On Sunday evening, Scotland's Little Eye returned to the Purple Lounge at Casino2000, on their way back from performing at an open-air concert in Montbéliard (near Dijon) in France on Saturday evening in front of a crowd of 900 people.

Last time they performed at Casino2000 was at the end of November when Luxembourg's Go By Brooks were also on stage - and who were in the audience for this concert; this time round, Little Eye performed a much longer set, all their own songs apart from one, a cover, Last Kiss by the Cavaliers (also recorded by Pearl Jam). After their previous concert here they travelled to China where they performed at the final of Miss World with host Nicole Sherzinger.

Originating from Glasgow in Scotland, with one of the band members from the Orkneys, their soft rock-pop style quickly won the hearts of the audience which was significantly larger than the last time they performed at the Purple Lounge; the venue was packed out for the pre-concert dinner - we appreciated the delicious Menu du Soleil of ham & melon, veal escalope with tagliatelle, and panacotta - and most of the chairs reserved for concert-goers were snapped up well before the 21:00 start. The band started softly with the tempo of their songs getting faster as the percussion increased in intensity and volume...

The lead singer Allan led from the front, accompanied by drummer Jay, guitarist Euan and bassist Marcus, whose music and vocals combined to create a wonderful harmony throughout this acoustic concert. Their second song, the rhythmic and foot-tapping Dreamers, from their EP of the same name, saw the band picking up the tempo, with the venue's sound system enabling everyone in the hundred-plus-strong audience to pick up on every lyric and note in equal measure.

Allan explained the next song, We are the Kings, in that, in today's confusing world, it is great when people come together in solidarity, and got the audience to join in with the chorus. Nightfall, from their album Fighting the Future like many other songs performed, enabled Allan and the band increase their connection with the audience who sang and clapped along with every opportunity.

They ended their 70-minute set with an up-beat song, (I saw you at the) Disco, with this song more influenced by drum beats that their others. The audience showed their utmost appreciation in a sustained and rhythmic hand-clap which saw the band back for an encore, of Contagious, a rock ballad which is about to be released as a single.

Little Eye were awarded the Young Scot Awards a couple of years ago and have improved considerably since then, including since their November concert in Luxembourg when. Allan also plugged their albums during breaks between songs; with very few still on sale (they mostly were sold at their Saturday concert) he encouraged the audience to buy them from iTunes.

A cracking concert with the crowd calling out for more at the end. Watch this space for news of their next concert in the Grand Duchy...

Photos by Geoff Thompson