NOW in its 26th year, this sixties revue shows no sign of slowing down if the reaction of the audience – and their numbers - is anything to go by.

Another sell-out show starring some of the greatest artists of that creative decade.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Wayne Fontana didn’t take part in the show which meant there was a bit of a re-jig of the set.

Vanity Fare, whose hits included I Live For The Sun, Early In The Morning and Hitchin’ a Ride, were able to have a longer slot.

This featured an acapella version of the Billy Joel song The Longest Time as well as their hits.

Then Chris Farlowe took to the stage and we were treated to about twenty minutes of the best blues voice alive today.

As well as the hits he is noted for such as Handbags and Gladrags and Out Of Time, he also aired a new one; I Don’t Want To Love You Anymore.

Chris also regaled us with a few choice memories of playing the Twisted Wheel in Manchester back in the day.

And so did Dave Berry, whose set, which had to have the hits Little Things, Mama and The Crying Game, also included Gimme All Your Loving (ZZ Top), I Knew The Bride (Dave Edmunds), and an encore which was an emotive rendition of the Bee Gees’ First Of May.

Terry Sylvester, who replaced Graham Nash in The Hollies, was up next.

Among the handful of songs he performed were three hits from the seventies and one (Just One Look) that he didn’t appear on.

However, that aside, it was great to see him perform in the UK for the first time in 30 years.

The audience erupted when he sand The Air That I Breathe and He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Brother, which he dedicated to the members of the Armed Forces By the way, all these singers were backed by Vanity Fare, whose musicianship – as usual – was second to none.

Finally, adding humour and with to exemplary music was The Merseybeats.

Founder members Tony Crane and Billy Kinsley are celebrating their 50th year together as musical partners, and as well as their biggest hits: Wishin’ And Hopin’, Don’t Turn Around and I Think Of You, they delighted the crowd with versions of Live And Let Die, Sorrow and Hi Ho Silver Lining – which has become a sort-of anthem for the Solid Silver tours.

There was another legend of sixties pop in the audience – a certain Harry Goodwin.

Harry was a noted for being the Top Of The Pops photographer, and has taken shots of anyone who was anyone in the sixties.

The whole ensemble gathered on stage for Glad all Over.

Fans of the decade, who packed out the Palace Theatre, certainly weren’t glad all over as that was the final song.

The crowd would have stayed all night listening to the music that made the decade played by the fantastic talents who sang it originally.

Roll on next year.