SO MUCH better than a fleeting fan could hope for. The sell-out crowd gave Proclaimers Charlie and Craig Reid a hero’s welcome and they proved worthy and suitably grateful for the adulation.

Their trademark spectacles and strong brogue have led to the pair being unfairly labelled as a novelty act (one fate escaped by Buddy Holly).

Yet the Leith twins have a veritable gold mine of great songs, newly bolstered by this autumn's Angry Cyclist album.

Delivered at a clip, the roll call included Letter From America and of course, the rafter-rousing (I’m Going To Be) 500 Miles. Clever, inventive tunes, full of melody with choruses that grab you by the hairs of the neck. Both dressed in decidedly low-key black T-shirts, Craig Reid stood mostly still to sing, only his dancing fingers betraying the inner effort, while Charlie looked assured and professorial with his guitar. At a whisker under two hours and 23 songs, the band were great value.

Their music is a unique combination of musical theatre, punk, indie rock and soul. Throw in country reality and the brew is potent.

The success of the film Sunshine On Leith drew some younger audience members, and the brio of I’m On My Way and Over And Done With caught much of the film’s feel-good vibe.

While up-tempo is their natural domain, the pair also could tug the heart strings at a slower pace.

Although their contemporaries have mostly lost the plot, The Proclaimers have keep the standard high. Support act James Lukeman astutely called them Songwizards.

Lukeman had a big Irish voice but not the tunes to hold up without his charismatic showmanship.

The Reids’ intertwined singing was quite something up close, even on relatively leaden numbers like What School? Giving off a quiet starry, yet non-starry aura, all eyes were on them, despite the flair of their supporting band. A marvel.