by BBC South Yorkshire contributor Vic Allen

With the unique status of being one of the oldest clubs in South Yorkshire, the Casbah was the perfect place to re-ignite a band whose life on the road has recently being made into an award-winning documentary film.

To coincide, the Undertones' new album Get What You Need was also released this week and this current tour celebrates all things new and old by the Irish quintet.

Ever famed for both their popularity (recent Irish gigs are said to have had both Tim Wheeler (Ash) and Roddy Doyle moshing in the crowd) and enthusiasm for entertainment the guys were ready to, well, rock.

Unfortunately original member Feargal Sharkey has well and truly decided to give up the ghost when it comes to a reunion, but 2000 recruit vocalist Paul McCloone most definitely fits in with the lineup.

And it’s obvious from their swagger onstage that original members John and Damian O’ Neil, Billy Doherty and Mickey Bradley feel at ease with their band as a whole.

McCloone’s vocals are not unlike Sharkey’s in essence but where Sharkey failed to captivate at times his successor manages to project with feeling and longevity.

Stand out tracks from Get What You Need is the guitar furied Thrill Me, which has traces of a Jimmy Jimmy era to it and the electric Every Town holds a haunting echo of good times gone by.

Of course, the frantic following loved every minute. As McCloone rolled off anthems When Saturday Comes and, of course, Teenage Kicks you could almost be forgiven for thinking that you were back in 1980 in Derry in, by coincidence, a club called the Casbah.

The only thing missing was Sharkey, but did we care? Not a chance.

Long may they reign.

- Vic Allen