Cheney Manor, had come with her university friends, and agreed that Away From Here had been the best song so far.

“My sister-in-law got me the tickets for a Christmas present and I started listening to them more,” she said.

“It’s going really well, but it’s getting packed.

“I think it needs to be a bigger place.

“When they played Away from Here the whole crowd just went mental.

“Swindon needs to expand in terms of venues, clearly everyone wants to see good bands.”

Sixteen-year-old Brittany Abi-Nader, of Stratton, had come because her boyfriend Sam Howitt, also 16, from Station Road, town centre, had got tickets.

“I just started getting into them, we quite liked Pressure,” she said.

Sam added: “I think they deserve to be big, I think they should play in arenas.”

The band shot into the charts with songs like Had Enough and You’re Not Alone and their debut album We’ll Live and Die in this Town went to number one.

Now they are now touring the UK to promote their new album Music For the People.